Budweiser Clydesdales

[Nacho Z]

I thought I would share this old build of a subject that you just don't see too often. This was built around 15 years ago. It was a good learning experience for me.

There was an elderly gentleman that I worked with who knew I built models. He found this at a yard sale and bought it for $1.00. He asked me to build it for him and I thought "How hard could it be?" It was a lot harder than I thought. Lots of filling and sanding. Tons of detail painting. 32 legs and hoofs. Painting their manes. All of the detail painting on their collars - all of the gold is hand painted. The hardest part for me was trying to get the correct color and sheen on the horses. All in all, I was happy with the outcome. More importantly, so was he.

Pardon the quality of the pictures. They are scanned from good ol' fashioned paper photos, (remember those???)

Here is what I started with.

Here is what I finished with.

[slusher]

That beautiful. Excellent work...

[the goon]

Different, cool Kinda make's me want, maybe later.

Mark

[Ira]

Looks Great John!

[Harry P.]

That's real nice!

[Danno]

Sweet! I've encountered this kit from time to time over the years, and I've been tempted to buy it and try it.

Fortunately it was the wrong livery (not the Silver Bullet) to hook me for certain, so I've not tackled it.

You did a great job with it!

[Apriliadan]

Incredibly cool.

[george 53]

That is so cool! What scale is it?

[Harry P.]

That is so cool! What scale is it?

1/20.

[Ju Ju]

Very nice model of one of the most recognized icons in American culture !

[flat-top]

Very nice.

[Harry P.]

The only problem is that it looks like all the horses are in the exact same pose. Would have been nice to have some variety there... but of course that doesn't take away from your nice work, that's a problem with the kit itself.

PS: I love the dog!

[PappyD340]

That's very COOL John, Harry those are some smart horses, they are marching in cadence, you know like the military!!

[Harry P.]

That's very COOL John, Harry those are some smart horses, they are marching in cadence, you know like the military!!

Yeah, I guess they must be very smart!

[Nacho Z]

Thanks for all of the nice comments. Yes Harry, the fact that all the horses are the same bothered me too but changing their stance was well beyond my capabilities. Even if they would have put two different poses in the kit the builder could have mixed them up a little.

A small follow up to this story. The man that I built this for retired so I did not see him too often. On one of the times I saw him I asked how the model was holding up. He told me he traded it for a knife.... . I sure would have liked to get it back. It really was an eye catching model.

[jeffs396]

VERY nicely done John!

Too bad you couldn't have gotten it back, he obviously didn't appreciate the amount of work you put into it!

[Agent G]

Very nicely done!

I have built that before and it is impressive.

Back in the day my police station was just across the street from AB world HQ. They had stables down the block on the property as they did pull the wagons in a byegone era. Those majestic horses routinely got away by untying themselves and opening gates.We'd find them on the lawn of the station and have to lead them back. The horses were definately smart, perhaps smarter thatn their handlers.

G

[cobraman]

That looks great ! Nice work.

[BluePopsicle]

I love it. I want one!

[ChrisR]

THat looks great. Maybe one day a will attempt mine.

[skymnky721]

Wow,,way cool,,didnt know this even existed. I now want to watch an episode of Mr ED,,and drink a 6 pack of budwiser.,,,and hope it all works out.

[BluePopsicle]

Wow,,way cool,,didnt know this even existed. I now want to watch an episode of Mr ED,,and drink a 6 pack of budwiser.,,,and hope it all works out.

LMAO