Have recently been looking through photos of some of my older projects and thought some members may be interested in my first attempt at a carousel horse after 15 years making rocking horses as a hobby.
This as usual is curtsy of Mr Google I find images I like, print them to A3-4 trace and sketch carving to my design.
When I am satisfied with the design I copy and paste into Cad and place a 10mm grid over the image and print. (you can also draw the grid in word and reinsert the grid sheet into printer and print image on top of grid).
I then decide on the final size I want the horse to be and work out the conversion factor to multiply the 10mm grid to
attain the finished size.
I use 3mm MDF cover sheet to draw the larger grid on then draw the image using the grid for accuracy, when its drawn full size
I make any modifications if it doesn't look right.
I then use paper lunch wrap to trace the profile & cut into patterns to mark onto 3mm MDF which I use to mark the timber.
Most of the timber sizes are worked out from my experience carving rocking horses.
I don't have a full set of photos showing all the construction but you can get the idea from these, the horse in the background also shows more.
This is a full size carousel horse carved both sides for outside row.
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The painting is 2-3 undercoats then sanding around 10 times, then 3 white topcoats, pearl basecoat & 2 clearcoats.
Next airbrush colours with clearcoats, as I progress with the different colours I clearcoat the whole horse so if I do something I am not happy with I can remedy it without damaging previously painted.
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Finished
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I will load some of my other carousel horses over the next few days.