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Author Topic: Stagecoach, wagons etc. in 28mm??  (Read 5781 times)

Offline NickNascati

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Stagecoach, wagons etc. in 28mm??
« on: November 07, 2013, 09:59:10 PM »
All,
      I have an Ertl Stagecoach and a coupe Ertl buggies, but they really look too small.  I know I don't have the patience to build fiddly laser cut models.  What else is out there?

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Re: Stagecoach, wagons etc. in 28mm??
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2013, 10:01:43 PM »
In my eyes the best of the best are the Dixon Miniatures stagecoach and wagons. They have a great selection of Wagons, with or without covers, buckboards etc.
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Offline Za Zjurman

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Re: Stagecoach, wagons etc. in 28mm??
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2013, 10:06:28 PM »

Offline NickNascati

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Re: Stagecoach, wagons etc. in 28mm??
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2013, 10:20:38 PM »
So the Pencil Sharpeners are good for scale?

Offline Deedles

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Re: Stagecoach, wagons etc. in 28mm??
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2013, 10:40:43 PM »
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Re: Stagecoach, wagons etc. in 28mm??
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2013, 10:50:42 PM »
Blue moon Waggons Ho range do some nice stuff, made from resin which is reasonably easy to assemble

Peddlers wagon


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The Dixon stagecoach is nice.. But I would say it is fiddly


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Re: Stagecoach, wagons etc. in 28mm??
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2013, 11:30:39 PM »
While I haven't gone hands on with the Sarissa coaches etc.  I have not found an MDF wagon that was more difficult to deal with than the frustrating all-metal wagons I've dealt with in the past!  Metal-on-metal models might be my absolute least favorite product in all of gaming.   :`
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Re: Stagecoach, wagons etc. in 28mm??
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2013, 11:39:33 PM »
While I haven't gone hands on with the Sarissa coaches etc.  I have not found an MDF wagon that was more difficult to deal with than the frustrating all-metal wagons I've dealt with in the past!  Metal-on-metal models might be my absolute least favorite product in all of gaming.   :`

The Sarissa Stage Coach turned out to be real easy to stick together. The only patience I needed was waiting for glue to dry sufficiently between stages. I too hate gluing large metal on metal miniatures and would hate trying to put together a similarly pieced coach from metal.

Offline NickNascati

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Re: Stagecoach, wagons etc. in 28mm??
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2013, 12:36:00 AM »
I just ordered a few of the Pencil Sharpener wagons, so I will let you all know if htye work out.

Offline NickNascati

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Re: Stagecoach, wagons etc. in 28mm??
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2013, 01:35:29 PM »
The Pencil Sharpeners arrived  two Conestoga Wagons, a Stage Coach, a Flat Bed Wagon and a Surrey.  All look great and pretty much in scale with 28mm figures.  I expect that the Conestoga Wagons should be a little bigger, but they seem fine.  The only one that is slightly off, is the Surrey.  The wagon base and attached horse are perfect, but the body of the Surrey itself is big.  I may pull it off and make one from scratch.  All in all money well spent.

Offline romelll

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Re: Stagecoach, wagons etc. in 28mm??
« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2013, 12:51:31 PM »
You would be surprised at how small the conestogas could be.

Offline warlord frod

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Re: Stagecoach, wagons etc. in 28mm??
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2014, 06:33:09 PM »
The Pencil Sharpeners arrived  two Conestoga Wagons, a Stage Coach, a Flat Bed Wagon and a Surrey.  All look great and pretty much in scale with 28mm figures.  I expect that the Conestoga Wagons should be a little bigger, but they seem fine.  The only one that is slightly off, is the Surrey.  The wagon base and attached horse are perfect, but the body of the Surrey itself is big.  I may pull it off and make one from scratch.  All in all money well spent.

Would you be so kind as to post a pictore with a 28mm fig next to your wagons so we can get an idea of scale? Thanks

 

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