Here is a 12th scale model of a Concord Buggy
I start with a Working drawing of a Horse Drawn Vehicle, that the old time Wainwrights would have used to make the full sized vehicle from.
I acquired over 500 of these original old drawings and just keep looking thru them for something different.
The latest Horse Drawn Vehicle I have made is a 1/12th scale model of a Concord Buggy.
This was made from the working drawing that was published in “The Australasian Coachbuilder and Wheelwright, April 1910”.
I start with the raw materials ie — Timber, Brass, Aluminium, Steel, Acrylic, Modelling Clay and anything else that I can get my hands on, that can be used for making these models.
I start with the wheels and build up, ie wheels, axles, under-carriage and then the top section, that way if I stuff up, I only have to re-make that last bit.
This happens occasionally, but that the price of Scratchbuilding, eh.
I build it in sections that can be taken apart easily, so that each section can be painted separately and I just use ordinary Enamel house paint that you can buy from any hardware store.
Just give it all an undercoat and then hit it with whatever top colour that’s required.
The Water Slide decals are ALL home made using an ALPS MD 5500 printer, designed on an old XP Windows box using CorelDraw to make the designs.
I try and use OLD original colour schemes where possible, by saving hundreds of photos of different older vehicles that are still in their original working clothes, that way, the finished model looks like it’s meant to look.
Any way, have a look and see what you think of it and ANY questions please ask ————————————.
I start with a Working drawing of a Horse Drawn Vehicle, that the old time Wainwrights would have used to make the full sized vehicle from.
I acquired over 500 of these original old drawings and just keep looking thru them for something different.
The latest Horse Drawn Vehicle I have made is a 1/12th scale model of a Concord Buggy.
This was made from the working drawing that was published in “The Australasian Coachbuilder and Wheelwright, April 1910”.
I start with the raw materials ie — Timber, Brass, Aluminium, Steel, Acrylic, Modelling Clay and anything else that I can get my hands on, that can be used for making these models.
I start with the wheels and build up, ie wheels, axles, under-carriage and then the top section, that way if I stuff up, I only have to re-make that last bit.
This happens occasionally, but that the price of Scratchbuilding, eh.
I build it in sections that can be taken apart easily, so that each section can be painted separately and I just use ordinary Enamel house paint that you can buy from any hardware store.
Just give it all an undercoat and then hit it with whatever top colour that’s required.
The Water Slide decals are ALL home made using an ALPS MD 5500 printer, designed on an old XP Windows box using CorelDraw to make the designs.
I try and use OLD original colour schemes where possible, by saving hundreds of photos of different older vehicles that are still in their original working clothes, that way, the finished model looks like it’s meant to look.
Any way, have a look and see what you think of it and ANY questions please ask ————————————.
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