I was telling a friend about the recent Auckland Hobbies Fair, and the amazing Renwal Visible Horse kit that I found. She mentioned that there was a life-sized Visible Cow down in Morrinsville.
Morrinsville is a town in the Waikato, to the south of Auckland, NZ, where there are a lot of dairy farms. In celebration of these farming links, there are several life-sized, or larger, statues of cows in the town.
This one has its ribs and internal organs, and a calf, painted on the outside of the body - with a painted on zipper along the side. Wow.
Among the kits in the Renwal Visible series was a cow, which dates back to the 1960s. It was re-issued by Skillcraft in the 1990s.
Thank you to Jeanette Cole for the photographs.
Paul Adams from New Zealand
Love that "Visible Cow!" Although it is kinda creepy. But its good to know what's inside these critters! SFZ
ReplyDeleteI assume it's for Visser Vets across the road? I wonder if the Vet is called Al. Name: Visser, Al! It would be very apt!
ReplyDeleteWow! That hits all the visible buttons!
ReplyDeleteVisceral!
Damien Hurst the UK artist made his name from being visceral about thirty years ago. He cut a shark in half and encased each half in a block of acrylic I think. No idea where it ended up. No doubt cost millions for that halved shark.
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