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Offline Rich H

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Stage coach
« on: 14 October 2020, 09:04:42 PM »
Something a bit different for me... it's proving to be a bit of a pain to get the details right!

(random horses just for scale - and might be out of scale I know nothing about horses...)
« Last Edit: 14 October 2020, 09:15:30 PM by Rich H »

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Re: Stage coach
« Reply #1 on: 15 October 2020, 07:30:27 AM »
looks very good Rich! I suppose I can guess who the customer is  ;)
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Re: Stage coach
« Reply #2 on: 15 October 2020, 08:08:05 AM »
Nice start.

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Re: Stage coach
« Reply #3 on: 15 October 2020, 08:21:30 AM »
Always a difficult subject.  As a gamer, I want to be able to feel it’s a prominent piece on the table....sometimes good to put a mini or two in ,etc.....but the fact is, they really were very small.  I had a Dixon one years ago, lovely kit, but swapped it for a larger out of scale laser cut one purely for gaming reasons.

Nice to see another take on one though.

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Re: Stage coach
« Reply #4 on: 15 October 2020, 09:48:18 AM »
As it's 3d printed scale is easily varied.  It will be scaled to suit the aesthetic for the range so it should have a reasonable presence on the table.  But I too was surprised how tiny they are!

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Re: Stage coach
« Reply #5 on: 15 October 2020, 06:56:14 PM »
I am guessing about 1/50 scale.

I wonder about a steampunk variation....


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Re: Stage coach
« Reply #6 on: 15 October 2020, 07:03:16 PM »
A stream engine would fit nicely on the back if I took the luggage rack off...

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Re: Stage coach
« Reply #7 on: 17 October 2020, 04:30:28 PM »
First print

Offline gamer Mac

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Re: Stage coach
« Reply #8 on: 17 October 2020, 04:46:51 PM »
Nice job :-* :-* :-*

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Re: Stage coach
« Reply #9 on: 19 October 2020, 05:29:16 AM »
Nice work it looks the part, will it be commercially available ?

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Re: Stage coach
« Reply #10 on: 19 October 2020, 08:33:01 AM »
 Yes! 

Just need to work out how to split it up for casting.  It's quite a complex beast.

I'll probably lop the roof off, but the undercarriage is pretty flimsy and complicated.

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Re: Stage coach
« Reply #11 on: 19 October 2020, 08:35:11 AM »
That does look very nice.
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Re: Stage coach
« Reply #12 on: 19 October 2020, 08:40:23 AM »
As soon as I can work that out and add the brakes (which I've just noticed I forgot...) It'll be on its way to Empress :)

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Re: Stage coach
« Reply #13 on: 19 October 2020, 09:54:07 AM »
That looks really nice indeed

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Re: Stage coach
« Reply #14 on: 19 October 2020, 09:56:31 PM »
Probably needs more horses, 6 rather than 4

If in doubt look for an old (1960) TV show called "Stagecoach West", (appears on UK Freeview channel 81 on weekends) or even Doris Day's Calamity Jane
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