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John.....Attached page from the Bygone Age product flyer shows the Hand pumper as one of the last issues before ending the line. Suspect not many were purchased as I have very seldom seen them come up for sale on Ebay. Im still looking for the fishmonger cart and Knife Grinder cart love...

Find over the next few sub treads my build of a 50 year old metal kit by Phoenix Model Developments of England. It is the 19th Century Hand Pump Fire Engine from their Bygone Age Series it is 54mm in scale. Phoenix never made any uniformed firemen to go with this kit, so I had to adapt. I...

"Art, History and the child in all of us"

This is very cool Fine job

And a happy Holiday to all of you from an older Christmas display I staged: a few photos of the display area before adding the figures

Not the best of times to be looking forward to a family get together for a Thanksgiving feast. As such I have put together a small vignette titled "Predator or Prey?" Kind of my way adding a little levity to everyone's day and wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving The vignette is centered...

Excellent work on these fellows. The adjustment of the hands to work the sight is very realistic and well done

My first step was to mount the relief in a butter tub lid. so I had a good grip on the subject with out getting paint all over my hands or rubbing any paint off. The plan was to undercoat in acrylics and then glaze over with artist oils. I usually start with the face as seen below and then...

Last August, Annie Oakley celebrated her 160th birthday. This inspired me to go into my gallery and look at a Bas Relief I painted of her likeness about 4 years ago. It currently hangs in the stair case going down to my office/studio sanctum. Find below a sequence of how this piece came...

She is a stock Phoenix figure from the Regency line. So no conversion. She was out from the gray army as a potential passenger in the Hansom Cab project, but alas that skirt came out way way to far in front to fit her in the cab with the doors closed. She wasn't a good fit for the Gig either...

Done with Carriages for a while after this lot. I do have some flats I will be posting in the painting thread, so stay tuned. Like to see more of your work as well,especially any more of the Phoenix figures and accessories. Walt Damon

Continuing with the Gig conversion. After deciding not to use the figures from Napoleon Advancing, a further search of the Phoenix figures awaiting assignment came up with 2 figures that fit perfectly in the Gig. Actually the Gig driver designed for ByGone Age Gig and a lady from the Regency...

As seen in a previous thread I fortunately stumbled on to a collection of "antique" toy carriages. From this I have managed to cobble a few to acceptable conversions, and although not the Phoenix Bygone Age carriages I wanted, they do manage to fit in along side. One of those conversions...

Obee, I love your beer wagon. Great conversion. That damm Mail Coach was a bear to find. Over a year with daily emails from Ebay with the search Bygone Age before getting a hit. Problem now is the decals seem very fragile. I have been bugging my modelling cronies who make their own...

I had made note in a prior thread that I have had excellent success when using ALL categories in searching for a specific item on eBay.. Case in point, when searching for the elusive Phoenix Mail Coach, after a year one did pop up under ANTIQUE TOYS.. Must of been an antique shop cleaning up an...

Obese, absolutely love the lady in the blue gown. Excellent work...she is now on my want list walt Damon

Finished -- Hansom Cab --Phoenix Model Developments, ByGone Age series Once I received the proper driver from S&D models (as noted in Obee's post below), and tested the fit on the cab I started the casting clean up (minor) and put him in with the next group of Phoenix figures going to the...

Brad All the figures are from Phoenix including snaggle tooth. His head is from the fellow sitting in the lawn chair (photo further down this thread sitting with lady also in lawn chair) Prior to mounting the head I shaved off the kerchief that the stock figure was wearing on his head to...

the figures- Hansom Cab --Phoenix Model Developments, ByGone Age series As I last left off, the project was getting focused on the figures. Most important was fitting the cab passenger inside the cab with the front door closed. As referenced in the photo below, he needed to have his legs...

Brad, glad you have this in your bench plans. Im very interested in any modifications you make, and how you are dealing with the figures. Keep us posted Walt Damon