Little Cloud

This is a quick carving I just completed. I used a piece of cedar that was left over from a grape arbor I built a few years ago.

The head is approximatel 2 inches tall.

Additional photos at link below.

http://s289.photobucket.com/albums/ll224/2scale/Indians/?albumview=slideshow

Building the Ammo Box for the Caisson

The Caisson requires two ammo boxes. These are large wooden boxes with metal fittings and corner plates. They weighed approximately 250lbs.

These will be 1:10 scale and made of brass and wood.

The wooden boxes are made from poplar and the corners are held together with box joints. The box joints are made on the table saw using a fence with a guide pin to allow you to evenly space the fingers of the joints.

The hasp is probably the most difficult piece to make for the ammo box, a lot of filing and shaping on avery small piece. Anytime you are working on a small piece leave it attached to the longer stock piece as long as you can, this will provide you with extra material to put in the vise to hold the piece while filing. For the hasp it starts out as a 1/4 inch x 12 inch piece.

Additional photos of box contruction are in the photobucket below.

I'll add more photos as I make progress.

http://s289.photobucket.com/albums/ll224/2scale/Ammo%20Box/Ammo%20Box%20Build/?albumview=slideshow

Minature Scale Rifles

In early 2007 I had started thinking about making scale replicas of rifles. I searched the internet for information on how to do ti, however I didn't come up with much. There are a few sites but none seem to share much information about how to do it or where to get plans, etc.

I started collecting photos and patent drawings from the web, antique gun auctions seem to provide the most information, and necessary views. There are a few that show clear pictures of both sides, top and bottom views, plus close ups of any details they consider a sellng point.

Armed with hundreds of photos and some dimensions from the gun manufacture or replica websites I was able to craft a 1860 Henry Rifle and a 1783 Wincester in 1:10 scale.

Western Caricature Carving

I had developed an interest in carving a horse and started looking around the web for instructions and books on the subject of caricature carving. I found a web site called Wood Carving Illustrated, which has some free plans and a forum. This lead me to Lynn Doughty's Web site/blog and his caricature of a horse. He has a lot of good content and intruction for the beginner. I've been working on the horse for a week now and it is starting to take shape. I still have a lot to learn. Links to these websites and other are listed on the right side of this page.

http://s289.photobucket.com/albums/ll224/2scale/Horse%20Caricature%20Carving/?albumview=slideshow

1:10 scale Civil War caisson

A few slides of the 1:10 scale Civil War caisson

http://s289.photobucket.com/albums/ll224/2scale/Caisson%20Project/?albumview=slideshow