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Post by missileer on Mar 20, 2018 15:50:57 GMT -9
VK and Lightning,
Thanks for the kind words and VK, thank you for the historical tidbits. Work had interfered the last couple of days, so not a lot accomplished. I have, however, done some research on multiple horse teams and have decided how I am going to approach the running gear and horse hook-up. I found a couple of good diagrams that will help immensely. I had put them in a word document, but I cannot figure out how to add that to his post. I'll have to take pictures of the diagrams and post them later.
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Post by Vermin King on Mar 20, 2018 16:07:19 GMT -9
You could email me the document, and I'll print to pdf and then convert to png or jpg with Gimp. Then I can email it back to you to post
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Post by missileer on Mar 20, 2018 16:12:44 GMT -9
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Post by Vermin King on Mar 20, 2018 16:20:30 GMT -9
How full a rig are you going to be doing?
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Post by missileer on Mar 20, 2018 16:49:46 GMT -9
I think I will limit my rigging to just the load bearing straps that connect the horses to the tongue and the reins. Since the horses will not be rounded, I don't think any of the other parts of the tack would work well.
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Post by Vermin King on Mar 30, 2018 15:09:12 GMT -9
I was wondering where you found the horse you are using. Are there others where you found it? I think they would look good pulling Washington's carriage
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Post by missileer on Mar 30, 2018 20:39:17 GMT -9
I found the horses in an assortment of figures, horses and coaches by Jordan Peacock (Savage Worlds; Gothic Adventures, The Americas). I didn't save the link.
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Post by Vermin King on Mar 31, 2018 4:44:00 GMT -9
Cool, then I probably have it already
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Post by missileer on Apr 2, 2018 17:52:28 GMT -9
I have been sort of winging this diorama, letting it lead me down the road. My plan has finally gelled and here is a description of what the final product should look like. I am sure there will be minor changes (small details added), but the general description will hold true. The footprint will be approximately 22 inches by 34 inches. Placing the 22 inch side in front of you. with the 34 inch side leading away from you, the Guild Hall and White Hart Inn will be in the lower right hand corner. The Clock Tower of Jake's Corner will be in the upper left hand corner. A curving dirt road, starting near the lower left corner and ending near the upper right corner, will leave the two buildings on opposite sides of the road. I stone surfaced courtyard will surround the Guild/Inn building on three sides. I may add a well for the horses, but then I may not. The long rear side of the building will be bordered by grass. The Clock Tower will have a smaller stone surfaced courtyard in front of the building and extending around the left side. Road traffic will be busy. There will be the Fancy Coach, pulled by 4 horses, coming from the direction of London, followed by two villagers, each leading a pack horse. From the other direction, you will see two freight wagons, each pulled by 2 horses, followed in the distance by a unicorn with a female villager riding sidesaddle. In the Guild/Inn courtyard will be 1 Fodor coach ( all coaches will have two horses) 1 straight sided Tudor coach and 2 slant sided Tudors of different colors. The coaches will all have small freight loads and there will be two or three villagers with hand carts heading for the coaches. In the courtyard of the Clock Tower you will see 1 Tudor carriage (two horses) and a merchants wagon (two horses) set up for a sales effort of cloth and tea (maybe some other items). There will be numerous villagers wondering about. Some working; some not. The wheels and the horses are the time consumers, along with the tack harnesses for the horses. Each wheel is 10 layers and each horse is 14 layers. This alone could drain my supply of Tullamore Dew. The other time consumer is the egg crate bracing I use for the inside of the buildings. My goal is to have the whole thing assembled by Sept 1, so that I will still have good weather to build the cover for it. Well, there is the plan, but as the old military axiom states, "The best plan never survives first contact with the enemy".
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Post by missileer on Apr 29, 2018 17:17:30 GMT -9
No, I did not quit the project; a lot of real life stuff got in the way. I am now able to grab a little time, here and there, to work on the important things. I am currently working on paperschnitzel's market wagon. I am applying the layering bit and doing a bit of kit bashing also. I am using VK's wheels, because my village has only one wheelwright, so the wagons built locally would all sport the same wheel design. I have thickened the wagon tongue, by adding two more layers and am going to take the storage box from paperschnitzel's travel wagon and add three on them to the blank side of the market wagon. I think the tinkerer would have taken emergency rations for his horses. Anyway, here is where I am in the assembly process. Photo 1 shows the "kit" development and Photo 2 shows the current stage of assembly. Hopefully, I will have some further progress in the next couple of days. I am also still working on two of VK's wagon efforts ( the blue straight sided Tudor coach and the "Washington" restoration.
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Post by Punkrabbitt on Apr 29, 2018 18:44:17 GMT -9
That "real life" guy is a total jerk sometimes.
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Post by joemcp on May 1, 2018 4:42:49 GMT -9
Wow! Impressive work Missileer. The level of details is mind-blowing.
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Post by Vermin King on May 1, 2018 5:06:55 GMT -9
No kidding. I don't seem to have time to build anything right now...
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Post by missileer on May 4, 2018 18:47:26 GMT -9
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Post by missileer on May 4, 2018 18:49:32 GMT -9
And two more.
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Post by missileer on May 8, 2018 12:48:03 GMT -9
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Post by missileer on May 23, 2018 19:00:24 GMT -9
OK! The Tudor straight sided coach is in the home stretch. I have the individual pieces of cargo assembled and the coach finished with the exception of the stirrups, the driver and mounting the cargo. I will assemble the horses after I finish all the wagons. I have yet to decide which color horse will go with which coach. Here is the photo of the current state of the Tudor straight sided coach. The larger rear wheels are about 1 inch in diameter.
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