Isn't he just adorable?
Monday, 14 March 2016
Saturday, 12 March 2016
Chestnut Ridge Daily Deals
Did you know that Chestnut Ridge offers a new daily deal every single day?
You can get 10, 15, 20, 50 or 75% off an item.
Each day I post a new item (usually updated around 9am).
The best way to follow which deal is available that day is to check out the Chestnut Ridge Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/chestnutridgemodels/
You can also keep checking back on the daily deals page of the website:
http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/deal-of-the-day-145-c.asp
The deals can be really good ones.
For example today you can get 20% off the Breyer Wind Dancer Kohilo:
You can get 10, 15, 20, 50 or 75% off an item.
Each day I post a new item (usually updated around 9am).
The best way to follow which deal is available that day is to check out the Chestnut Ridge Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/chestnutridgemodels/
You can also keep checking back on the daily deals page of the website:
http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/deal-of-the-day-145-c.asp
The deals can be really good ones.
For example today you can get 20% off the Breyer Wind Dancer Kohilo:
Friday, 11 March 2016
Getting Ready for OMG Orange OF Live
Why do these shows always creep up on me?
But I think I'm getting there! I've spent this evening pricing items, so just some baking and shopping left to do...o and I need to find the fun class prizes which appear to have vanished...
Check out the goody bags! I want to add oranges to them as well :p
Entrant packs are also all packed, BMECS cards organised, certificates cut, rosettes checked, everything filed and packed away.
Should be a great (if not stressful day)
Now to watch the football, do some more pricing and plan what we are going to bake!
But I think I'm getting there! I've spent this evening pricing items, so just some baking and shopping left to do...o and I need to find the fun class prizes which appear to have vanished...
Check out the goody bags! I want to add oranges to them as well :p
Entrant packs are also all packed, BMECS cards organised, certificates cut, rosettes checked, everything filed and packed away.
Should be a great (if not stressful day)
Now to watch the football, do some more pricing and plan what we are going to bake!
Thursday, 10 March 2016
Big Breyer Delivery
Chestnut Ridge has had a massive Breyer delivery in today with some AWESOME products.
These include:
Check out www.chestnutridge.co.uk
My own hoard from the delivery:
Couldn't resist having a play with Scribbles:
These include:
- Cutting Horse & Calf Set
- Western & English Winner's Circle Sets
- Butterscotch & S'mores
- Scooter
- Sweet Pea (only one in stock)
- Liverpool & Cross Country Jumps
- Deluxe Stablemate Stable
- Decorate Your Horse
- annnd....SCRIBBLES!
Check out www.chestnutridge.co.uk
My own hoard from the delivery:
Couldn't resist having a play with Scribbles:
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Namib
Check out the latest BreyerFest Special Run!
I'm not a fan of the mould (although she does have a nice face) but I do like the colour, very rich.
I'm not a fan of the mould (although she does have a nice face) but I do like the colour, very rich.
Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Understanding Model Railway Scales
This comes up a lot so I thought I'd do a brief explanation of model railway scales, what they mean, and what scale they actually are!
First of all...scales...
What do they mean?
A scale is usually represented as a ratio e.g. 1:9 scale.
The left hand number represents 'real life' the right hand number represents 'model life'.
So basically what this means is that for one real horse, you would have nine model horses.
This means that the larger the number on the right the smaller the model.
So say you had a horse that was 162cm high (for the curious this is around 16hh).
The 1:9 scale model would be 18cm high.
The 1:12 scale model would be 13.5cm high
The 1:24 scale model would be 6.75cm high
The 1:32 scale model would be 5.0625cm high
The 1:64 scale model would be 2.53125cm high
So as you can see the larger the number on the right, the smaller the model horse.
So what about model railway scales?
Well these are the common scales:
G - 1:22
O - 1:43-1:48
OO - 1:76
HO - 1:84
N - 1:148 - 1:160
As you can see the scales aren't always consistent, they vary between different countries and manufacturers, sometimes quite considerably! Which can be quite problematic!
So how do our model horses fit in with this?
Well the most common small scale is Mini Whinnie which is 1:64 scale and therefore falls somewhere between O-OO.
Below shows a mini whinnie with an OO scale item:
And another:
As you can see Dog Food looks a little large!
But do not fret, you can often use your imagination and a bit of creativity to utilise items to fit in with 'our' scales. For example you can use trees such as the one shown as topiary in show jumping courses, or build up the hedges to double height for a more realistic finish.
As with all things model horse, it is all about creativity!
First of all...scales...
What do they mean?
A scale is usually represented as a ratio e.g. 1:9 scale.
The left hand number represents 'real life' the right hand number represents 'model life'.
So basically what this means is that for one real horse, you would have nine model horses.
This means that the larger the number on the right the smaller the model.
So say you had a horse that was 162cm high (for the curious this is around 16hh).
The 1:9 scale model would be 18cm high.
The 1:12 scale model would be 13.5cm high
The 1:24 scale model would be 6.75cm high
The 1:32 scale model would be 5.0625cm high
The 1:64 scale model would be 2.53125cm high
So as you can see the larger the number on the right, the smaller the model horse.
So what about model railway scales?
Well these are the common scales:
G - 1:22
O - 1:43-1:48
OO - 1:76
HO - 1:84
N - 1:148 - 1:160
As you can see the scales aren't always consistent, they vary between different countries and manufacturers, sometimes quite considerably! Which can be quite problematic!
So how do our model horses fit in with this?
Well the most common small scale is Mini Whinnie which is 1:64 scale and therefore falls somewhere between O-OO.
Below shows a mini whinnie with an OO scale item:
And another:
As you can see Dog Food looks a little large!
But do not fret, you can often use your imagination and a bit of creativity to utilise items to fit in with 'our' scales. For example you can use trees such as the one shown as topiary in show jumping courses, or build up the hedges to double height for a more realistic finish.
As with all things model horse, it is all about creativity!
Monday, 7 March 2016
Cutey of the Day
Check out this adorable little cutey:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/30/5e/f4/305ef497b991706f88f34815bbfc3692.jpg
Isn't he just to die for?
Decided he was just going to have to be a reference picture. So hopefully a little mini whinnie should be this colour some time soon...
Although first I have a million and one layers of white to do on this guy:
To quote my husband "he's not finished"...
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/30/5e/f4/305ef497b991706f88f34815bbfc3692.jpg
Isn't he just to die for?
Decided he was just going to have to be a reference picture. So hopefully a little mini whinnie should be this colour some time soon...
Although first I have a million and one layers of white to do on this guy:
To quote my husband "he's not finished"...
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