tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371380495065351450.post1033367564334070759..comments2024-03-16T05:26:07.771-04:00Comments on Breyer History Diva: TipsyANDREAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00138509980267775687noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371380495065351450.post-67777059123298274592019-04-07T21:35:39.324-04:002019-04-07T21:35:39.324-04:00I own just one Buckshot. I got him for 2 dollars ...I own just one Buckshot. I got him for 2 dollars in a body box, and painted him into a nice dark bay kinda wild overo paint. He actually came with a stand that the former owner made for him, and has been attached permanently to it. Tacky wax might work for tippy models too. I use it for a few of mine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371380495065351450.post-31813348080471570892016-06-21T23:15:58.609-04:002016-06-21T23:15:58.609-04:00in 1988 buckshot, sham, and touch of class were my...in 1988 buckshot, sham, and touch of class were my first 3 models ever (much coveted horsey birthday). My buckshots hoof is almost exactly like this one (he also stinks and is kind of all over wonkey as I recall) He was almost always the instigator of the great shelf collapses that toppled the whole conga line. I ended up eventually kind of shoving him to the back and bracing him between a semi rearing mustang and grazing mare for the good of all. draelynkharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524016840086288499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371380495065351450.post-11972186699842467762016-06-19T19:03:39.353-04:002016-06-19T19:03:39.353-04:00I got rather good over the years at fixing tippy h...I got rather good over the years at fixing tippy horses with a hair dryer or a cup of really hot water. Or more recently a heat gun. I will stand the horse on a flat surface, get myself down to "hoof level" and study what needs to be tweaked in order for him to stand. <br /><br />There is always the possibility of breakage though if you try to force things, I did break one early on, and come to think of it, I think it was a Buckshot! But after that I have been much more careful to heat the leg properly and not force it. A heat gun is wonderful but you can get things too hot too quick if you aren't careful and end up with bubbling. Luckily most of the things I take a heat gun to are bodies anyway.<br /><br />On a similar subject, has anyone had a problem getting their Jesse (Wyatt or Baby Flo) to fit in the base properly? After tweaking legs and sanding the metal prongs with little success I finally found an easy solution. I take my heat gun to the slots in the BASE and get them warm, then set it on a flat surface and put the horse in there and wiggle him around a bit and take him in and out a bunch of times. I now have both of my Jesse's fitting in their bases. Yay!!! I really hated the base situation until I was able to fix it. Neither of my Jesses fit in their bases without a lot of effort and worry that I would break their legs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371380495065351450.post-26231430527055930022016-06-19T15:21:39.167-04:002016-06-19T15:21:39.167-04:00Oh yes...I have that palomino, too. On my shelf fo...Oh yes...I have that palomino, too. On my shelf for less than 72 hours and knocked my Zenyatta right off the shelf and left her with a good size "scar". He now lives in solitary confinement :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371380495065351450.post-91059597621670339492016-06-19T11:34:25.181-04:002016-06-19T11:34:25.181-04:00The latest regular run on this mould - 2009 'M...The latest regular run on this mould - 2009 'My Favorite Horse - Rascal' in palomino is also very tippy, or at the very least mine is 😅 So the balance issues don't seem to have been fixed, or at least not in 2009. <br />Beth Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012603801548399831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371380495065351450.post-8488038405203695922016-06-19T09:41:45.166-04:002016-06-19T09:41:45.166-04:00I have two Shy Boys and both are very tippy. I have two Shy Boys and both are very tippy. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07684377784278536867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371380495065351450.post-9134667520245433842016-06-19T05:45:53.871-04:002016-06-19T05:45:53.871-04:00I don't think this hoof-shortening was always ...I don't think this hoof-shortening was always because Breyer wanted to make a tippy model stand better. I have a POA (Rocky) with the same cut-off or ground-off hoof that probably would have stood just fine before they did anything to the hoof.<br /><br />CarrieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com