Old Wagons

[Stuart]

Outstanding in every regard!

[Bill Gill]

The wheels and the entire hose reel look good to me!
Did you make the tools?

[WP Rayner]

Simply gorgeous... outstanding work. What did you use to represent the hose?

[finescalerr]

That seems adequate for a first draft. -- Russ

[greenie]

The wheels and the entire hose reel look good to me!
Did you make the tools?

Yep.

[greenie]

Simply gorgeous... outstanding work. What did you use to represent the hose?

Just a length of drawstring you would have in your pajama pants.

[greenie]

That seems adequate for a first draft. -- Russ

Thanks Russ, still need to rethink on how I made those wheels tho. :-)

[Ray Dunakin]

Magnificent!!

[greenie]

Another 1/12th scale model, this time it's a South African Trolley and the drawing was published in "The Coachbuilder and Wheelwright, June 1904. Not to sure how this vehicle ended up in an Australian publication, but it is different and worthwhile making a model of it. The drawing calls for a pole for horses, but I could not find any pictures from Sth Africa showing this type of vehicle with horses up front, but plenty of pics showing Oxen or Bullocks pulling a Trolley of this type, so it soon became a vehicle that was drawn by Bullocks or Oxen. Even swiped the colour scheme from a photo of one of these vehicles on display in Sth Africa.

[Bill Gill]

Another great model!
The black crank handle in back looks like it might be for a 'parking brake'. Is that correct?

[greenie]

Hi Bill, the brake is used for that, as well as slowing it down when going downhill, just so you don't kill the motive power. 

The main reason that the brake is at the rear of the Trolley, is with Bullocks as motive power, you drive them from the ground.
The Bullockie is on the ground walking and swearing at them and using a bluddy long whip to control them.

If it were Horses that were the motive power then you use Reins to control them, then a seat should/would be fitted up the front of the Trolley and a foot/hand brake arrangement would be used for the driver to control it.
 
So Bullocks as motive power and the animals being controlled from the ground, then that handle at the rear is a suitable position for it.

[Ray Dunakin]

Another jaw-droppingly good model!

[finescalerr]

Ho-hum, perfect, artistic, and gorgeous ... as usual. -- Russ

[Bill Gill]

Thanks, Greenie.

[Stuart]

As typical of your work --- stunning!

Stuart