Old Wagons

[greenie]

Here is a 1/12th scale Pony Sulky, made from the drawing by J.E.Bishop & Son, printed in "The Coach and Motor Builder, July 1918. Usual methods of construction, paint is Enamel and decals are done on an ALPS printer. No photos showing construction, only finished photos. Sorry about the long delay between models, but Covid got in the way of finishing this model.

[Bill Gill]

Hope you've fully recovered.
Worth waiting to see.

[greenie]

G'day Bill, eventually got over it and I'm back into it again. :-)

[Stuart]

Beautiful work.

[Ray Dunakin]

Another masterpiece!

[finescalerr]

COVID may have delayed completion but certainly had no impact on quality. Superb. And I hope your health now is. -- Russ

[greenie]

COVID may have delayed completion but certainly had no impact on quality. Superb. And I hope your health now is. -- Russ

Starting to get back at it now, for 6 months I did not want to do anything at all, just lounged around feeling miserable.

[greenie]

Here's a 1/12th scale" Van on Lorry Undercarriage", made from the drawing by J.E.Bishop, published in the January, 1919 edition of 'The  Coach and Motor Builder'.

Changed the wheels from wooden spoked wheels to steel wheels, these steel wheels are sometimes referred to as Sankey wheels, or, what was used on a Morris Cowley and a few other English vehicles many years ago.

As time went on, the Wheelwrights changed over to different trades and by about the 1930-40's they were a bit thin on the ground.

So a lot of Lorry owners started to use these type of steel wheels with rubber tyres fitted, because of the shortage of Wheelwrights to repair the wooden spoked wheels.
These wheels made the Vehicle roll a lot easier, because they were fitted with ball-bearings and they were a lot quieter as well when rolling down a cobbled street with air filled rubber tyres, compared to wooden spoked wheels each fitted with a Steel tyre.

Today you sometimes see these wheels fitted to a vehicle in the show ring.

I had the 1/12th scale wheels made by 3D Printing and they worked out quite OK.
The rubber tyres came from a 1/12th scale plastic kit of the "Blower Bentley", only had to adjust the size of the 3D printed wheels to accommodate the 1/12th scale rubber tyres.

Swiped the colour scheme for the model of the Van, from an old Ford Utility that Alex Hamilton had painted, which is in the Redlands Museum, Qld.

A few photos showing what it's made from and then a few more photos showing the finished vehicle.

Any questions then please ask ?

[finescalerr]

Golly gee snapturtle, I just love your models. Absolutely superb. And adequate. -- Russ

[Bill Gill]

greenine, Another Wizzbang Winner (to follow Russ's lead)!
Beautiful work throughout. So many decals so carefully aligned.
I'm guessing this vehicle was sort of an all purpose 'pickup truck' in its day?

[greenie]

Thank you for the compliment Russ, much appreciated.

[greenie]

Bill, yes, it could be used for a multitude of different tasks, have a look at the Lorry that "Steptoe & Son" use, very similar to this design, only the one they use is a bit smaller.

[Stuart]

As always, your work stands above and beyond all others.

[Barney]

VERY VERY LOOKING NICE  another great job
Barney

[Ray Dunakin]

Jaw-droppingly stunning, as usual!