Cows

grizz30_06 wrote:

Now that is just low...funny...but low.  Actually, I am getting back into the cattle business with my father and a friend of mine.  We have a cow that will be dropping a calf next month.  My friend said he wants to name if after his wife.  I asked him if he had disscussed this with her, he said yea she doesn't care.  I asked her about it and her answer was a bit ... different.  I always tell him he should think things over a bit before jumping in, it don't do no good. Grizz

Grizz;

I just read your post and it reminded me of how our German Sheperd was named and the uproar it caused with my In-Laws.

My wife and I were originally to be married on 20 June 2002, but because of a lot of bickering between the In-Laws as to who would pay for what etc. etc. we postponed and eventually eloped.

Anyway on the date we were to be walking down the aisle, my wife and I were walking around the local mall instead. It was during this walk that we saw a display for the local animal rescue with a cute 9 week old female German Sheperd puppy. Well we all know once you see it you have to have it (Works the same with model kits and pups for me). We immediately signed up to adopt the pup but were told that someone had beat us to the adoption. Well, my wife definitely wanted a puppy so we went home and looked through the papers and found an ad for Sheperd pups. So after an hour long car ride we came to the most run down shack of a house. Needless to say I wasn't going to let the pup stay another minute in that dump. So as we were homeward bound we began to discuss names, and I suggested because of the date we should name her Mary my wife agreed and thought it was more than fitting.

It wasn't until afterwards that we realized (actually a relative pointed out) my mother-in-law's name is Mary.......ooops! So we explained when my in-laws arrived that the spelling was M-A-R-R-Y. 

We eloped and married in Guysborough, Nova Scotia on the ocean front a short time later. The dog was given a pedigree name so as not to be confused with my mother in law ever again. Mary Alexander Keith's after Nova Scotia's gift to the world Alexander Keith's India Pale Ale. 

Long story short.... always think before you name something.

Cheers;

Gregory  

Now that is just low...funny...but low.  Actually, I am getting back into the cattle business with my father and a friend of mine.  We have a cow that will be dropping a calf next month.  My friend said he wants to name if after his wife.  I asked him if he had disscussed this with her, he said yea she doesn't care.  I asked her about it and her answer was a bit ... different.  I always tell him he should think things over a bit before jumping in, it don't do no good.

Grizz

grizz30_06 

Hi this is no joke mate verlinden do a set of two cows, if you want to take a look at then the only web site i know of is www.historex.com its based in the U.K if you log to their site & enter in the product code box No 1431 they are in 1/35. Hope this helps.

PatlaborUnit1 wrote:

I did it with Kings county Scale Modelers in '02.  We were given a cow (1:1fibeglass) as part of a county fair paint up competition.  My directions were to turn iti into a full size cow/ aircraft carrier replica.  I worked on it for a month, and other club members helped with the flight deck, building the F18's, painting, etc.  Took Most Popular by people's choice vote and was auctioned off for the highest amount to a local Navy crewman.  You can see it on my website at http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/hlmp/beyond.html   and its near the bottom of the page. So, its been done!!!  :-)

Now I have seen everything! A 1:1 scale Cow kitbash!

I thought the city of Toronto was bad enough with the Fibreglass Moose campaign a few years ago. But this is even better. Thanks.

Cheers;

Gregory

I did it with Kings county Scale Modelers in '02.  We were given a cow (1:1fibeglass) as part of a county fair paint up competition.  My directions were to turn iti into a full size cow/ aircraft carrier replica.  I worked on it for a month, and other club members helped with the flight deck, building the F18's, painting, etc.  Took Most Popular by people's choice vote and was auctioned off for the highest amount to a local Navy crewman. 

You can see it on my website at

http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/hlmp/beyond.html   and its near the bottom of the page.

So, its been done!!!  :-)

1/160!  Wow I guess it shows that I am not into RR.

Grizz

Don't believe I have seen cows in plastic in 1/35...  Tamiya makes their live stock set in 1/35 though, you get a mule and pigs and ... stuff.

For 1/35 you should probably look at 1/32 or G gauge.  N gauge is like 1/160 something, really tiny.

Don't believe I've ever seen a 1:1 cow figure in a show. Go for it!!!!

Sorry to not mention the scale I was thinking 1/35 or N scale (I believe).  I know that I can buy a beat-up full size like what once was on Bi-Lo for US$1500 or so.  I would like to spend less.

Grizz

What do you consider small scale? There are plenty of cattel in HO and other railroad scales.