Funeral Hearse
Eduardo Talbert of Monster Tutorials
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Eduardo Talbert’s latest Halloween project for 2022 is a full sized hearse carriage, complete with zombie horses, a skeleton coach driver, LED lighting, and a place to put his animated coffin.
He started this build off by constructing the undercarriage out of wood, with planks along the length of the base to mount the wheels to.
Next, he cut out wood planks to create the frame for the hearse, measuring up to 7-feet long.
On the backside, he built a door to access the interior of the hearse.
He attached plywood sheets to cover the sides of the front and room of the frame.
With the basic frame cut out, it was time to start painting.
For the windows, he used clear shower curtains temporarily until plexiglass becomes more available. He placed the curtains out in the Sun for a while to get rid of some of the wrinkles before attaching them with staples.
Afterwards, he mounted the driver’s seat to the front of the hearse.
He used red curtain sets on both sides of the hearse’s interior, hanging them off of thing wires so they can be easily removed.
He started cutting out the side panels in blue insulation foam with the 4-Foot Bow Cutter, then made markings for the details he wanted to cut out.
From there, he cut out the details with the 4-Inch Hot Knife. He used the Industrial Hot Knife with the Sled Guide to add column-like engravings to the sides of each panel.
Once they were all cut out, he painted them black to match the rest of the hearse.
He used Velcro strips to mount the panels to the frame so they can be easily removed for storage or for swapping out different panels.
Next, he built the parts for the wheels. The wheels themselves were cut out of a wood sheet with a 44″ diameter, the wheel hubs were made out of PVC pipes, and the axles were made from metal fence posts.
On the tops of the side panels, he mounted little decorative fence toppers using a small piece of foam stuffed into the inside and a toothpick so they can be removed easily when storing.
With all the parts for the wheels built, he assembled them. The wheels were locked in place with thicker PVC pipes and hose clamps and the axles were mounted to the undercarriage with tube brackets.
He fully assembled the carriage, the created a harness for the zombie horses using duct straps and foam pipe insulators. He added space in the hearse for all the various wires, then attached LED strips to the interior roof.
The finished carriage came out great and pairs perfectly with his animated coffin.
