"Westfalia Curricle" Topic
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deadhead | 17 Jul 2015 6:29 a.m. PST |
Latest project underway. This is of course a curricle, but you knew that………. A highly dangerous vehicle, but much used by the dandies of the Regency. A two wheeled runabout, pulled by two horses like this, was almost unique, but very accident prone. The Westfalia casting of the British Staff Officer is a delight and the vehicle is very easy to assemble. I had imagined the setting to be the Peninsula, but this project places it in central London. The Front Rank Light Bobs officer will serve two purposes. His sword hand is already just hanging by a thread and will be replaced with his own glass. More importantly, whilst he is leaning against the wheel, clearly the worse for wear, a bit of superglue will also secure the carriage to him for stability. So far so good. The work now is to complete the post chaise with the two eagles and Percy etc delivering the Waterloo Dispatch. Hence the jollity of these two. Last night I undercoated that vehicle and, as I picked it up, the undercarriage demonstrated that superglue is not fool proof……….Damn I said……
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Skeets | 17 Jul 2015 9:24 a.m. PST |
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deadhead | 17 Jul 2015 12:10 p.m. PST |
I had forgotten how harsh a flash is. I could not be bothered to set up all the lighting this afternoon. But I ask you to believe that the highlighting on the officer's chest is, if anything overdone. Here it is just a red out! His white breeches show no shading at all……. The brown mark on the left horse's left front leg I simply did not see! It is from the cobblestones. The blood from the chap's right nasolacrimal duct (forgive me, it is my daytime job, he must have a sinonasal malignancy) is simply not there in daylight….but now I see it! I redid the champagne glass from the lower picture. It looks much better now, as in the top one. I will do that post chaise! It is based on the Westfalia landau, but with a very different cab on the chassis (made from plastic card and microstrip). You cannot imagine the language as I tried to create the C springs from brass and plastic strip. It will be yellow (it has to be) with red undercarriage (controversial I admit, some would say yellow as well) and four horses with at least one postillion. Not sure about that either just yet……(any experts out there?) See it before and after it came apart. (My fault, we had had an excellent evening in the garden with the younger sons and the wine had flowed). Of course I sprayed it stuffed full of cotton wool (the carriage not me….) and you'll see that some Chaos Black still got into the floor interior. I must not do this after a night with the family in the summer in the garden……..
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paulalba | 17 Jul 2015 5:04 p.m. PST |
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Markconz | 17 Jul 2015 6:02 p.m. PST |
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KaweWeissiZadeh | 18 Jul 2015 4:49 a.m. PST |
Lovely work – looking forward to the finished pieces. |
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