WIP Rorke's Drift wagon firing line

[Richie]

Hi All,
I have decided to start and make the Rorke's Drift firing line from the back of the Alphonse De Neuville painting incorporating the Colonial wagon.
There will be 6 figures in total plus the ox cart. I will have the dead lance corporal in the foreground, the artillery bombadier reloading, the wounded soldier and 3 soldiers firing. Plus I will do a range of mealie bags and boxes to support the barricade.
I purchased various hardwoods in various sizes to make the wagon, I am going to get the wheels done in 3d to save me some time.

I've made a start on the wagon bed and sides, along way to go but it is started.

The scale will be 54mm (1/30) as per all the other figures in the diorama. This piece can compliment the Rorke's Drift diorama or be a stand alone piece. With a few additional figures it could be used as Durford's last stand at Isandlwan ect.

cheers
Richie

 

[Merryweather]

OOOH!

 

[Redcap]

Richie - Go for it!
Gaz

 

[NRG]

An interesting project. I will follow with interest.
while not specifically dealing with colonial carts, the following is a good read with great illustrations of GS wagons and the more specialised vehicles such as pigeon lofts, water carts, small arms ammunition carriers etc etc etc. A small book but packed with detail. Recommended.

 

[Trep]

Awesome, great selection of figures, put me in for a pre order from you for when they are done. All of these along with all of your previouse figures are second to none, the best of the best and I look forward to them.
Take care my friend
Danny

 

[Warren SMITH]

Looking forward to seeing this one develop..

 

[Richie]

OOOH!

Hi Neil,
Thank you.
cheers
Richie

Richie - Go for it!
Gaz

Hi Gaz,
Thank you and I will but go for this one at a slow pace I think!
cheers
Richie

An interesting project. I will follow with interest.
while not specifically dealing with colonial carts, the following is a good read with great illustrations of GS wagons and the more specialised vehicles such as pigeon lofts, water carts, small arms ammunition carriers etc etc etc. A small book but packed with detail. Recommended.

Hi Nigel,
Thank you for looking in. That's a great niche book and with plans too, thank you for the heads up on that one.
cheers
Richie

Awesome, great selection of figures, put me in for a pre order from you for when they are done. All of these along with all of your previouse figures are second to none, the best of the best and I look forward to them.
Take care my friend
Danny

Hi Danny,
Thank you so much for your high praise, it will be a while before this project is completed.
cheers
Richie

Looking forward to seeing this one develop..

Hi Smithy,
Thank you mate, I've got to build this with a view to casting it, so a bit of head scratching here and there.
cheers
Richie

 

[Richie]

Hi All,
Slow going due to working with wood glue and timber, but I have started started on both axle assemblies.
cheers
Richie

 

[Andrew Belsey]

Looking good Richie and I'm following now.
You may remember that I made a 1:500 one of these. I'll get round to finishing that project one day!
Andy

 

[Oda]

Judging by experience we are all in for one more historically accurate stunner the kind of which only Richie is capable of providing.Of course I'll be following with immense interest.

Oda.

 

[polyphemus]

I seem to remember when Norman Abbey did the Isandlwana diorama back in 1975, featured in Military Modelling, he used a Lasset GS Wagon. Probaby the nearest thing available at the time.

Geoff

 

[Nap]

Judging by experience we are all in for one more historically accurate stunner the kind of which only Richie is capable of providing.Of course I'll be following with immense interest.

Oda.

Agree there ..it's going to be a cracking piece of modelling , great idea from Richie as well

Sat on the sofa ready and waiting

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Steve Brodie]

Chair pulled up

 

[Richie]

Looking good Richie and I'm following now.
You may remember that I made a 1:500 one of these. I'll get round to finishing that project one day!
Andy

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Crikey Andy, I've dropped bigger parts than that and never found them again, amazing work in such small scale.
cheers
Richie

Judging by experience we are all in for one more historically accurate stunner the kind of which only Richie is capable of providing.Of course I'll be following with immense interest.

Oda.

Hi Aris,
Thank you for your continued support. Hopefully it will be accurate, there were lots of different wagons used.
cheers
Richie

I seem to remember when Norman Abbey did the Isandlwana diorama back in 1975, featured in Military Modelling, he used a Lasset GS Wagon. Probaby the nearest thing available at the time.

Geoff

Hi Geoff,
Just had to look up that one.
cheers
Richie

Agree there ..it's going to be a cracking piece of modelling , great idea from Richie as well

Sat on the sofa ready and waiting

Happy benchtime

Nap

Hi Nap,
Don't worry you'll have plenty of time for snoozing on the sofa, even when I get the wagon done, there is all the barricade parts and the figures.
cheers
Richie

Chair pulled up

Hi Steve,
You'd better have a kip too.
cheers
Richie

 

[Redcap]

Excellent progress Richie and it's looking good mate.

Gaz

 

[Richie]

Excellent progress Richie and it's looking good mate.

Gaz

Hi Gaz,
Thank you mate, a little update as the 12 spoke wagon wheels have been done by my very talented club mate Duxxie and will be printed shortly.
cheers
Richie

 

[Richie]

Hi All,
I have been cutting and shaping the wheel guards out of metal and started work on the wagon sides overhang, not a lot to show yet. So....
I decided to repurpose one of the figures from my Rorke's Drift set and a bit of conversion and sculpting work and I have my first firing soldier
on the way. I have also perched him on some mealie bags.
Will be back at it tomorrow.
cheers
Richie

 

[Nap]

Nice work on one of the figures Richie

This is going to be another piece of "Monkey Magic"

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[1969]

This is a nice looking project mate, like what you have done so far and will be following along. Nice bit of woodwork/joinery on the cart
Cheers mate
Steve

 

[Richie]

This is a nice looking project mate, like what you have done so far and will be following along. Nice bit of woodwork/joinery on the cart
Cheers mate
Steve

Hi mate,
Thank you Steve, a bit more to show today.
cheers
Richie

Hi All,
I have progressed the sides of the wagon with the wheel guards and done a bit more on the axles and linkage.
cheers
Richie