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Beautiful work, and the in-progress photos are fantastic!

Question for you-
For the pinstripes on the rims of the wheels of your Concord buggy, are those a single decal, or are you applying it in sections?  I'm trying to imagine handling a single decal that large while trying to keep it concentric.

G'day Eric, the decals for the rim of the wheels are made up of 4 sections, so once printed and then I will apply two of the sections to the rim, think 12 to 3 and 6 to 9. Apply these two sections to all wheels and after they have dried and stuck to the rims, then do the other two sections to complete that circle on the rim. Try doing them one after the other is fraught with danger, as each bit is still floating and they just move all over the place, voice of experiance speaking.

Thanks for the explanation!  Makes a lot of sense, and I just couldn't imagine doing it with a single decal.

Always a pleasure to see another of your magnificent wagons!

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

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.

Perfect big time
Barney

Beautiful work as usual.

Stuart

There are a lot of wagons here near me - Mennonite's
I'd like to build one for my 1:16 "shelf"someday
Yours are truly spectacular!
Marty

Latest one for the cupboard, it's a 12th scale 18 Passenger Drag.
Made from the drawing of J.E.Bishop, printed in the Australasian Coachbuilder and Saddler on March 15, 1896.
Usual building techniques, so not that much is new, sorry about the before photos, forgot to take any before painting.

A few photos for your perusal, enjoy and any questions, then please ask.

beautiful work, Greenie.
With that amount of seating those 18 passengers must've been pretty good friends by the time their ride was finished

Yet another terrific model. Where do you have room to store them all? And each is well beyond what we'd think of as museum quality. Most satisfactory. -- Russ

Quote from: finescalerr on December 21, 2025, 11:47:27 AMYet another terrific model. Where do you have room to store them all? And each is well beyond what we'd think of as museum quality. Most satisfactory. -- Russ

When space gets a bit tight, then I just buy more glass cabinets, eh.

Quote from: Bill Gill on December 21, 2025, 10:43:31 AMbeautiful work, Greenie.
With that amount of seating those 18 passengers must've been pretty good friends by the time their ride was finished

Yep, you just had to get freindly , or,  get out ----------------------