Bridles For Mounted Figure.

[user 5827]

Hello Guys,
I have purchased two mounted figures from Pegaso and none of them have the very thin –flexible piece of metal that we use for ‘’Bridles – that we use as a rope ’’ (not sure how to say in English) so I was wondering where I can find some to buy?
Regards

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Hi Debrito:

Have a look at Rio Rondo http://www.riorondo.com/ - they have a lot of 1/6th scale tack materials and castings and may have something that will work. They also have great galleries of painted model horses and sell excellent scraping tools called carbide scrapers.

Colin

 

[Oldironsides]

For making belts, straps etc I use the soft metal foil - thickness 0.05mm from Reality-in-Scale (RISACC010) available from Historex Agents in the UK http://www.historexagents.com/shop/hxshop.php . I have found this to be thinner and more pliable than the 'lead foil' available elsewhere.

 

[user 5827]

Colin and Old,,,

Appreciated....

 

[megroot]

The easy way that I learn from Bill Horan.
Use some electrical isolation tape. Cut it on the right sizes and undo it with alcohol from the glue.
You can paint it, or leave it in the color that it comes. Mostly I use the black for indeed black reins.

marc

 

[Mike Stevens]

I use the paper from an envelope. I cut to approriate width and lenght, shave both side of the paper with a sharpe untility knife. I then fit it and put super glue on it and paint. The first few time its a disaster. Now it take me about 10 min to do the whole exercise. It cheap too!

 

[Helm]

You can also use car pin striping tape much like insulation tape but you don't need to cut it to size for larger scale figures

Steve

 

[DEL]

The easy way that I learn from Bill Horan.
Use some electrical isolation tape. Cut it on the right sizes and undo it with alcohol from the glue.
You can paint it, or leave it in the color that it comes. Mostly I use the black for indeed black reins.

marc

This works
D

 

[Dan Morton]

Over the years I've tried each of these, but I prefer to use MagicSculpt or Duro (Kneadatite) putty, cut thin and in the right lengths. It seems to lay on the horse a bit better and fit tighter. This does not take lots of putty punching experience, just bags of patience and careful cutting. One advantage of putty is that you can let it dry a bit and then put holes in at the right places. I usually let the putty dry completely and then come back with fresh putty and put on buckles and things. If you can cut rectangles, thin strips, and squares with a scalpel, you can do this.

All the best,
Dan

 

[balder]

I have used doubled over masking tape for the staps with the buckles made from wire. I like the texture of the masking ape when painted. When done I tack in place with superglue.

Gerald

 

[ChaosCossack]

I have found two lead foil replacements.... 1) The foil from around the neck of a wine bottle. It is a little bit stiff but fairly durable. 2) The aluminum(?) foil material used to make tubes for toothpaste, ointments and that which alot of you have... OIL PAINT!!! This foil is very malleable and strong and of a decent thickness for 54 and 75 mm work. For larger scales you may want to fold it over once or twice. I am lucky enough to get these tubes empty from the hospital where I work before they fill them with guck but it doesn't take much to slit the used tubes open and clean them out... Reuse- Recycle

Hope this is useful to someone

Colin

 

[Wings5797]

I have found two lead foil replacements.... 1) The foil from around the neck of a wine bottle. It is a little bit stiff but fairly durable. 2) The aluminum(?) foil material used to make tubes for toothpaste, ointments and that which alot of you have... OIL PAINT!!! This foil is very malleable and strong and of a decent thickness for 54 and 75 mm work. For larger scales you may want to fold it over once or twice. I am lucky enough to get these tubes empty from the hospital where I work before they fill them with guck but it doesn't take much to slit the used tubes open and clean them out... Reuse- Recycle

Hope this is useful to someone

Colin

Hello Rodrego
I have used these tubes for all types of belts and harness and it works very well. A more enjoyable material is the foil from champagne bottles but do not try to make the bridle until the effect of dinking the champagne has worn off.
Cheers,
Keith

 

[Tubby-Nuts-REMOVED]

I know 'Andrea', do belts,buckles, & straps, in 54 & 90mm, photo-etch... Available from 'Historex', in the UK.

 

[user 5827]

WOW, appreciated guys you took the time...I will see which one these I will find appropiated.

Thank you

Best regards