 deadhead  | 24 May 2022 8:15 a.m. PST |
Took a while, but I think the end result is better than my 28mm version. I had learnt much from my earlier attempt, but it is now ready to join the other carriages near La Belle Alliance in the Waterloo Remodelled project. As I said earlier, I will bet none of the carriages got further than Le Caillou, whatever was claimed by some dubious characters, but they look great on the edge of the battlefield. I think this will be the fifth one?
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| d88mm1940 | 24 May 2022 8:59 a.m. PST |
The carriage and troop, wonderful.
Your photography, masterful!
Bravo! |
| 79thPA | 24 May 2022 9:04 a.m. PST |
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| 14Bore | 24 May 2022 11:29 a.m. PST |
Fantastic figures and photographs, always wish I had Queen Luisa in her open carrage |
| nnascati | 24 May 2022 11:48 a.m. PST |
Beautiful work. What scale is it? |
| Frederick | 24 May 2022 2:08 p.m. PST |
Very nice! Thanks for sharing |
| Tango01 | 24 May 2022 3:25 p.m. PST |
Excellent!….. Incredible good job my good friend… Congrats!. Armand |
| deadhead | 25 May 2022 1:50 a.m. PST |
Many thanks all. Photography is getting so easy now with these Smartphone things. My wife showed me how to use hers for the last picture. It lacks depth of focus, but it is much brighter and it is only using daylight for illumination. I will avoid the obvious gag about having Queen Luisa in her open carriage. Portuguese lass I think? I tried Google to learn more about her, but could not find any open carriage image. The carriage is now 1/72 scale, based on countless photos of the original. I have never been to Malmaison, as it is quite a trek from central Paris. I did learn its dimensions and, allowing for parallax in true lateral views, could produce scale drawings. The figures and wheels/chassis are from Franznap (20mm). My earlier 28mm version was cruder and I showed many pics here years ago. Two good features were the correct size rear wheels and the Imperial emblem is a better size than on the latest. Try doing that in 1/72! A couple to remind;
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| Lambert | 25 May 2022 11:04 a.m. PST |
Brilliant work, and once again it's the detail on the doors that stands out for me. It will look great on the diorama. |
| deadhead | 26 May 2022 6:53 a.m. PST |
Thanks for that. The Imperial Coat of Arms is something I have had quite some practice in by now! I think this was the sixth time I have done it, whether in 18mm, 20mm or 28mm. It was basically just breaking it down into simple shapes. The white base went on first, the red "curtains" next, a blue shield within and then lots of gold decoration. All a bit too big in this model, but "no-one will notice"……..
The original;
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| Tango01 | 26 May 2022 3:52 p.m. PST |
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| Captain Siborne | 26 May 2022 11:38 p.m. PST |
Absolutely fantastic! I believe that Napoleon had eleven carriages at Waterloo which were based at Le Caillou. His carriage driver claimed that two came forward to La Belle Alliance, but who knows. |
| Lets party with Cossacks | 06 Jun 2022 2:10 p.m. PST |
Beautifully done Liam. And partially scratch built – what a triumph. You seem to have cracked the golden trifecta: modelling, painting and photography.
I read somewhere that Napoleon had multiple carriages near Waterloo. Are you doing more? Keep them rolling! |
| deadhead | 07 Jun 2022 8:59 a.m. PST |
I would love to. James already has the more famous Berline, produced many years ago by a German model company. I made one in 28mm from Col Elting's plans. The Malmaison one I did know the dimensions and have so many true lateral images, that it was easy to produce my own scale plans. Especially as I had already done it in 28mm. The earlier one I showed from Franznap does still exist in France, but I very much doubt still in use by 1815. Probably a dozen coaches for the Imperial Household staff, not to mention many a baggage cart for all the impedimenta. The snag is nothing is recorded or preserved. Powley in the 2 vol Osprey books on the Household shows some sketches but without any references. |
looks at some new terrain products, which use space age technology!
