Getting the 1:6 sabre for the price of dinner for two at Jack in the Box was one thing. So was buying some black label dolls at deep discount. But we bought a DID Napoleonic era hussar for the cost of two pizza weekends with champagne. Because — hussar. At last, an hussar.
Now I have to find out how to dress one of our Power Team horses to suit him, since we do have a bay. Shabrack, easy. Hungarian bridle — a bit eek.
Fortunately, I've located the Breyer (1:9) tack books by Carrie Olguin. The double bridle that comes with the cutaway saddle is just about right for that Hungarian bridle, with some cosmetic changes, mainly over the nose. Of course, you have to scan the patterns and increase the size, like you do with scanning and increasing the 1:8 or occasional 1:16 pattern in Hill and Bucknell. Bridles should be okay. Increasing size on the saddles may result in scaling difficulties, like will the aluminum-can trees still hold shape? As hussar saddles are usually hidden, I think I can start with a Power Team or Marx saddle as appropriate to the horse. But it would be fun to start from scratch in wood, simply because the French hussar tree is very high, showing a lot of medieval features. Yes, I have a book on French hussars that goes into that much detail. Hussars!
Just a little freaky about them. I suspect I was one.
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