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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Oldboy on 17 September 2023, 06:08:17 PM

Title: Empress two wheeled Indian cart.
Post by: Oldboy on 17 September 2023, 06:08:17 PM

I have the two wheeled cart as above. I think that it is in the Indian Mutiny range. I intend to use it for my Jazz Age figures. My question is regarding the cover. Is it canvas or similar or is it wood. Grateful for any help. Thanks. F

Title: Re: Empress two wheeled Indian cart.
Post by: Mad Guru on 19 September 2023, 07:42:32 AM

Pretty sure it's cloth of some kind, either canvas or something similar.  I don't have any handy close-ups but my simply painted version can be seen in these 2 pics from an 1880 Battle of Kandahar AKA: Baba Wali 140th Anniversary game back in 2020:

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1-44Di0dfWVI7MqJ4_2U3j42ViFMk-3Y8LGkn01axPTHLD2It0_XfmeX_b6fJovwwI6wU2F_poqVup-cnymum4pMv8kxDUVWV3VZhW4S7s7ifXZZ6OBYSLjUtuTqAMXp2Ji76fn20Tsqb3FyGWV1TlaVYe5AgTVUac9irTtao0x8e6Uc7ye2pXGzlALcs/s1600/IMG_0411.jpg)

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbWRDH_irWXAlzUWbBHqibNGrH2sswYvVwh69c876iJAKCPeWH-IiecExo600_qIehhe2qY3LXOtDFy_jDTVgEmZ-TQ8FNKUnjQw_ehXQhjs2DWUH7HbZKrSJM6Lmn6E0ryJfDIxCpGkd23Kp74OQHaA0N_SCgHNv3faYekfUDQXBIYGvNdgd1JA8jfDf0/s1600/e84bae6e-ea7d-4036-aeee-8a28090f655b.jpg)

Title: Re: Empress two wheeled Indian cart.
Post by: Oldboy on 19 September 2023, 09:58:42 AM

Thank you very much. I think I had settled on a canvas top, research on internet shows lots with a sort of wicker cover. The model has a faint cross hatch pattern. This is what confused me. But canvas will do nicely. F