concord Stage Coach in progress

[Script]

Gary,

Fantastic work! And yes, the horses are a work of art themselves. How are you going to finish the horses and what kind of wood are they?

Cheers,

Jim

[oven1944]

i don't see any photos???

[oven1944]

there they or had to start my pc over this thing is giveing me trouble,, the hoeses color will be a Dun, a reddish-yellow with darker stripe downthe middle of the back and the Cannon to the coronet band...as well as the tail an mane the eyei i make out of sandle wood it's a redish brown and has heep color to it i've got a long way to go but i'll not give up..i for got the wood the horses or made of the frist 4 or poplar that's from the coach the last 2 or pine but i've found that poplar works well and is stronger.. but it chips a bit ez so you watch that on places like the ears or the hoofs but it work well...
Gary....ps thanks so much for the kind words....

[oven1944]

this is what the wood starts out like i glue 2 pices of 81/4 6'' wide togather then i glue a top with the grain running the same i glue a 4 1/4 on top giveing me a board that's 2 3/4'' wide that's how wide the horse needs to be at the last rib the widest part of a horse...it's hard to get wood that thick.. but this way glueing it togather it makes for a lot stronger pice than just one...here is how i progress on a horse...
Gary....

[oven1944]

this is the big glue up you can see just how the pices fit go slow they want to slide oll over the place so watch that you keep them some what even all the way around.....
Gary....

[oven1944]

here is the progress as they go from the band saw to the file. i use a sharp wood chisel to cut the wood out between there legg then a 1 1/2'' sand papper celender on my dill press to get there ruff shape then a hand grinder with 12'' to 1/8'' tools for the rest ....
Gary....

[Dalboy]

Great job on the horses Gary they are going to look brilliant when finished.

Also thank you for the short WIP on gluing the blocks and the progression of the shaping of the horses as well.

[crowie]

Great job on the horses Gary they are going to look brilliant when finished.

Also thank you for the short WIP on gluing the blocks and the progression of the shaping of the horses as well.

VERY
You sure are one amazing craftsman, Gary...

[oven1944]

well i got the last coat of paint on and got the iron rack in place working on the poles and got the Doubletrees and singletrees with all the iron and the pole caps what a bunch of #80 bolts and nuts.....

[oven1944]

this will give you a better look at all the work that gos in to this Coach....

[oven1944]

i'm sure sorry this is takeing so long don't give up on me i'll get there ....

[oven1944]

this shows the work on the pole caps.....

[oven1944]

this shows the spaceing on the horses i have all but one done so there eyes don't look so bugy i used a light brown peace of hard wood to make the eyes i don't know what it's called it's a sample some one gave me it's exotick my spilling is bad in school i all ways wanted to be making little horses.. what can i say...lol

[oven1944]

i want to thank all you folks for all the likes you have gave me thank you all very much Gary Smith.....

[Old-Biker-UK]

Another beautiful model. Outstanding work.
Thanks for sharing the progress with us.
Mark