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Offline Hadoque

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Re: 5248 Covered Wagon with Raiders
« Reply #20 on: September 06, 2012, 20:34:37 »
Good review, bb.  :)
I read a smilar report on KW and got me this set  too.  ;)

The wagon is great and my intention is to use it in  late 18th century scenes.
I also like the one-eyed bandit, though I'm not really a Western-fan (anymore. I used to buy & play with playmo-western as a kid.)

A question about such wagons:
In contrast with the previous covered wagon, this one has - as you pointed out -  a springfeathered seat.
When did such springs got introduced on wagons?
I ask to know if the wagon could be used accurately for earlier historical scenes ,and even medieval ones. The old version was very often used by people in medieval dioramas as well, but I can't imagine that a spring-equipped wagon would be realsitic for Medieval times, I think such springs were a much later development.
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Re: 5248 Covered Wagon with Raiders
« Reply #21 on: September 06, 2012, 21:45:28 »
You are right, Erwin, sprung seat was a development well after mediaeval times.  Indeed, the use of springs of this type on axles was, I think, around the late 18th century.  On a recent TV programme there was a reference to this as it wasn't until there were light, sprung carts available that horse-drawn artillery could operate effectively.
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Re: 5248 Covered Wagon with Raiders
« Reply #22 on: September 07, 2012, 01:10:06 »
saw it at TRU today, I passed for now, it was $40  :hmm: ouch... when you want to buy a dozen. I will impatiently wait till a nice sale comes around
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Re: 5248 Covered Wagon with Raiders
« Reply #23 on: September 07, 2012, 14:58:27 »
Thanks for sharing. This set is awesome. I will look for kt this weekend. I did buy the US Calvary set last week but didn't see this one.
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Re: 5248 Covered Wagon with Raiders
« Reply #24 on: September 07, 2012, 20:49:39 »
Nice looking wagon.  I might have to get one myself. :cowboy:
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Re: 5248 Covered Wagon with Raiders
« Reply #25 on: September 08, 2012, 14:56:14 »
Whenever I see covered wagons I keep thinking of a certain disney cartoon where goofy cowboys are attacked by goofy indians.  :cowboy: :indian:
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Re: 5248 Covered Wagon with Raiders
« Reply #26 on: September 09, 2012, 00:57:54 »
Oh, this wagon looks great, as do the klickies!! :love:
Thanks for the review!
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Re: 5248 Covered Wagon with Raiders
« Reply #27 on: September 23, 2012, 09:28:17 »
Quote from: Rasputin on September 07, 2012, 01:10:06
saw it at TRU today, I passed for now, it was $40  :hmm: ouch... when you want to buy a dozen. I will impatiently wait till a nice sale comes around

$29.99 this week through Saturday. All Western sets 25% off.
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Re: 5248 Covered Wagon with Raiders
« Reply #28 on: September 23, 2012, 11:52:07 »
thanks for the super photos bb! and PF for kicking up this thread again,  completely missed it. ..and very interesting question and discussion on the time line for spring seats and axles guys!  :love:
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Re: 5248 Covered Wagon with Raiders
« Reply #29 on: September 25, 2012, 06:59:00 »
Thanks for the review and photos, bonniebeth. :)  As I already have a couple covered wagons, I was thinking I could bypass this set and just order the klickies from DS, but seeing that it's a new wagon entirely, I think I'll have to purchase it. :cowboy:

As for the sprung seat, Erwin, I recall springs being introduced into coaches sometime in the 18th century.

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coach_%28carriage%29

In the eighteenth century steel springs were substituted, an improvement in suspension. An advertisement in the Edinburgh Courant for 1754 reads:

    The Edinburgh stage-coach, for the better accommodation of passengers, will be altered to a new genteel two-end glass coach-machine, hung on steel springs, exceedingly light and easy...
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