Well, we made even more progress today than I anticipated. Special thanks to some honorary cowboys at the Heartland Public Shooting Park today. Bill Starkey and his crew made sure that I had everything I needed to get started, and Jake and Toby did a fantastic job of building a custom seat for the wagon. This will really make this prop “pop” when we are done. Here you can see our progress today,
One of the wheels fell off the sad old wagon trying to get it into the shop. Time to get the old girl looking good.
Then it was time to start disassembling the old wagon to start the rebuild process
After taking apart the frame, it was time to start painting the wheels
Then it was time to get the frame looking fresh and good
While the frame was drying, it was time to gather the lumber and start building the bed for the wagon
Now that the bed was built, it was time to give it a fresh coat of stain to protect it
Just as the bed was finished, the honorary cowboys at the park brought me over the new seat they built for it
I couldn’t let that great seat not look as good as the bed, so it was time to get it stained as well
Things will get a good drying this week, and next weekend we will do final assembly. Then it will be time to decide on the next project for the winter. We will posts updates after we finish it up. We hope you will come join us next season
