Repainting, Remaking, and Customizing How-To:

• Adventures in Heating (and gluing, and shaping, and everything else) - by Catherine Petersen

• Braiding a Stablemate Mane and Tail - by Elaine Lindelef

• Equine Sculpture Sculpting and Customizing Articles - by Mel Miller

• Model Horse Customizing How-To's - by Sue Sudekum

• Pastel Tutorial - by Carolyn Smith

• Sculpting Manes, Tails, and Ears - by Elaine Lindelef

Repairs and Restoration:

• Model Horse How-To - Tips on cleaning and repairing your Breyers. On this site.

• Classic Sunburst Model Horse Farm - Prepping, Priming, and Restoration Services.

• Dawn Shaw's Model Restoration and Sales - For Breyer, porcelain, ceramic or resin cast horses that are in need of repair.

• Mystic River Studio's Restoration - respected hobbyist Nan Wagner offers restoration services.

Custom Artists:

Check them out. When you're thinking of buying a model horse from someone you don't know, you can always check their reputation on the Model Horse Hobby References group (MHHR) on Yahoo. Joining the group is free, and once you do so you can search the message board for good service ("Green Light") and bad service ("Red Light") reports from other collectors. You can also post a query about the business or person you're thinking of buying from. It's not perfect, but it's a good way to get a general impression of someone before you hand them your money.

You should also check out the Equine Resin Directory, a comprehensive website dedicated to the resin horse hobbyist. They are attempting to catalog as many resins as possible, displaying photos and artist information on each.

Tack

• Argylefarm Creations - Custom-made model horse carriages, carts, harnesses and related tack.

• Borderland Studio by Alia

• Idaho Outback Ranch - Jeannie Myers - Realistic English and Western tack custom made to your specifications.

• Rio Rondo Enterprises - "From Bits to Saddle Kits, Corner Plates to Stirrups, we offer a wide selection of supplies you can use to make miniature saddles, bridles and other horse tack. Our products are sized to fit scale model horses such as Peter Stone, Breyers and other similar sized brands."

• The Unicorn Woman - Melody D. Snow - LSQ tack, tack kits, instructional materials, tack making supplies, and leather lace/lacing.

• Ziyadiah Studios - Veronica Hatton - Offering a wide variety of tack and obstacles, both custom made-to-order and product available via online auction.

Custom Models - artists offering their own sculptures or customized Breyers for sale

• 3B Designs by Lisa Bickford

• Beau Cheveaux Creations by Chris Nandell.

• Borderland Studio by Alia

• Flip This Horse Studio by Dorothy Hayes

• Gallery of Horses by Deborah McDermott

• Idaho Outback Ranch by Jeannie Myers

• Priam Painter by Terd

• Rose Studios by Sarah Rose

• Sylverwyng Studio by Malinda Welte

• Two Fish Studios by Laura Skillern

Personal Hobby Sites - websites designed by fellow hobbyists

• Galloping Acres - Sales and want lists, gallery, links.

• Lynn's Model Horse Pages - Includes photo galleries, horse breeds and color genetics, and links page.

• White Horse Productions - Lots of photos of rare Breyers.

Animal Rights - if you love animals, act to protect them!

• Farm Sanctuary - Founded in 1986 to combat the abuses of industrialized farming and to encourage a new awareness and understanding about "farm animals."

• Humane Society - Get the facts on horse slaughter and other equine issues.

• American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - ASPCA - Founded in 1866 as the first humane organization in the Western Hemisphere. It was the sight of a carthorse brutally beaten by his driver that spurred Henry Bergh to found the ASPCA, and they've since made horse protection an important focus of their work.

• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - PETA - Think you know about PETA? Check out their campaigns on a wide variety of animal rights issues.

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