sunny's collection

thank you Andreas!

Your flocked animals are really cool! A beautiful little herd. They seem so whimsical or something with the fur, all their edges and patterns are soft. Together they are cloud like almost - a dream of animals!

sunny wrote:

When I was in primary school I went to a local wildlife park and I remember spending time in the park's shop looking at all the animal toys. With my pocket money I bought some small ones and also a beautiful larger flocked sitting tiger that I still have today.

I was going to say something like this - I remember there being so many flocked animals when I visited places with animals, especially petting zoos. I had several, but . . . I can't stand the feeling of flocking, even though it looks really nice, and I no longer have any because I couldn't keep them. The adult zebra in particular reminds me of many I have seen in the past.

Jill wrote:

Your flocked animals are really cool! A beautiful little herd. They seem so whimsical or something with the fur, all their edges and patterns are soft. Together they are cloud like almost - a dream of animals!

sunny wrote:

When I was in primary school I went to a local wildlife park and I remember spending time in the park's shop looking at all the animal toys. With my pocket money I bought some small ones and also a beautiful larger flocked sitting tiger that I still have today.

I was going to say something like this - I remember there being so many flocked animals when I visited places with animals, especially petting zoos. I had several, but . . . I can't stand the feeling of flocking, even though it looks really nice, and I no longer have any because I couldn't keep them. The adult zebra in particular reminds me of many I have seen in the past.

thank you so much Jill! that is such a lovely thing to say about them
and that is a shame that you don't like the feeling of flock
the softness of their flock lends well to their semi-realistic appearance I think


I saw these absolute flock beauties for sale in the US the other day.
Postage costs as much as them sigh otherwise they would sitting on my shelf right now
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I got some little treasures from the Toy Museum that I visited the other week
the beautifully shaped metal zebra - I have no idea what make it is and have never seen this elegant style of zebra before
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and some very tiny little Rio birds. I just love them! I've been wanting these blue birds for a while now but I had no idea that they were made this small
and the 2 'snakes' are actually the tails of the marmoset figures but I don't have standing up snakes in my collection - so I shall add some eyes to them and voila!
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here are the tailless - marmosets
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and a beautiful toucan, cockatoo and a dog with bananas on his head like a turban crazy!
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I had a wonderful trade with Taylor! thank you kindly
and added some beauties to my collection
plus there were more not shown here
I love the shorthorn cow and bull! new to my herd
and a herd of Unicorn!!
and the beautiful orange Kinder Fox and my favourite mama pig model and her tiny climbing piglets

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and thank you so much to Roger for sending me my most favourite cows! I love this old style brown and white Britains cows with their slim bodies and slim elegant horns
the brown and white colour is really nice!
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I have been busy doing a few custom models for someone special:)

and I painted an extra figure for myself
- here is a peek of my African Hunting Dog
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and my inspiration
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 Wonderful pack of african wild dogs! very meticulous painting on so tiny models!!

So many wonderful new additions, I'm not sure where to start! I love the dogs so much, that AAA border collie is so sweet and the dog with the bananas is so much fun! What a great model!
Those customs are also beautiful, you have captured the colouring and markings so well!

Very nice additions, the metal zebra looks like it could be Cherilea and the pig with babies is Timpo

I agree with you on the Britains cows, they are lovely moulds and colours too. :)

Fantastic repaints of the wild dogs. What model did you repaint? Lots of good additions to your collection. The Timpo sow with piglets is great and I like the Play Visions and Yowie zebra too. Good to see that the cows are happy in their new home.

Caracal wrote:

 Wonderful pack of african wild dogs! very meticulous painting on so tiny models!!

thank you Alain! I never put a size reference, but yes the figure is pretty small :)

Bonnie wrote:

So many wonderful new additions, I'm not sure where to start! I love the dogs so much, that AAA border collie is so sweet and the dog with the bananas is so much fun! What a great model!
Those customs are also beautiful, you have captured the colouring and markings so well!

thank you Lilias! the bulldog with the bananas quite suits the headgear I reckon someone had a vivid imagination!
and many thanks! it was fun painting them

thebritfarmer wrote:

Very nice additions, the metal zebra looks like it could be Cherilea and the pig with babies is Timpo


I agree with you on the Britains cows, they are lovely moulds and colours too. :)

Thank you very much and for the zebra suggestion. Funny because most Cherilea animals are rather lumpy and awkward. Yes I knew the mama and babies were Timpo, thank you! I'd forgotten in the moment
Yes, and I liked those moulds of cows the most out of all their range.

rogerpgvg wrote:

Fantastic repaints of the wild dogs. What model did you repaint? Lots of good additions to your collection. The Timpo sow with piglets is great and I like the Play Visions and Yowie zebra too. Good to see that the cows are happy in their new home.

