Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured Model! This week's issue is July/Aug 1997, evoking feelings of warm and sunny weather...but not enough, because it's really cold here! Let's get started.
On the front cover, a handsome Percheron struts his stuff. On the back cover, two Belgians look photogenic.
In the Editor's Desk photo, we see Stephanie riding a Clydesdale - not something you see every day. On page 3 we have the results of a small collector survey asking what their first Breyer model was, their favorite model and the reason why it's their favorite. Read it and see how many names you recognize! On a side note: I've mentioned this before, but my first Breyer was the Ara-Appaloosa Foal, which I still have. I have too many favorite models to narrow it down to just one, though.
On page 4-5 we have a momentous discovery - an In-Between Mare is found in the wild! Technically I guess it was discovered in 1994, according to the article. There are still only a few old In-Between Mares in the hobby - I saw the alabaster and the appaloosa one at Breyerfest Live in 2013 (unless there are more than one of each color, but I don't think multiples have ever been found).
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On page 8-9 we have a Brushstrokes article about Carol Herden, sculptor of the Classic Cutting Horse and Cow along with Scamper, Hollywood Dun It and Wahoo King.
After skipping an article about painting dapple greys, on page 12-13 we have an article about vintage Breyer colors (decorator and otherwise).
On page 14 are more photos from the Collector's Rainbow article, and page 15 has a cute story about a model horse that the owner just couldn't get rid of!
On page 16-17 we have the rest of the alabaster Rearing Stallion that just wouldn't go away, and page 17 also reveals the winner of the JAH Popular Vote from a few issues back.
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On page 18 we have a "Know Your Breed" with various facts about Arabians, along with the rest of the Collector's Rainbow article. On page 19 is the Blast From the Past featuring the red roan G1 Drafter, and a Just About...Breyer Animals featuring the Walking Hereford Bull.
After skipping an article about the Budweiser Clydesdales (I figure there's plenty of information on them to be found on the Internet these days), we have an important PSA about breathing holes on models. In addition, I frequently see people asking why the air hole is in such a visible place such as the nose or mouth, when it could be somewhere more conspicuous. While I've never seen confirmation anyway, I always figured the location was in an easy-to-see place so someone doing QC could visually confirm the hole was there without having to pick the model up, flip it over, then put it back down.
After skipping another How-To article, breyer jr. and Horse Trader, we (sadly) come to a death notice for Iron Metal Chief, who was supposed to have been a guest at Breyerfest 1997. The Who Am I? features what looks like a bay Western Horse, and page 39 has the beginning of this issue's Vintage Point article, this time featuring the Clydesdale Foal.
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Page 40-41 hold the rest of the Vintage Point article! Anyone out there know whatever happened to that clear Clydesdale Foal? Is it hidden away in someone's collection somewhere? It's not listed on IDYB. The photo is credited to a Ketchuck - presumably Shirley Ketchuck, who passed away a number of years ago, so her collection must have gone to someone. Maybe we'll see it pop up again someday.
That brings us to the end of this week's issue. Check back next week for Sept/Oct 1997 and the wrap-up for Breyerfest 1997!
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