Mark Dudley over at Ilkley Old School had the good idea for his 40mm PA forces of making one 2 wheel baggage wagon for each of his regiments and I thought to follow on by giving it a try. I had some baggage wagons that I had built for my 40mm ECW forces (those splendid fellows now do service with a good gentleman from Georgia...I have a bit of quirk in that I always hope when I have to sell a large collection, that they "go to a good home"...you can still see them here on earlier posts under ECW)
The wagons were built rather large in a full round universe and were without horses for a long while...you can see the build here. So the challenge was to see if the PA semi flats would look OK hitched to the full round wagons.
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| the barrels are from a craft shop (a bit large, but I think they would make a good water wagon glued top to top and used on it's side. |
I think they turned out reasonably well despite the 3d differences—I'm beginning to think there is no problem a coat of Krylon Triple Thick Clear Glaze won't solve, ...I may have to try it on my dear wife when she gets cranky.
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| sorry sweetheart, just kidding.... |
Doing one for each regiment is a great way to keep building the tail of the army while building the sharp end.
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| Grenadiers take a village! |
5 comments:
The wagons look great. Is that the driver from the old Ericson range?
Yes, the mold is one of the early PA Ericson molds I got on ebay.
Looks good , I too search EBay for molds
Nice wagon. I will have to make one like this out of Costa Coffee stirrers.
I used the later version of the Limber horse - also sourced from ebay
Nice wagons, look great with the PA figs.
I need to build some smaller two wheelers, given me some ideas
-- Allan
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