Imagine my surprise to be catching up on my own blog reading and to come across a photo of my test model Black Stallion! Only... it wasn't my model - I could see subtle differences from mine on the model in the blog article. Mine had a long lost brother!
My test Black Stallion.
I don't have permission to post a picture of Andrea's new model so I won't post the photo here. I considered emailing and asking her, but unfortunately I've never had luck with that in the past. (Perhaps my emails have not gone through - who knows?) So I decided that I'd just post a link to her blog so you could see the new model that way.
My piece came from a flea market in northern Indiana in the 1980s. The seller said a family member worked for Breyer and that my model came from the factory via him along with some other oddities (a buckskin Running Mare was one) that was also at the flea market.
He is a lovely semi-gloss black, and the paint feels thick and very, very smooth. Another knowledgable collector examined him a few years ago and said she suspects he is chalky plastic. I can easily tell a basecoat chalky, but chalky plastic can be difficult for me to discern.
I left a comment on Andrea's blog and if she is interested, she can find me that way. I'd be happy to answer questions she has about mine and it would be fun to see if the two of us could dig up any more information on these quirky pieces.
One of the joys of collecting is when something surfaces like this and it adds a piece of new knowledge or insight to the model horse world. And I can't help but wonder if there might be another "brother" floating around to be found!
Keep your eyes open - you never know what you might find!
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