"La diligence", with the famous driver Hank Bully.
Another great model (with some work) from the Editions Atlas range. This one
required a few modifications prior to repainting to bring it to the next level.
Unlike the original comic and the Pixi version of the stagecoach, the Atlas
model comes with only two horses (picture at the bottom of this post), which
just won't do. So I cannibalised a second model (I kept the bits I didn't need
to use in a future chariot conversion) to make room for two more horses. The
extra horses themselves got a slight repositioning of the heads so
that they wouldn't look identical and some greenstuff to the manes and
tails.
The coulour scheme for the coach ended up looking rather
different from the Atlas paintjob. It's in fact a cross between the cover of
the comic and an image of a real stagecoach I found online. This is probably my favourite model in the collection now. Some different angles:
Pictures of the original Atlas paintjob and comparison
(after-before) for the driver):
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