One thing about me is I love to take my hobby in the wild. I talk about my models to everyone I know. I describe it as my "weird little niche hobby" to new people (and then subsequently feel validated when people say collecting and showing model horses isn't weird!) I keep an extra blind bag Stablemate on my desk at work.
But one of my all time favorite things to do is take my model horses on field trips.
My mascot The Original Gay Prancer obviously travels with me to every show. Sometimes when traveling he only makes it out of the car on lunch break...
Sometimes he's out the whole time and poses with my coffee...
And sometimes he's out for fun stops, like when I stopped at a library while waiting to meet a hobby friend for lunch! But he's far from the only model I've taken with me places. I love being able to take my models on themed field trips.
When I went to a Halsey concert last year, I was tickled to bring Suddenly I Was a Lilac Sky from BreyerFest 2024 with me. The model is, of course, named after a lyric from a Halsey song.
More recently, I saw a production of Macbeth. You may already know this, but I have a degree in English, and my focus was in British literature specifically. I have a lot of love for the Bard, and Macbeth is one of my favorites. Stone's Literature series last year was Shakespeare themed, and I knew I'd be wanting one of the Macbeth Chips when the time came. And of course, I brought her along with me when I went to the Scottish play!
Do you take your plastic ponies on field trips with you?
I don't travel with my models, but my friend Karin has Pot o' Gold, the traveling FAS. I have several pics of him with my car on our way to my first BreyerFest in 2002.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely yes. Check out the Timaru Star II blogspot for April of 2013 for just one example. (Thirteen years ago but the habit hasn't stopped.) But I hadn't thought of "themes." My only requirement is that the horse be currently 'up,' involved either tackwise or recent-purchase-wise, at the time of the trip.
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