"Another Waterloo Carriage" Topic

Technically, this is a barouche, but you knew that. This time outside Mt St Jean I think. Sightseers from Brussels was the idea. OK, I do know that, in practice, all such were heading for the coast as fast as possible. Further the Duke of Richmond's crest might look pretty (and he did look in at Waterloo but he rode there and back to the capital) but I doubt many carriages made it south through the chaos of the Chausee. Once based by James this should look at its best.

The carriage is scratchbuilt. The riders are Zvezda drivers caped in Greenstuff. The horses were Austrians from HaT. The civvies are by Frank Ziegler through Hagen and are as well cast as you would expect from him. The black pole is for removing ear wax (seriously)

Gorgeous!

Tom

We are the lucky beneficiaries of another fantastic piece of work from Liam. very many thanks indeed!

Very nice work indeed Mr D.

Your scratch building is a masterclass in itself.

Best wishes,

Chris

Thanks all

To be honest, it is just a series of oddly shaped boxes, stuck to a plastic rod and strut frame., with a bit of plastic putty here and there. The brasswork is the most fun, with many a finger stuck together with superglue, then Greenstuff, which is not the quality it used to be. It ages rapidly when stored these days, esp the yellow bit.

It will look far better once based by James, outside his father's model of Mt St Jean Farmhouse

That is fantastic!

Excellent… As always… giving our Forum a higher ranking with such good work…

Armand

Outstading work! It would work well with 1861 civvies picnicking at First Manassas in 1861.

Carriages changed very little 1800-1900 that is very true. Only the spring suspension improved. Even by 1815 the C spring system was regarded as very dated. You should see members of our royal family getting into the various parade carriages still using that. First foot onto the step the whole thing leans at a worrying angle, then rebounds the other way. Semi and then full elliptical suspension improved things. Thank God for coils these days, on US or UK road surfaces (both can be awful)

That's a really nice scratch build – I can imagine all sorts of uses for it. Spectators at the siege of San Sebastian, I think there were some at Vitoria as well, weren't there, before they realized they should all be running away?