Looks like you're off to a good start! 
Fireside Frights Horse drawn hearse
Well I'm on the 2nd day of the build, did the wheels the other day hope it will come out as nice as others I've seen posted on here. Now I'm going to be like Tk and have props all over the yard!
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didn't get much done today, last night I found these curtains in the garage, painting them red, ran out of black paint, want to paint the inside while I can, then put it all together and top off the outside with a coat of gloss grey.
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I did this with my Hearse. The wheels are just hula hoops, and the sawhorses actually support the hearse.
Here is the funeral coach that I built this past winter/spring. I built it so it would be easy to take apart to store and move. This coach breaks down into about 13 pieces. I started with (4) 2x3x8s cut down to the height of the coach. I think mine ended up to be about 7' tall. I used these 2x3s as legs for the coach. I basically built a box on the legs using 4x8 sheets of plywood. Full sheets on the side and a half sheet for the front and back. I cut windows out of the sides and created small windows and doors on the back. There is a full sheet of plywood for the roof. The wheels I cut out of plywood and offer no support to the coach at all. I then added the molding and front seat. There are 2x4s mounted along the inside of the coach that a floor rests on.
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I didn't know you were gonna build a hearse!!!!
I love the hula-hoop wheel idea.
I think most set-piece coaches have table leg supports that go to the ground, and the faux wheels are attached to the support posts.
I can draw ya some pics -- if you'd like.
I love the hula-hoop wheel idea.
I think most set-piece coaches have table leg supports that go to the ground, and the faux wheels are attached to the support posts.
I can draw ya some pics -- if you'd like.
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Here are some pics of nice looking horse drawn hearses.
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Ya know TK I didn't either til a few days ago, last year I had my canned food drive coffin on a utility trailer, it looked bad to put it nicely, so after I got to looking at a few of the hearses on here I figured it was the best way to protect the food from rain, and it will look cool as hell [I hope!]I didn't know you were gonna build a hearse!!!!
I love the hula-hoop wheel idea.
I think most set-piece coaches have table leg supports that go to the ground, and the faux wheels are attached to the support posts.
I can draw ya some pics -- if you'd like.
I got the other side and the front on this eve, tomorrow I gotta get some black paint and put my boy to work painting the inside.
I think I will convert my Jack skellington to be the driver next.
I think it will be a good place to put a fog machine too, pipe it out, I can hide a chiller and everything behind the coffin.
It's really going to open a flood of possibilities.
Ya know I think you need one too! ya have 6 weeks, plenty of time!
I like the spiderwebs camoflaging the underneath, will have to do that, wish I would have seen the hula hoops earlier this week!I did this with my Hearse. The wheels are just hula hoops, and the sawhorses actually support the hearse.
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This is what I mean by supports that come down behind each wheel.
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I found the pic of the coach and then added the supports.
How unusual painted yellow! It looks great and the hulahoops worked perfectly. I might have to rethink buying the clearanced wheels at BigLots now.I did this with my Hearse. The wheels are just hula hoops, and the sawhorses actually support the hearse.
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