~A website devoted to preserving and documenting the history of the model horse
hobby and community~


Hobby Publications Archive
THHN, MHG, JAH, etc

Biographies
Hobby founders, innovators, artists, and collectors

International Hobby History
USA, UK, Sweden, Germany, Australia, etc

FAQs
The resin revolution, RRHs, pedigree assignment, etc

Vintage Gallery
Vintage Models, Tack, Live and Photo Show Pictures

In Our Own Words
How did you become a model horse hobbyist?

 

Site News:


November 11, 2014: I am concentrating on archiving vintage hobby publications currently. I will have new materials posted in the next few days.

March 3, 2014: Still scanning mags---will soon have Model Horse Rag added to the list! Planning to revamp the look of this site in the next week and add a bunch of new links. Stay tuned!

December 21, 2009 Update: Good news! Paula Hecker has graciously allowed ads, articles, and pix from The Hobby Horse News to be added to this site. Huzzah! There is a treasure trove of information and hobby history in those pages! Please feel free to email me or post to the Facebook page with any tidbits you'd like to share.


Featured Model: WV R'Thana by Karen Gerhardt

Questions? Comments? Submissions? Feel free to contribute on our Facebook page or email Kirsten at whitehorsepro@yahoo.com




Wanted: 1978 or 1979 article on model horses from Classic magazine; October 1982 Western Horseman (article on Kathy Maestas); Nov 1982 Appaloosa News (article on Linda Leach); 1982 and 1983 issues of Peruvian Horse World featuring Charlene Marshall ad Sue Guffey respectively; early 80s Horse and Rider (article featuring Bettye Brown); December 1989 Paint Horse Journal (article on Carol Williams); December 1990 Horse Illustrated (article "The Secret Life of Modle Horse Collectors"); any other mention of the hobby in non-hobby publications

Vintage hobby publications---scans or photocopies are fine---such as the Pony Express, Model Horse Shower's Journal, International Model Horse Journal, the American Model Horse Collector's Digest/Equine Miniaturist, Minis, Model Horse Gazette, JAH, and any other club publications, etc



Acknowledgements:
Many thanks to all who have donated their time, materials, expertise, and memories to this site, especially Traci Durrell-Khalife, Karen Gerhardt, Paula Hecker, Sarah Minkiewicz-Breunig, Julie Propes, Sue Stahl, and Adrien Synnott. Many more thank yous to come! :-)