Post by Wollepluis on Dec 29, 2018 14:45:12 GMT
A little while ago Dani posted to Facebook that she was searching for a home for two rather battered up Julips: a little bay Shetland and a speckled chestnut Arab Stallion. Although I did react to the post quickly, asking her if the Arab was still available, I for some reason put him to the back of my mind... okay well, I do know the reason: that's the moment I fractured a vertebrae by stupidly tumbling of my horse during a competition.
It wasn't until a couple of weeks ago I searched the internet again in my hunger for a 'new' vintage Julip. That's when I got back to the Arab and decided to message Dani. She still had him and, long story short, now he's here on my desk.
Although I have never ever restored a Julip before (I do have two foals that will need a little more care someday, but they aren't in that much of a bad shape) I was confident to take him in and give it a go! So, here's Wolle's Flanagan. He came in his very adorable original box that had stamps on it that date him back to 1972. He's gone solid and has broken both his front legs. One of them is barely hanging on. Although his forelock and a bit of mane around his withers seem to have been cut off, the rest of his mane and tail are actually in brilliant shape. It's really soft and not brittle at all! He'll need a little bath as he's a little bit dirty here and there, but besides that I'm rather pleased with the way he seems to have withstand the time. Ohh and he has very cute, big eyes too!
I did do some research about restoring Julips before he got her and even contacted Laura about paints. As soon as he got here I took him out of his box and gave him a good look. To my surprise he's able to stand up, may it be that he's kind of leaning backwards. This made me conclude that if I would be able to strengthen his 'best' front leg and fill up his worst leg with some epoxy he would be sturdy enough to keep standing. This will save me from having to rebuild his front legs all-together. The least I have to do, the better! After that I'll see if there's a way to paint the epoxy to match his speckles. I think I'll have to do that detailing by hand, but I'm fine with that. If I work neatly there shouldn't be too much epoxy to color. I might rehair him at some point, but with at bit of brushing he seems good for now!
So, that's my plan. I'll leave you with some photos of Flanagan now and keep you posted with the progress! I think it won't be a project that I get to finish anytime soon, but this thread might be of reference to others once he's done somewhere in the future!
I really love his color! His hind legs have hardened up in this position. And look at his fluffy little tail!
Look at his cute eyes! Here you can see the bits of mohair that have been cut off.
Although his mane look good from this angle!
It wasn't until a couple of weeks ago I searched the internet again in my hunger for a 'new' vintage Julip. That's when I got back to the Arab and decided to message Dani. She still had him and, long story short, now he's here on my desk.
Although I have never ever restored a Julip before (I do have two foals that will need a little more care someday, but they aren't in that much of a bad shape) I was confident to take him in and give it a go! So, here's Wolle's Flanagan. He came in his very adorable original box that had stamps on it that date him back to 1972. He's gone solid and has broken both his front legs. One of them is barely hanging on. Although his forelock and a bit of mane around his withers seem to have been cut off, the rest of his mane and tail are actually in brilliant shape. It's really soft and not brittle at all! He'll need a little bath as he's a little bit dirty here and there, but besides that I'm rather pleased with the way he seems to have withstand the time. Ohh and he has very cute, big eyes too!
I did do some research about restoring Julips before he got her and even contacted Laura about paints. As soon as he got here I took him out of his box and gave him a good look. To my surprise he's able to stand up, may it be that he's kind of leaning backwards. This made me conclude that if I would be able to strengthen his 'best' front leg and fill up his worst leg with some epoxy he would be sturdy enough to keep standing. This will save me from having to rebuild his front legs all-together. The least I have to do, the better! After that I'll see if there's a way to paint the epoxy to match his speckles. I think I'll have to do that detailing by hand, but I'm fine with that. If I work neatly there shouldn't be too much epoxy to color. I might rehair him at some point, but with at bit of brushing he seems good for now!
So, that's my plan. I'll leave you with some photos of Flanagan now and keep you posted with the progress! I think it won't be a project that I get to finish anytime soon, but this thread might be of reference to others once he's done somewhere in the future!
I really love his color! His hind legs have hardened up in this position. And look at his fluffy little tail!
Look at his cute eyes! Here you can see the bits of mohair that have been cut off.
Although his mane look good from this angle!
Not for the faint hearted: here you can see the breaks in his legs. And the other photo shows his cute little horse shoes!
