Thread: my Chuck Wagon

I hope they are plastic horses. If you make them I give up woodwork.....

there wood i enjoy makeing them i sure love horses these don't eat tho...lol
Gary,

heres part of the prosses some time they kick on this part.. i use a grinding wheel on my drill to ruff them out after i cut them out on the band saw then just chip away i can make one a day with the right wood i like pondarosa pine i'm no good at spilling tho...
Gary....

Hi Gary and welcome to the toy forum.I think you will be upgraded to the Scale Forum shortly Top work Mate.I have been folowing your work for sometime now . I am making an 1/8 scale concord Coach as well.Mine is from plans.it is giving me (or was) some hassles with a plan to follow.I cant even imagine how I could build one of these without plans..Really I cant. It is recognised as one of the hardest models to build because of all the compounf curves an loads of small metal parts to make The hardest thing I found ,was making the door hinges to fit a curved door.
All the best on this forum Gary.Love to see lots more photos
Aussie

G'Day again Gary,
Great to see you've found your way to the Toymaking section of the forum after all the trouble you had with registration.
As you've already seen, their's a top bunch of blokes on the forum and your craftsmanship will be greatly appreciated.
This "Chuck Wagon" has a huge amount of deal, let alone the amount of work to do the beaut horses.
Looking forward to seeing some more postings with your other wagon & coach.
Cheers, crowie

G'Day All
For those who missed the Welcome post....
Have a look at them and get another taste of Garys extra-ordinary workmanship....beautiful.
Cheers, crowie

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Well done Gary that's some awesome chuck wagon and great horses too. Keep the photos coming.

heres my stage coach with some stain on it this has 4 cotes rubbed in it to get the look i wanted i like it, my wife got it for me i told her i wanted a lather like rustick look and i think she got it i don't know if i'm putting this pic in the right place? i'm goimg with a 4 horse team or 4 up steel have a lot to do just on the coach it takes 20 buckles to buckle down the luggage boot and theres 10 on the driver boot... I have photos of a sheep wagon in progress from the board i cut up to the end where do i post that?
Gary Smith,

What a Ripper. A lot of work gone into that one.Great workmanship.What can I say?those horses raise the bar higher
Hope you hang with us Gary,& i love your work

Originally Posted by oven1944

heres my stage coach with some stain on it this has 4 cotes rubbed in it to get the look i wanted i like it, my wife got it for me i told her i wanted a lather like rustick look and i think she got it i don't know if i'm putting this pic in the right place? i'm goimg with a 4 horse team or 4 up steel have a lot to do just on the coach it takes 20 buckles to buckle down the luggage boot and theres 10 on the driver boot... I have photos of a sheep wagon in progress from the board i cut up to the end where do i post that?
Gary Smith,

G'Day Again Gary,
Thank you for joining the forum.
I'm just amazed at the quality of your workmanship plus that you have a whole stable of wagons, coaches & horses.
Beautiful detail.
Keep the photos coming; especial some "work in process" photos with build notes.
Cheers, crowie

I never got to looking at the wagon just admired the bench
they are resting on first
Steve

Excellent absolutely excellent. that is a work of art..

Hi Gary and welcome these are certainly fantastic models. Look forward to some more

Gary,

I love your work. others have just mentioned the horses but I am really interested in how you did them.

I have seen some videos of a guy in the States that does Western Themes including horses that are fantastic but with a lot of caricature in them.

Maybe, when you have time you might show us how you do them. Even though I know they are carved, somehow I do not think our carving section is the right place for them . I think they will be appreciated more here becuse we understand what they are for better.

If they do not go into the Scale Modelling section then the Toy Area will be fine. We have lots of things for little boys but little girls seem to get left behind a bit in Toy Making. I have a new grand daughter on the way and because I have a rural background like to surround our family with things like this. Plus it gives me a bit of time to get it right.

I am not the quickest horse on the track.

Thanks

Pete