Now some of the things that complicate the scratch building of a model like this is the figure head and carvings ( at least for me, Janos would have no problems ) so I had to adapt what I could get my hands on to do the job.
By nature I am a bit of a scrounger, some might say scoundrel , I love going to car boot sales etc, at one of these places I came across two plastic ornaments that were identical, they were of a Roman soldier standing in a chariot pulled by two horses, the RW for a figure head, has a double figure head of a Roman soldier mounted on horse back, so I bought them for couple of bucks as I thought I might be able to use them.
This is the horses cut away from the chariot
Rear view
The left hand horse cut away from one of the sets
This is the starboard side, unlike the horses I only had two figures, so I had to use one for each side, and make no mistakes, I had to cut the horses legs down, cut a bit from under the horses head so the head could be lowered, also shows the Roman after his plastic surgery, I blended everything with fine car body filler and ended up with the figure on the right of the pic. Mine due to using the two figures show a front side on the port figure and a back side on the starboard one.
the port side figure
After I was satisfied with the figures I then made an RTV Silicone mould of both the figures, this was a little bit tricky as there were undercuts, also in the mould I placed some brass rod supports that you can just make out.
Actually this was the second mould I made as this one has the Cherubs added and also the horse blanket with the RW initials on it.
I then made two castings, this was the first moulds. with just plain resin to see how they would turn out.
I also cast one in white metal, but it was too heavy, this one doesn't look so good but it was the first out of the mould and sometimes you have to do two or three casts to warm up the mould.
So I went back to casting resin, these still need to be cleaned up and have the excess resin trimmed back.
So I went back to casting resin, these still need to be cleaned up and have the excess resin trimmed back.
Using the proto type this is where it will sit.
This is what I had to copy, this is from the plan.
Sorry I have been so long winded in describing the process, thanks for your patience.