Horse ID and manufacturer (1 Viewer)

I'm delighted to be able to say - I've found my missing Queen - to be able to ride Winston once again.

I couldn't believe my eyes when the pair showed up - days after I completed Winston on e-bay. Better still, nobody else wanted the pair.

So.............my plan is to repair slight damage to both elements of the figure - Adjust the horse slightly and paint it as "Imperial" (another horse the Queen rode later than Winston)- repaint the Queen - and use her interchangeably on either horse.

Here's a pic - as found. jb

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All old paint has now been cleaned off. I have replaced a missing pin that once held the Queen in place on the horse's saddle, so she can now remain seated again - but can be lifted off when required to dismount.

I also replaced the riding stick held in her left hand ( cut piece of paper-clip).

I'm thinking of also modelling a hackle ( tuft of feather) for HM's cap, before painting - as many pics show this feature.

This is the same horse casting as Winston - but the part of the tack that goes from the bit to the saddle had been snapped off for this latest one, so I removed what was left by surgery. This horse is to become "Imperial", which was ridden by the Queen after Winston. Imperial was also a Chestnut - but had four distinct long socks to the legs.

Look again at pics for both horses here:

http://guardsmagazine.com/features/Summer2016/features_Summer16_01HMQHorses.html

Here's how they look now.

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It's really great to see that sculpt again, before you apply the paint. That is a very nicely sculpted horse.

Prost!
Brad
 
theBaron said:
It's really great to see that sculpt again, before you apply the paint. That is a very nicely sculpted horse.

Prost!
Brad
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Yes Brad - it is very well sculpted. Both by Timpo, of course - and most unlike many of their Cowboy type horses, which are also very nice - but very toylike.

As the Queen is shown riding Imperial with a hackle in her beret - I found in my stash of spare parts - some hackles on a sprue (Dorset Model Soldiers spare parts) - so drilled a hole in HM's beret - and glued a hackle in. She now looks like this - on Imperial ( once it has been painted):

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Or maybe you prefer her on Winston? - which shows how interchangeable the figure is.

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I have also just realised, that my All Black Britains horse - was meant to be Burmese, which came later still as one of H M's horses used at the Trooping of the Colour. After using Burmese for 19 years - who was obviously a great favourite, the Queen then decided that her riding days were over - and began using The Ivory Phaeton ( which I also have as a model).

Come to think of it - I have nearly all of her mounts now. The one missing is a Pale Grey, (again a Police trained mount) named "Doctor", which was ridden by the Queen at the Trooping ceremoney in 1963.

I must keep my eyes peeled for yet another one - and then I think that I will have a nice little cameo collection of all horses used to convey the Queen to that wonderful spectacle - The Trooping of the Colour.

I'll have to get some more Guards done!:D jb
 
Great job !!!! If you find another horse you could paint it white as she was donated one by The RCMP.
 
thebritfarmer said:
Great job !!!! If you find another horse you could paint it white as she was donated one by The RCMP.
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She rode the Pale Grey horse named "Doctor" in the 1963 Trooping. I'll keep looking for a suitable candidate Scott!.:salute::
 
As usual, this story has got me more and more interested - so I started reading a bit more.

Before Princess Elizabeth became Queen, upon the untimely death of her Father - the Queen rode a horse named "Tommy" - at the Trooping, though she was of course not Regent at that time. And as well as riding "Doctor", as discussed - she also rode a horse named "Neill" on one occasion.

So......... there are two more versions to paint up when she was Queen to complete the cameo - and three if you include "Tommy", when she was a Princess ( though she was not in Guards dress on that occasion ).

I'll have to keep looking for some more reasonable figures to adapt .............................:D jb
 
Well, here's where I'm at with this little collection, so far.

I began with buying a relatively shabby Britains figure of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth riding Burmese, who was a black horse donated to the Queen by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. I bought this figure some time ago. This was actually the last of the horses that The Queen rode at the Trooping of the Colour. I based it recently, and gave the figure a touch up.

I next found "Winston", (from Timpo, c.1950), who came in a job-lot - and I originally was unsure of the manufacturer - which began this thread. Winston was her father's horse originally - and the Queen rode him in Coronation year, 1953 - so at the opposite end of her years of riding side-saddle at the Trooping. This figure required a new rear left leg to stand up - so I repaired that and generally cleaned up the figure. When found - the horse had no rider - so I set up a search on e-bay - and soon found another.

I found a very shabby complete figure of the Queen and horse, again by Timpo on e-bay. The figure again had broken bits - such as the rein from snaffle to saddle, but I repaired or removed any offending parts, and converted the horse to look like "Imperial", whom the Queen rode during the sixties. Another chestnut horse - and very similar to Winston, but note the distinctive long white socks on all four legs. I found a gorgeous picture painted by Terence Cuneo, who was commissioned to paint a picture of HM riding the mount in the gardens of Buckingham Palace - which showed the horse off to perfection - so I used this as a painting guide.

Here's a few pics below. As you can see, the Queen is interchangeable between Winston and Imperial, ( which is the same Timpo casting) - whereas the Britains figure of Burmese, is also demountable - but won't fit onto the other two horses. jb

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