Thank you Roger! I painted a small cheap hyena model - it actually didn't look like a hyena at all to me

Yes, thanks! I forgot to take a pic of the PV giraffe you sent me!

Indeed, the cows are very happy! many thanks again

this hyena model became the hunting dogs
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and again one of my Britains cows with some more figures from Taylor
small ducks, hens
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and a beautiful moose
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I also got a hippo from Taylor and then my mum also bought me one too, I think it cost her £1 in a charity shop but it was brand new

here they are together. At first I thought they were duplicates, (I hadn't had them side by side and couldn't remember their features exactly) but then when I put them together I noticed the differences -
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Wonderful again

I think these small models you painted so well as african wild dogs never were hyenas in spite of the name encountered by places!

The moose and the big hippo seem to be from Papo but with a different painting. Are they branded?

widukind wrote:

Wonderful again

thank you Andreas!

Caracal wrote:

I think these small models you painted so well as african wild dogs never were hyenas in spite of the name encoutered by places!

The moose and the big hippo seem to be from Papo but with a different painting. Are they branded?

I think you are right Alain. As soon as I came across them they reminded me of hunting dogs

this pic shows how small it is

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the moose is a hollow plastic and has Made in China under it

Taylor said the hippo is a Papo copy, it's hollow as well and only has HIPPOPOTAMUS under it

the little hippo that my mum got me is hollow and has a thicker bodied plastic. It has no marks on it.

this is the other resculpt custom I did, but she won't be revealed just yet



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I like the light colour of the hunting dogs. The moose is great, it looks exactly right for 1:32 scale. What is the shoulder height? The ducks are beautiful too!

rogerpgvg wrote:

I like the light colour of the hunting dogs. The moose is great, it looks exactly right for 1:32 scale. What is the shoulder height? The ducks are beautiful too!

thank you Roger! and yes the ducks are very lovely!
I will check the moose. It is bigger than a Britains moose.

Many nice additions, the little ducks are my favorites.

The painted dog customs are wonderful!! A little model like that, I would gladly collect. I love the variation of pattern you have done.

And many other great additions, too. I also love that little metal zebra. You have such a varied and wonderful collection, it is fun to see what additions you choose. Those "snakes" are so funny.

rogerpgvg wrote:

. The moose is great, it looks exactly right for 1:32 scale. What is the shoulder height?

I measured to the top of the shoulder bone, and not the extra tufts of fur on the nape, and it is 7cm - 7.5 at the most

landrover wrote:

Many nice additions, the little ducks are my favorites.

thank you Fernando!

Jill wrote:

The painted dog customs are wonderful!! A little model like that, I would gladly collect. I love the variation of pattern you have done.

And many other great additions, too. I also love that little metal zebra. You have such a varied and wonderful collection, it is fun to see what additions you choose. Those "snakes" are so funny.

Thank you very much Jill!
I'd be happy to make a little pack for you.

and thank you! it is very satisfying to add pieces that make me go wow! realistic and fun - I think they are all a good match:D and I've a pretty vivid imagination so those tail snakes were inevitable

Thank you Annette! :)

Wonderful additions-the group of flocked cats are great,especially the Manx!Glad you liked all the models!

sunny wrote:

rogerpgvg wrote:

. The moose is great, it looks exactly right for 1:32 scale. What is the shoulder height?

I measured to the top of the shoulder bone, and not the extra tufts of fur on the nape, and it is 7cm - 7.5 at the most

Thank you, quite close to 1:32 scale.

the 2 African hunting dogs spot someone in the distance


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