Oxen Carts

The Pegasus California Mission Indians set has got to be the most underutilized set ever made. This oxen cart is from that set. I have added a figure from the HaT Celtic Chariot and Queen set. Carts like this one were seen all over the world for the last three thousand years. By replacing the Indian with a woman the set moves from California to Europe or the Eastern part of North America.















This cart has had the wheels removed and replaced with those from the HaT Celtic Chariot and Queen set. It also has the Chariot driver. It really updated the cart so it can work for the period of about the last thousand years. Carts like this are common even today. The Pegasus set has only one cart in it but has many other interesting parts, like a plow, Indians, and Roman Catholic Monks. The Indians could pass for nearly any generic native people from the last 10,000 years with perhaps a bit of a headswap or other minor changes. I suspect most changes could be done as simple paint conversions.















This photo shows both oxen carts together for comparison. This same cart could be filled with various boxes and sacks for different eras and nations. The wheels could be changed into a solid wheel for an older cart. Or the wheels can be replaced with rubber tires for a more modern oxen cart. I have seen photos of similar vehicles in use today. I certainly intend to get more of these sets and I will update them with rubber tires and perhaps even change the walls on the cart. I think a small rustic fence would work well for the sides of the cart.