Model Horse Enthusiasts' Site
Welcome to the Model Horse Enthusiasts' Site, we hope you enjoy learning about the model hobby, entering shows, and viewing some hobby photographs. Don't miss the Model Horse Enthusiasts' Message Board. Most model horse images can be seen in a larger view by just clicking on the model horse photo of your choice. Don't forget to bookmark this page so that you can return often and see our updates, our only request is that you do not save, copy or steal any images, ideas, stories, games, etc found on this site. Thank You!
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What are model horses?
Model horses are just that, models of horses usually cast in plastic, porcelain, pottery, or resin. There are many different manufacturers of model horses, the most popular and most easily available to consumers being those models manufactured by Breyer, a division of Reeves International. Model horses are not "models" in the sense that you purchase a kit (like car models) and build one, but you can customize your models by heating them and rebending them into different positions, adding hair and giving them a new coat of paint. In the early days of the hobby this was called r/r/h ing or repainting, remaking and hairing. These days people abbreviate it CM, or customized. This description is very basic and simplized. The actual art of customizing is very painstaking and produces a very high quality of artwork, worthy of many galleries. The prices for customized models varies from artist to artist, but expect to be in the ballpark of $150- $500 for show quality work. At auctions the prices for well-known artists' works can skyrocket to $1000 per model.
As was mentioned, there are several model manufacturers that produce models. Breyer is most likely the largest and most well known plastic maker. Their models comes in several sizes; Traditional, Classic, Little Bit and Stablemate (largest to smallest respectively). Another well-known plastic maker is Hartland, who has produced everything from dogs to baseball figures and statues of the Virgin Mary.
Is the hobby limited to plastic models? Absolutely NOT! Hagen- Renaker is a manufacturer of pottery models and many of their beautiful pieces were the inspiration (and molds) for Breyer pieces. A great many of the Stablemates by Breyer had their start in pottery at the Hagen Renaker factory. Of course if you have the money, Royal Worchester, Goebel, Beswick, Cybis , and other fine porcelain models are more than acceptable in the hobby. And if one of your expensive chinas was to break, never fear - many customizers like to repair and repaint chinas!
The other large facet of the hobby is in original sculptures and resins. DaBar is the model industry's leading company for resin castings of artists' works. With resins you usually get a very limited production run and a higher quality product than you do with the mass manufactured plastic models. For example, a limited edition for Breyer may be a run of 20,000 models, while a resin may be produced in a run of only 50 models.
Now that you know what model horses are, find out what you can do with them!
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