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Rubberized Horsehair...PICS
tankysgal1
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Posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 04:11 AM UTC
The elusive Rubberized Horsehair. Such a great product. It has been used for years by furniture makers and by many automotive makers as well. Probably best know for its use in the seat cushions of BMW's. However, it has evolved its way into the modelling community with its many diffrent prospective uses. It can be used for making trees, shrubs, underbrush in forest scenes, etc.

I have searched the internet over, and short of buying a BMW car seat, have only found one place to order this product from. A place called 4D Model Shop .
When i ordered it from them..they were not shipping to the US so i had a friend get it for me and ship it to me. After visiting their site, i have found that they will now ship to the US.
This is a link to the horsehair product.... http://www.yellowcatshop.co.uk/shop/default.asp?clientid=14&gid=4dmod&tabcatid=3500011&viewstate=34817&txtsearch=horsehair. The downside of ordering is the cost. The cost of the product itself is only $1.83 USD. however..shipping on that is much more expensive. I can't give you an exact quote on shipping to the states..but shipping just within the UK is around $10.00.

This is what the horsehair looks like ...



It comes in blocks that are 6"x4"x1"...Which seems like a small amount, but actually streatches a long way.

Here is a couple of pics of how i have used it in dioramas that i have done..





This stuff can be cut, painted, and shaped to almost anything you want.

Hope this has helped.
Mary
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Posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 04:30 AM UTC
Wow that looks great Mary, thanks. Who knew that rubber horses could be so useful!
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Posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 04:56 AM UTC
LOL..yeah..its true..just wish these horses were not so hard to find..lol
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Posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 06:10 AM UTC

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The downside of ordering is the cost. The cost of the product itself is only $1.83 USD. however..shipping on that is much more expensive. I can't give you an exact quote on shipping to the states..but shipping just within the UK is around $10.00.



IIRC from my order the shipping rate (within the UK at least) is a flat rate, so one person could order in bulk and then send it on in smaller amounts via US domestic mail (which should be cheap since this stuff is so light). Just a thought.

Failing that, I might buy in bulk and export it via eBay!
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Posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 08:18 AM UTC

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LOL..yeah..its true..just wish these horses were not so hard to find..lol


I agree... it's almost as if these rubberized horses were on the WWF endangered list or sumfink... #:-)
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Posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 10:04 AM UTC

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I might buy in bulk and export it via eBay!


That's what I'm talking about! A little help from the other side of the pond. Tell me when it's listed.

Patrick
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Posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 06:00 PM UTC
Thanks for enlightening me Mary. I had no idea what RH was, until now. Looks like very useful stuff.

Perhaps I should visit the local junkyard and buy an old BMW seat.
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Posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 07:21 PM UTC
But no! This product is very easy to find; it is enough to go to buy in a shop of do-it-yourself from the shelf "PLUMBING".
Really I do not understand why you rack yourselves the head to want to buy at all costs in a shop of model making (sometimes in the other end of the planet) while he you will be enough to go to the shop of do-it-yourself of the place
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Posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 08:25 PM UTC
As a regular visitor to my local scrapyard ( Come on!! I own a Renault 5 GT Turbo I NEED spares!! ) I think I'm in credit enough to slash a BMW seat and just help myself to some of that !!!


If I get enough I'll start exporting it to y'all !!
:-)
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Posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 06:09 AM UTC

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As a regular visitor to my local scrapyard ( Come on!! I own a Renault 5 GT Turbo I NEED spares!! )


:-) Nice one, my mate used to have one of those - t'was his pride & joy! I have fond memories of being his passenger over many miles of road in our formative years. One day we managed to get the turbo to kick in in reverse You don't see many on the roads these days, what's on the clock? Must be >100k by now
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Posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 07:02 AM UTC

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But no! This product is very easy to find; it is enough to go to buy in a shop of do-it-yourself from the shelf "PLUMBING".
Really I do not understand why you rack yourselves the head to want to buy at all costs in a shop of model making (sometimes in the other end of the planet) while he you will be enough to go to the shop of do-it-yourself of the place


That's what the problem is, there is apparently no place here in the States that sell this product. It's quite clear that you can find it just about anywhere in Europe.
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Posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 07:15 AM UTC
As an alternative to Ruberized Horsehair I use 3M Scotch-Brite™ Hand Pads... They come in different structures and I use the one with the most rough structure. It's only just a bit finer than the horsehair and it has one big advantage... it doesn't smell.

I got rid of all of my rub.horsehair and sent it to a fellow modeller. After I got rid of it, I noticed my workspace didn't smell as bad as the weeks before.... now I know what it was :-)

I hope my modelling friend doesn't mind a bit horseperfume .... hehehe sorry Costas
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Posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 07:28 AM UTC
Danny has a good point.... The 3M pads do Look like a great Substitute!!!!
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Posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 07:39 AM UTC
HUMMMM...I have to say that Kevin and I both have a stash of the horsehair at our model station, and i cant say that i have noticed any type of "perfume" comeing from it...Maybe Danny had a bad batch..LOLOL.
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Posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 07:53 AM UTC

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As an alternative to Ruberized Horsehair I use 3M Scotch-Brite™ Hand Pads... They come in different structures and I use the one with the most rough structure. It's only just a bit finer than the horsehair and it has one big advantage... it doesn't smell.


Danny...could you show us some of your examples where you have used the 3M pads as you would horsehair?..
Thanks
Mary
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Posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 08:19 AM UTC

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Danny...could you show us some of your examples where you have used the 3M pads as you would horsehair?..


Mary,

nothing within reach right now, but I'm preparing a new diorama that I'll start building in September. That diorama will include quite a lot of shrubs and underbushes. I'll post some pictures while I'm at it.
tankysgal1
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Posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 02:13 PM UTC
Danny, great to hear your getting ready to start another dio..Can't wait to see how it comes out..and how that underbrush looks..Please keep us posted.
Mary
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Posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 07:33 PM UTC

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:-) Nice one, my mate used to have one of those - t'was his pride & joy! I have fond memories of being his passenger over many miles of road in our formative years. One day we managed to get the turbo to kick in in reverse You don't see many on the roads these days, what's on the clock? Must be >100k by now


By rights it's probably tipped 150k by now but it's only done about 8,000 miles on a rebuilt engine that I painstakingly assembled myself.

I have tuned it, tweaked it, and made it into the monster it is today - it sits in the garage, no tax, no mot, no insurance and no throttle cable !!

I lost heart and bought a Honda Prelude 2.2 VTEC, it's comfy, reliable and quick (142mph )

I wonder what it's seats are made of !??!? Time to tear into it for Diorama supplies !!! :-)
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