I'm nearing the end of painting my recent Pendraken ACW purchase.
Casualties, Wagons and a few atrillery odds and sods to go.
Looking closely at the wagons there's something I can't recognise - here's my plea for advice.
The canvas covers of the wagons have a couple of rectangular bits beneath the awning at one end.
I'm not sure whether these are leftovers form casting channels, or whether they represent part of the frame that supports the cover.
Please advise.
If the former, I'll machine them off, of they're a deliberate part of the model, any advice on colour?
I've gone for a rather fabulous powder blue body and oxblood wheels for the rest of the wagon.
And thanks in advance to anybody who comes to my assistance.
I think the tabs on the cover (bottom aren't they?) are just to set them into the wagon body. I have a couple of wagons in my FPW Test picture but they don't show details. As I recall there were also casting sprees on the cover at one end.
If it's the large canvas casting then those will just be the casting sprues and can be removed. The canvas block should sit snugly into the wagon piece once those are off.
(https://pendraken.co.uk/_img/products/1163/ACW62.jpg)
Many thanks, I'll fire up the Dremel.
And congratulations on an excellent range.
Great range of poses, all useful.
Nice crisp detail, good painting.
Quote from: Leon on 16 September 2019, 11:26:41 PM
If it's the large canvas casting then those will just be the casting sprues and can be removed. The canvas block should sit snugly into the wagon piece once those are off.
(https://pendraken.co.uk/_img/products/1163/ACW62.jpg)
I'm wondering. Shouldn't there be a foot board? (if these horses suddenly stop, the driver will slide off). Just saying.
Safety belts?
Not til the 1960's, and not compulsory til 1985
I probably shouldn't worry about his safety. He's probably sitting comfortably on a spike.
Paint Your Wagon Lee Marvin!
Quote from: Westmarcher on 17 September 2019, 11:32:01 AM
I probably shouldn't worry about his safety. He's probably sitting comfortably on a spike.
I'm reminded of Edmund Blackadder's staunchly puritanical relatives..
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1zuyf2 (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1zuyf2)
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 17 September 2019, 08:24:16 AM
And congratulations on an excellent range.
Great range of poses, all useful.
Nice crisp detail, good painting.
Glad you like them!
Quote from: Leon on 17 September 2019, 01:23:44 PM
Glad you like them!
Certainly do, my first venture into 10mm for some 2 decades.
I've based up enough grey and blue chaps for some very flexible Rebels and Patriots encounters.
Not to mention casualties and baggage.
Sound forth the trumpet that will never call retreat!
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 25 September 2019, 09:17:28 PM
Certainly do, my first venture into 10mm for some 2 decades.
I've based up enough grey and blue chaps for some very flexible Rebels and Patriots encounters.
Not to mention casualties and baggage.
Excellent!
if you sold wagons without canopy ive have a dozen, as I card the tilt and use a fine linen for the feel?
See if its posssible :)
Aren't the canopies separate?
Yes, and the interior of the wagon bed is detailed.
QuoteI'm wondering. Shouldn't there be a foot board? (if these horses suddenly stop, the driver will slide off). Just saying.
QuoteI probably shouldn't worry about his safety. He's probably sitting comfortably on a spike.
Anyhoo! As has been highlighted elsewhere by
Yours truly, it transpires that ACW Supply Wagon drivers tended to drive the wagon seated on the nearest left side horse to the wagon (in the same way as artillery limber drivers). Here's a link for those interested (a couple of other figure manufacturers have cottoned on to this method of driving these wagons also):-
ACW Supply Wagons (http://www.artilleryreserve.org/army%20waggons%202.pdf)
I seem to recall that Leon is perfectly happy to supply spare limber drivers, if desired. :)
I tried to download the pdf but it came back to tell me that it was a security risk because of an unsecured connection.
That's unfortunate. I found it in the artilleryreserve.org website under 'History of Artillery' > 'History of the Army Wagon.' The article states that each wagon had one driver mounted on one of the mules. There's not too much to see; 3 illustrations, one of which shows the driver on one of the mules and another which is a photograph of a Union supply train passing through Petersburg. Here's a couple of alternatives ...
A link to the Perry twins' product to give you an idea:-
Perry Miniatures ACW Suppl Wagon (https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product/acw11-six-mule-wagon-standing-with-driver/)
Also, here's a photo of a Wagon train near Richmond (zoom in to the various wagons to see the drivers):-
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-civil-war-wagon-train-of-military-telegraph-corps-near-richmond-50035338.html (https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-civil-war-wagon-train-of-military-telegraph-corps-near-richmond-50035338.html)
Thanks
Fascinating to see Studebaker supplying logistics trucks as early as the ACW.