Queen Boudicca of the Iceni

[Paul P.]

do them wheels have spokes, if so 2 were enough

Paul

[Paul P.]

OK moving on rapidly, hopefully another update tomorrow

Paul

[Leon]

Paul,your safe mate .No spokes on armor wheels.Don't think they would up under all that horsepower.

[`Boots`]

Amazing stuff Paul............the chariot work is unbelievably good my friend , soooo looking forward to the next installment mucka

[Paul P.]

Leon it would still be more than 2 wheels to make

Cheers Boots, next update here

After all that silly malarky about an M2 rig ill carry on with me nice simple chariot, so next up is the floor, this was a rectangle of ash or yew that had perforated sides and then a hide lattice work threaded through it. This is the actual part that they stood or sat on and because it was suspended from the hoops at the side, it gave a bit of an easier ride

So i cut the strips from 1mm sheet and then worked out the spacing for the slots, and then glued on 2mm wide pieces along the length and finally fitted the top piece. The end joints would have been halving joints so i left the slots on the shorter pieces and the tongues on the longer ones. Once it was all glued together i now have to sort the hide lattice work. Not sure what im going to do this with yet, i have some .25mm styrene on order but ill have a look to see if there is anything else i could use



















all for now

Paul

[Deleted]

Some nice work here me ole Sapper!!! ...I do have a question tho..do you have a reference for how they wove the 'bed'?

[Paul P.]

jackwagon cheers mucka i think your right the .25mm will be just right

CB thanks mate, yep ive got a very good reference as to how it was weaved, woven, weaven.....done


Paul

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Jul 24, 2013 16:39:16 GMT -5 Paul P. said:

jackwagon cheers mucka i think your right the .25mm will be just right

CB thanks mate, yep ive got a very good reference as to how it was weaved, woven, weaven.....done


Paul

Any chance you could post a piccie,just for reference.. ;)Just that I remember an old stool me grandma had years ago,with a woven leather 'seat',so I just wondered how they did it?

[Paul P.]

Chris id love to post pics of the plans but they are on a PDF and i cant convert them so that i can post them, next time your round Dicks hes got a copy of the plans have a look there

Paul

[wbill76]

Making good progress Paul, looking forward to seeing the weaving get woven...or something...

[`Boots`]

Well i gotta say Mr P..............that is some mighty fine work ya done there, great patience involved i imagine but well worth the effort ..........fab stuff bro ......love it!!

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Jul 24, 2013 16:56:11 GMT -5 Paul P. said:

Chris id love to post pics of the plans but they are on a PDF and i cant convert them so that i can post them, next time your round Dicks hes got a copy of the plans have a look there

Paul

No worries mate!!...Next time I pop down fer a chinwag,I'll get Dicky to show me

[Paul P.]

Cheers Bill its getting there

Boots thanks mate, i dont know about patience cos theres always a lot of swearing coming from my cave


CB alternatively i could always email you a copy if you pm me your email address


Just a quick update, the weaving got woven, woved, weaved,...............done Fairly straight forward really just a bit fiddly






all for now

Paul

[Leon]

WOW Paul,awesome work on the woven weaving .Two thumbs up mate.

[Deleted]

Paul,you just have to look in my profile,and my e mail addy is there

[Paul P.]

Leon cheers buddy

CB email on its way to you


Now that the weaving has been finished,........i could probably make a rattan chair now , i made the 2 spars that support it and then these were fixed to the frame, ill probably have to make some bolt heads to go on this. I then started on all the lashings. Even though the frame would have been spikes together it was also lashed with hide straps. I started on the yoke spa and the axle and cut 2 strips of .25mm styrene 1mm wide. every joint has to be lashed and also the suspension straps were platted god alone knows how im going to do that



















I shall go and contemplate platting


Paul

[`Boots`]

That is way ferkin` cool Paul..........ya weaving and lashing are perfick , fantastic work fella ..............best of luck with ya platting

[Paul P.]

Cheers jackwagon, yep cant wait to get painting but s*** loads to do first


Boots thanks bud ill be making machrami furniture next


Just a few more pics of the rest of the joints all lashed together










And my first run at platting, this was 3 strips of .25mm styrene .5mm wide, its a good job i only have 4 of these to do as ive gone bog eyed now. is it possible for your hobby to slowly wear bits of you away








all for now

Paul

[wbill76]

Wow Paul, this is some pretty intricate work you've got going! Nice job on the lashings, the weaving, and the plaiting! Before long you'll be knitting your own socks.

[vlpbruce]

Awesome work so far. I look forward to more updates.

[Paul P.]

Cheers Bill knitting me own socks would be a doddle after this


Many thanks Bruce


Just one pic of the platted strap attached to the suspension hoop, when the other side is done the 2 poles in the middle will also be lashed together, they must have had to slaughter a herd of wilderbeast to get the leather for all these lashings




Paul

[Leon]

Paul,that is some excellent work on the lashing and platting .Very clean looking mate.

[AndyArgent.]

Paul this is absolutely stunning work.wow wow and treble wow.You have got to be proud of this for sure.It's going to be incredible.Make sure you show it at shows before you even think about painting it.

[multicam]

Truly remarkable work, Paul! Beautiful. A real joy to watch:) I could use a couple of new sweaters...I'm thinking a soft merino...you pick the colors;)

[Paul P.]

Thanks as always Leon

Andy, many thanks for the comments mate, i have had a lot of interest in this from various sources so at the moment i dont know what will happen to it in the end, but the more it takes shape the more i am pleased with the result


Nate cheers mate the only Merino i have left is pink that any good to ya other than that its the rough Hebradian

Paul

[Paul P.]

i got the other hoop lashed and also bound the 2 together at the bottom spa. When the platted base sits onto the straps there is a tie between them so that the height can be adjusted, but i think that will have to be added when its painted






just the other side to do

Paul

[vlpbruce]

Again I say, outstanding work and WOW tyhis is awesome.

[wbill76]

Superb work there Paul, very nice.

[deafpanzer]

It is looking fantastic already... can't wait to see more. Please!

[Paul P.]

jackwagon fanx bud your comments are much appreciated, ill make sure I put a clean pinny on for the next blog and we have them pushmepullyous here, not much majestic sweeping though, more wading with snorkels and fins on

Many thanks Bruce glad you like it


Thanks Bill, appreciated


Andy many thanks mate

More to follow shortly

Paul