Friday, January 21, 2011

From Chic Silber


MICHUFLT, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Hi Buckles

This is the pony float we built for Michu to ride on at the back door of my shop

I believe it was for the 74 - 75 seasons of the Blue Show (pulled by an elephant)

The ponies moved on eccentrics (like a jenny) with the movement of the unit

Chic

Posted by Buckles at 1/21/2011 06:02:00 AM

8 comments:

Chic Silber said...

Maybe it was pulled by a horse

That front fork is pretty narrow

21 January, 2011 10:34
Harry Kingston said...

Chic,
And all these years I thought the Ringling shops turned these out.
I build circus models that suit me but your work is right up there with the old master craftman of years gone by.
You are very talented and a job very well done.
Harry in Texas

21 January, 2011 12:17
Chic Silber said...

Thanks Harry

Sunshine Studios was created in 72

as a Southern counterpart to my

original shop (Chic Studios) in

N Y which I opened in 65 & kept

both running until 82 when it was

all combined here in Sarasota

It was mostly to provide circus

equipment & leave the theatrical

stuff up North until then

I helped start the Hagenbeck shop

in Winter Quarters in Venice that

quickly outgrew that facility &

has been moved several times

Currently they are in Palmetto

21 January, 2011 12:53
Chic Silber said...

You can also see by the concrete

apron that this area also is used

as an extension of our paint shop

(in good weather that is)

I have a great nightime shot of

Copey (Harvey Copeland) painting

the inflatable dome that was part

of the set we designed & built

for Arabian Nights in Kissimmee

I see Copey from time to time

He is truly a master craftsman

& an accomplished show painter

21 January, 2011 13:10
Harry Kingston said...

Chic,
Again you did some fantastic work on this wagon and I know Ringling must have liked it.
The two white posts with like a silver ball on top behind the horses was that for some one to hold on to while riding around the track???
I am working on a truck with a water tank and stake driver unit and need to put on the two drivers.
But my truck is like 18 inches long.
Harry in Texas

21 January, 2011 15:35
Anonymous said...

They are shaves my friend. Never heard of forks.

21 January, 2011 15:44
Randy said...

would love to see a picture of the Elephant pulling this,and know which elephant did pull it.....
Randy

21 January, 2011 17:27
Chic Silber said...

The rod at the back with the pink

phallic tip was for the punk to

hang on to & I had wanted to wire

the output of a neon transformer

to it but they wouldn't let me

He did grab 1 of the white posts

as he mounted the steps

There's probably lots of stuff

you never heard of anonymouse

(but thanks anyway)

21 January, 2011 17:52

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