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That's great. I like it.

Beautiful work as usual.

Stuart

Perfect big time
Barney

Is this one of Chucks he did earlier - ( seen at Apedale open day yesterday )

Here my last building.

Good job !

Hi Russ, once I have picked out a subject and found the working drawing for it, then I make it as close to that drawing as possible, all the while trying to get it the same as the drawing. Nothing particularly special about it at all.

I have a question: How do you manage to build so many consistently superb models? As always, the current wagon is extremely adequate. -- Russ

Another one bites the dust, this time it is a Table Top Waggon, or a Platform Waggon, made once again to 12th scale, using the drawings which were published in "The Australasian Coachbuilder and Wheelwright, Oct, 1916".

The only thing changed from the original drawings, was that I turned it into a Bullock Waggon, by changing out the shafts for horses, then adding a Bullock Pole so it could be drawn by Bullocks.

This model has Hungry Boards on it as called for by the drawing, these Hungry Boards add MORE width and Length to the Waggon, allowing a lot more load to be carried.

First photo shows the rear end of a Waggon with Hungry Boards fitted and you sure can see how much more loading you can fit onto the vehicle, when it has the Hungry Boards fitted. Why call them Hungry Boards --------- because the owner of the vehicle is a "Hungry Bastard" for the extra money that they will get for carting a bigger load.

Other photo's show the making of the model and then lots more photos showing the finished model.

Any questions, then please ask.

I found some time to continue on this project. That thing gets bigger and bigger. One point that is often overseen in kits, but at a calibre of this size it is  absolutely necessary to replicate : the rifling. My idea is to print the inner lining of the barrel separately to avoid supporting structures.