radish1us Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 (edited) H Edited February 13, 2021 by radish1us 28 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radish1us Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share Posted November 28, 2020 (edited) F Edited February 9, 2021 by radish1us 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iang Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Fantastic looking model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roginoz Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 That's totally brilliant bit of scratch building and a great backstory, a museum-ready build without doubt. Yeah, Oz was a bit of a backwater in those days. The "6 o-clock swill" had just been abolished in Victoria before we emigrated in mid-69 - I used to jest that it was for my benefit ! - and our milk was still delivered by horse & cart. The photos and press cuttings brought back a few memories of horse & cart deliveries in those days. Top modelling ! Rog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Excellent modelling.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR2Don Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Damn it! I'm hungry! That is one magnificent bit of modelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codger Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Beautiful - hard to believe Will Power started this way.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louiex2 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 “And now for something completely different...” Outstanding work- the model belongs in a museum. I really enjoyed the history and backstory. Thank you for sharing Lou in California Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 That's a superb build and finish and a great back story too.excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Wow. Brilliant, brilliant model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 What a fabulous treat of a model! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 What they all said! Quite lovely workmanship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 That is stunning, the sign writing & lining on the spokes & body move it to a whole different level, the very uppermost one. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Great work on another colourful subject with a great back story and plenty of local interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 (edited) What a charming and beautifully made piece of history, which together with the very detailed back story, makes your model all the more interesting. It deserves to be shown in a local history museum as I'm sure that there will be countless others who may never have heard of these carts and who would find it as interesting as I have. Thank you for sharing it with us. Edited November 29, 2020 by cngaero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Superb! The history, and especially the link to the coloured photo, really compliments the model. Very nice. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Fantastic, and such a great subject! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 What a fantastic model, well done sir 👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabRoberts Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Just an astonishing model, absolutely beautiful and building it from just a few photographs, only one of which is in colour is remarkable, and a wonderful story behind it too. When I was a very young child in the late 70's there were still 2 people using horse drawn carts in my home town, one a coal merchant, the other a rag and bone man who once gave me a balloon on a stick in exchange for some old pillow cases, so not just Queensland that was bit late to the motorised revolution. Cheers - Rab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan R Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) Back in the sixties in Kent, when I was a lad, our rag-and-bone man still used a horse and cart (Like Steptoe and Son!). The principal thing I remember was the cry he used as he went up and down our road, and strange wailing sound! Imagine my surprise when, a few years back, less than ten, to hear the same sound coming from the street. On the street, it was the rag-and-bone man (or his son, I expect) , only this time in a disreputable Transit drop-side plying his 'trade'. Strange! Cheers, Alan. Edited December 3, 2020 by Alan R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 That is brilliant! One beautiful replica for sure! As someone who grew up in a regional town in Queensland, Australia (but not Toowoomba) I am familiar with the pie wagon. However I'm not so old that I recall the horse-drawn version! 😬 Fantastic model. I love it! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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