Underway
Progress, the cart body was always going to be the easiest part to build, it’s all the detail ideas that will take time.
Progress so far, looks almost finished but this is just the base. Sifted thru all my stuff and set aside some appropriate detail suff. Not looking forward to figuring out the donkey harness. Long way to go still.
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Vic,
Not sure if you read the rules or not. You have 30 days to complete it not 30 minutes. 
Its looking great and you are screaming along.
I made a carriage also and had the same concern with making the harness. How does one simulate leather strapping. Someone gave me the idea of using toothpaste tubes and cutting the plastic from them into stripes. I never got around to trying it but seemed reasonable as I guess it is nice and thin but still strong.
Looking great Vic!
But are you changing it to Juaneeda More Taco? 
Devon, so far so good. I consider myself less than halfway finished. The hardest parts yet to come, making all the signage and dealing with the mule parts.
Looks great Vic - nice work!
For signage, you might want to look at Brother P-Touch - works nicely to print signs and works very well with Windows to change fonts and what not. Tapes come in various types - such as black on clear or white on clear, gold on black, etc. I just painted backgrounds to get the look I wanted. They hold up VERY well outside.
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Years ago I used dental floss to simulate leather tack in a 1:32 military project.
Eric
Maybe this would simulate reins:
https://www.michaels.com/plastic-lacing-by-creatology/10187078.html?r=g&cm_mmc=PLASearch--google--MICH_Shopping_US_N_Kids_Low+Margin_PMAX_BOPIS_N-_-&Kenshoo_ida=&kpid=go_cmp-18514199756_adg-_ad-__dev-c_ext-_prd-10187078&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI18zTzbLJ_AIVsffjBx0qWwegEAQYBCABEgIa-vD_BwE
and here’s an assortment of colors:
https://www.amazon.com/KAMJUNTAR-Friendship-Bracelets-Supplies-HSG-001/dp/B09D7ZCSSF/ref=asc_df_B09D7ZCSSF/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=527470393891&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18135954956308796769&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9006730&hvtargid=pla-1467818614755&th=1
I’m going to try using some old Lectraset tape I have lying around but I have no idea how it’s going to work. My biggest weakness is that I have no real idea how a harness works. I’m going to watch some videos on YouTube before I try to hook it up. No pics this weekend, got sidetracked bing watching Star Trek Picard Season 2.
That plastic lacing is a real great suggestion
Wow major progress being made here.
I started working on the harness today, I went cheap and only used what I had in the drawer which was black electrical tape. I can cut it to different widths. I’m going minimal, only the basics. I also am mounting it all to a base so it will be easier to work on Breaking out the detail stuff, this should look pretty come Friday.
I am waiting patiently for the results on the electrical tape. Thats a great idea. And I still have a harness to make myself.
The stickiness of the tape is holding things up!
Not gonna lie, I’m probably going to finish this weekend.
Not gonna lie, I definitely will not finish this weekend ………… or next
Progress to date…ummm…yeah it’s probably finished. I’m filling my time to the end of the challenge working on reworking a 1/35 war model building into something for the future layout but it a real PITA. I hate vacu-form kits but it was cheap at $25. I’m not considering part of the Mik but so far I only spent a $1.50 on scale tacos. Some crummy pictures. Will take better pics for the judging this weekend.
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Very cool Vic. What a fun idea