Wild West Stage Coach Model Kit 1820s – Amati (1711/01)

The Wild West Stage Coach 1820s is manufactured by Amati model kits. Amati produce faithful interpretations of the original stage coach. All materials are of the finest available and plans and instructions are always excellent and easily followed. Amati has integrated computer design and the latest materials to produce high quality model kits.

This model kit of the Wild West Stage Coach is very detailed, the cabin, wheels and chassis are finely realised miniatures of the full size coach, but are quite easy to assemble, thanks to the materials (which are laser cut for the wood parts and photo etched for the metal parts), and very comprehensive construction plans and instructions.

A full compliment of luggage and two exact scale Winchester rifles (Modelled in wood and brass) are included with the kit, together with leather material for the seats – brass buckles for the leather straps found both on the luggage and carriage itself – even a pad-lock for the money chest!

History of the Wild West Stage Coach 1820s

 

Carriage builder J. Stephens Abbot and master wheelwright Lewis Downing built the famed stagecoaches of Wells Fargo & Co. At their factory in Concord, New Hampshire, they perfected the design of the classic American vehicle. It was built high and wide to handle the rough, rutted roads of a new country. The curved frame of the body gave it strength and allowed a touch more elbow room. The perfectly formed, fitted and balanced wheels stood up to decades of drenching mountain storms and parching desert heat.

The unique feature of these coaches was the suspension. Instead of steel springs, the coach body rested on leather thorough braces, made of strips of thick leather. This feature spared the horses from jarring and gave the stagecoach a gentle rocking motion.

Concord Coaches weighted about 2500 pounds and cost about $1100 each including leather and cloth interior.

Their sturdy bodies were glowing carmine or bright vermilion and their running-gear a jaunty yellow. They had pictures of famous beauties or scenery painted on the outside of their doors. There was colour and dash in every line of them, and they carried men on colourful adventures all over the world. They were the Concord Coaches, the last and finest triumph of the stagecoach era.