prisoner van

 As I promised in the last message, today I will start the construction of the cellular van.

It is important to talk a little about the history that is associated with this vehicle, it is of French origin, from the 19th century, it was used by the Portuguese prison services until the middle of the 20th century. 7 of these carriages were bought in Paris, France for transportation of prisoners, this unit was in the prison services of Coimbra, having been completely restored and rebuilt to be put on display at the National Coach Museum, where it has been for a few days. It has 6 individual cells and space for two guards prisoners inside, and was taken by 4 mules. As I like to start my miniatures by building the wheels, here I send some photos of this work, I hope you like it and appreciate it.

The various phases of wheel design and construction.

Homemade construction artefact to bend wheel rims.

The spokes make an angle of 5 degrees in the hub socket.

The wheels ready for the first primer painting.

This was the state in which this vehicle was found in the prison penitentiary of Coimbra, before being recovered and restored, currently on display at the National Coach Museum.

Transport of prisoners,

 Hello to all my friends, I wish you are well in the face of this situation that we live in and affects everyone.

It was my intention, when I finished the Citroen Torpedo, to finish building miniatures of coaches and coaches, for various reasons, among them the lack of space available to store my entire collection, and the great lack of material needed for this type of construction . However, several friends of mine who visited the National Coach Museum, were delighted with a cell carriage for the transportation of prisoners, which was used by the prison services at the time, it was all restored and put on display in the museum recently, so many friends of mine encouraged me to make a replica of this cell phone, which really has a very interesting and futuristic silhouette for the time it was built, in the 19th century. with graceful and aerodynamic curves.

Here I leave some pictures of it so that you can see and admire this unique wonder and in excellent condition as you can see.

And then this will be my new project soon, it will also be a way to help pass this time of confinement that we are subject to, I hope you like it.

 Hello to all my friends.

Today I come to present my new exhibition.

As part of the celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the award of the title of Marquês de Pombal, I had the honor of being invited to be present with my miniature coaches, in this celebration that takes place in the palace of the Marquês de Pombal museum. in the city of Pombal.

This noble ruler was an unavoidable figure in our history, which stood out for many important events, among them, in the 1755 earthquake, which destroyed the entire city of Lisbon, he was the mentor of the entire reconstruction of the city in modern molds and constructions made in anti-seismic system, wooden cages.

Some photos of the exhibition and details of the museum.

citroen torpedo end of construction

End of construction of the Citroen Torpedo, due to the closure of commercial stores, due to the pandemic, the construction suffered a delay in completion ,.
I wish you would like to see this compilation, and I want to thank all of you, for the interest and availability that you had in accompanying this construction, here I send some photos and a short film where you can see the features of this miniature, some data about this construction. 1/10 scale, construction time 7 months, most used materials, metal sheets of various thicknesses, iron, steel, aluminum, leather and some beech wood, it has two channel radio control with variator and 7.4v battery, length , 32 cm, wide, 14 cm, height 16 cm, weight 1.8 kg. Some photos of the finish and a small film of the features of this miniature,

CITROEN TORPEDO 5 HP

Hello to all my friends, I wish you all are well.
As you can see the citroen Torpedo, it is practically finished, but due to the lack of material, due to the fact that all commercial stores are closed, this has delayed construction.
The canvas for the removable roof cover is practically what remains to be done. here I show some more photos of this almost finished work.

 The various stages of construction of the hinged frame of the roof and the suitcase, luggage carrier

 Construction of the box in acrylic glass, where the Citroen Torpedo will be kept.

 The metal frames of the hood with the retaining straps.

 The suitcase, under construction.

 As all French cars have yellow headlights, they also turn on yellow light.

The suitcase is finished and where it will stay.