I decided to take a short break from building ships between finishing the US Frigate Confederacy and starting the HMS Pegasus.
A few years ago, our family took a road trip from Colorado to Washington state. We stopped at a great little western museum in Montana where my wife saw a beautiful little state coach replica that she fell in love with. That following Christmas, I picked up a stagecoach kit that I promised to build for her.
That kit sat on the shelf for a few years, until I finally committed to finishing it the beginning of 2017.
After successfully transitioning the “Shipyard” in to an old west manufacturing plant, I got underway with this Artesania Latina 1/10th scale version of a stagecoach.
While the kit itself has come good pieces to it – the wood is pretty dried and brittle and difficult to work with. I’ve had to substitute a fair amount of pieces and come up with a number of “work arounds.”
Completed Stagecoach
Build Photos
The Lehman Shipyard 
Your level of craftsmanship, well, has no words, just awesome – ran across your name or blog on one of the facebook model ship groups I think…how or what are those pins in the wheels, i guess they are simulating bolts ? I’m thinking of building a model cannon and they have something similar, although 6 sided, and I’m not sure how to make these.
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