MPC Wagon Recap

I could've sworn I did a post showing all the MPC Western wagon's appearing here on the blog, but it looks like that didn't happen - more than likely I was getting ready to do it then got distracted. I like doing posts like these because they lump together all the different installments of a particular thread into a condensed form. 

It's crazy how much mileage MPC/Miner/Multiple got out of these castings. Change the color of the wagon or the color of the wheels and you got a new toy. Switch the lettering on the wagon covers and BAM you got a new toy. Go from plastic to cardboard covers or loads and POW, you got another new toy! How much fun is that? LOL Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Buckboard Wagon - Brown 1 Horse Hitch

Buckboard Wagon 2 Horse Hitch - Blue with Red Wheels

Buckboard Wagon 2 Horse Hitch - Brown with Silver Wheels 

Buckboard Wagon with Cardboard Crate Load - Red 

Chuck Wagon (I call this a Chuck Wagon only because I seem to remember it being in a set that called it that. In point of fact it could be something else)

Covered Wagon with Cardboard Top

Frontier Supply Wagon with White Cover

Frontier Supply Wagon with Yellow Cover

Large Prairie Schooner

Small Prairie Schooner

Supply Wagon

Stagecoach

Hitches

By adding extra hitches to the front you could expand this is into one l-o-n-g rig!

Evolution of the 2-horse hitch

Early 1-horse hitches with a strap holding the horses in place plus a spacer bar to hold the two hitches apart

2-horse hitches with a spacer bar to keep them apart. 

A later style of 2-horse hitch - one-piece casting. Additional teams of horses could be added to the front of this hitch

MPC '70s Era Buckboard Wagon with Cardboard Crate Load

This wagon, along with the covered wagon I posted just a couple of days ago, were both part of a Fort Frontier set also previously posted here but now we have the full photo essay workup for the two wagons. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

here are scans of all sides of the cardboard crate insert

top

sides

ends

MPC '70s Era Covered Wagon with Cardboard Cover

It didn't take long for my MPC wagon collection to go into 'super bloom' mode and before I knew it there were a gazillion different variations hanging out in The Cave! Sometimes the body or wheels of the wagon would be different colors or sometimes MPC just placed different covers on its wagons. During the 1970s MPC/Multiple/Miner started adding more and more cardboard pieces like printed figures and accessories to its sets. This wagon came in a Fort Frontier set I posted not too long ago, and has a cardboard cover instead of the older style plastic one. The cardboard cover is nice and has a lot more color and details that the plastic covers and while it has the potential for looking more realistic, that look can be ruined if the person placing the cover on the wagon doesn't do it right. Case in point: the cover on my wagon has more of a folded look than a nice curved look! That curvature would mimic the canvass cover being applied over the curved wooden bows on the wagon. Anywho, one of these days I'll do a post showing all my different wagons so that you can see what goes into collecting these things. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Courtesy: https://oregontrailcenter.org/the-wagon

The MPC Covered Wagon

I scanned the cover so that you can print one out on cardstock