Original model by the author, based on old photographs and drawings of the time. All accessories (rifle, bucket, axe, shovel, barrels ..) were made in wood.
Technical Data
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Name | Far-west Cart |
| Description | Typical cart used by the American colonists in the “conquest of the West” | |
| Design | Francisco Texeira | |
| Scale | 1:35 | |
| Measures (cm) | Width; 20, Depth: 10, Height: 16 | |
| Date | 1999 | |
| Hours | 170 | |
| Comments |
Again, between ships… something different. This time it decided to build a far-west cart, for which I was researching and looking for illustrations to make my design. Using the techniques learned to bend the ship’s liner straps, I made the wheels out of one piece of wood, on which I embedded the spokes. Thick copper wires served to shape the hood. I decorated the interior with some sacks, a trunk and some rolls of cloth. A turned lantern made of wood, brass wire and plastic hangs from the rear davit. Behind the driver’s seat, a 6cm rifle made of a single piece of carved and polychrome wood. On one side, a barrel and its spoon, all made of wood. The brake handle is placed to the left of the driver. I also made an articulated system (that works) and that when the brake is pulled, the shoes stop the wheels. And to complete the set, a whip, rolls of rope, woods to make fire, pick and shovel, an axe… all made of carved and polychrome wood. |
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