Landships II

LincolnTanker · Commander in Chief

WWI models at the Harrogate Model Engineering Exhibition

TinCanTadpole · Legend

Lovely models. The pigeon van is rather an aquired taste as a subject, but beautifully built.

The horse ambulance isn't what I expected from the title - I thought it would be a horse-drawn ambulance (well, I suppose it is! ), but an ambulance for�horses makes an interesting subject - well made too, with the exception of the driver; for my taste it would be better to have a figure with the clothes sculpted in, rather than Action Man-style mini clothes, which are a bit toy-like for such a nice model.

LincolnTanker · Commander in Chief

Yes TCT, dressed figures are a bit of a problem. But I do like to see a figure as it adds scale to the model, hopefully the pidgeon wagon will be painted next year.

baldwin · Hero

The horse ambulance,looks very nice.Is there any chanceof a scale drawing ?.I have the horses and a driver in my W^D range would like to do the ambulance as well.

Cheers

Rob · Legend

Barry, I may have a drawing of one in the little book I've e mailed you about

LincolnTanker · Commander in Chief

Barry, �I have no information about Ambulance, wasn't aware of such a thing until I saw the model.

Chris

TinCanTadpole · Legend

Been hunting for horse ambulance info for another thread, and found this photo on bbc website - a nice side view of a horse ambulance (horse-drawn) similar to the one modelled:

here

it's in the thumbnails below the poster.

d_fernetti · Hero

Here's a BIG file of a horse ambulance, but slightly different from the model: http://www.yourhorse.co.uk/upload/29927/images/Blue%20Cross%20ambulance%20at%20work%20in%20France.jpg
Still, I like the Commercar ambulance best... this one is a sort of ungainly affair that surely doesn't look as a contrasting reality of the Great War as a motor vehicle tending wounded horses...
D.

-- Edited by d_fernetti on Tuesday 29th of May 2012 03:31:36 PM

d_fernetti · Hero

Here's another one: http://www.nam.ac.uk/microsites/war-horse/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/124089.jpg
of interest is the "camouflaged" horse... is that correct? Are there disruptive paint schemes for horses?

-- Edited by d_fernetti on Tuesday 29th of May 2012 03:30:58 PM

TinCanTadpole · Legend

oops, mistaken post, please ignore.

-- Edited by TinCanTadpole on Tuesday 29th of May 2012 05:15:48 PM

TinCanTadpole · Legend

The 'yourhorse.co.uk' image is the same as the one I linked to at bbc.co.uk.

d_fernetti wrote:

Are there disruptive paint schemes for horses?

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That's a weird scheme. It must indeed be something man-made, but why, who knows? Whatever it is, it's hard to tell whether the dark bit is painted on, or the light, or both.

Perhaps it's something a horseman did to proudly make his beast stand out?

Rob · Legend

I don't think it's paint, I think the horse has had the hair shaved on those parts

TinCanTadpole · Legend

It looks more like a grease paint than being shaved to me - the contrast is very strong to be just shaving.

For all we know, it could be some sort of protection for the horse - from ticks or whatever, if it had already had problems.�

-- Edited by TinCanTadpole on Wednesday 30th of May 2012 12:39:40 PM