If you do this regularly, how well does it age? I did a custom (my first tail swap) last year on the Clydesdale. Chopping his tail off left a pretty big hole, so I had “closed it off” with apoxie-wrapped wire mesh. Apoxied that to his bum, then drilled a hole for my tail wire straight through that after it cured. Then apoxied the wire in place to the cured mesh and the tail still completely separated from the body in shipment. Wire mesh part and all, to where the big hole was gaping open again. Thoughts?
I haven't had any issues with it, even with the ones that are several years old. And I frequently hold them by their tails at shows. I could be a couple of things. Hopefully one of these will help you! First - Was the area that you attached the new tail smooth? If its a little rough or been scored (scratched up like ###) it does help it stay on better. It gives it some tooth, making it easier for it to have a solid to hold. Then it can get sanded smooth Second possibility - Did your model still have an air hole? Air holes are super important on plastic models. The main part of the body is hollow - without having an air hole for that air to vent in & out with temperature changes, it can cause issues. The trapped air will cause the plastic of the model to expand and contract with the changes in temperature. Without an air hole it can cause more excessive changes (Thats actually how you end up with bloaty models! Heat + no air hole) Apoxie however, does not expand and contract with the changes in temperature. So the plastic will expand & contract, but the apoxie on the model will not. The hot air will also be looking for a way out and it goes for the weakest point, which is going to be where the tail was swapped. Both of those things then causing the apoxie and plastic to separate & the apoxie will crack and lift off of the model. Hopefully that all made sense - and I hope it helps!
Thanks for sharing! I painted a couple of the other Constantias in there and loved Miss Behavin! Thought she might win. Great to get a look at them all here.
This is awesome! I would love to show at Breyerfest next year, but I've never shown before, and I'm too old to be in the children's division. Do you have any good resources I can use to learn about the whole experience so that when I do plan to show, I won't get lost?
I enjoyed this, but it would help so much if you turn the fan off when you're talking and not painting. It's so hard to hear your voice and understand the words with all the background noise.
Awesome show, thanks for sharing! Your customs are always so beautiful. Also, may I ask where you got (or how you made them) your model racks to prevent pony dominoes?
Maybe it's because I love the mold, but the Zebra custom is my absolute favourite! The combination of stripes and spots (if yoj call it that) is just so unique to me, but still feels so realistic!
Love your painted ponies, could you do an airbrushed palamino with sooty coat an say what colours you'd use as I'm stuck there, I'm on a custom stone ish but stuck with colours
Greetings from your brothers in the miniature wargaming community. Came to learn how to better paint my riders of Rohan, stayed for the awesome dapple action. Will definitely be using you to reference others learning to paint horses (they come up a lot in fantasy), even if we paint at different scales. Thanks so much for the content!
Lame horse for £65,000 I'm glad it goes to charity but I'd want to choose the charity and make sure that money doesn't line the pockets of charities that use their "message" to make money without anything going to the actual focus. I wonder what charity it was, would be fantastic if it was a charity to help the horses around the world, especially if it went to people like sky dog sancturary who help mustangs stay wild.
Breyer does post the charities that this money goes to. It's typically in the program as well as listed online. Beneficiaries from this year were: The Cloud Foundation, 4H Eastern and Western round ups, Old Friends, PATH International, The Humane Society, and the ASPCA. So several reputable equine related facilities & groups.
Thank you!!! I really love learning about equine color genetics, and I've spent years learning about it just for fun - and to help in my own artwork as well! I just think it's so fascinating.
