Lafayette

Model detailsl

Parts - 42, including figures of Lafayette and a lady passenger, coachman and two horses

A base is included

The scale is 1:48, which is compatible with US 0 gage railroads

200th ANNIVARSARY OF LAFAYETTE'S TOUR OF AMERICA

Lafayette

Portrait of Lafayette
painted by Charles Willson Peale

image in the public domain

In 1832, President Monroe invited Lafayette back to America to celebrate the nation’s upcoming 50th Anniversary of Independence

His name, in full, was Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette, though in the US he was purely known by the one word - 'Lafayette'

Lafayette was a French nobleman and military officer who had volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington.
So already famous from his exploits in the Revolutionary War, he was celebrated and exalted everywhere he went.

Upon arrival, Lafayette was presented with this carriage for his two-year journey of the - then - 22 United States of America.

A Boston newspaper described the carriage as -
“The General’s barouche exceeds in beauty anything in America…”

Box Base

Base of the kit box

More details can be seen in this flyer

Click for a downloadable pdf

The Lafayette Carriage was restored by the Studebaker Museum in South Bend, Indiana

Where, unless on its travels, it can be viewed

Check the Museum website