Just finished adding the Schleich Knight I ordered. Came out great. ...had to cut back legs off but I was pretty sure I'd need to anyway because of size. Used 1 and 1/8th hex post and a little aluminum bracket to get him just right. His crown is about 1 millimeter below the glass and the balls clear the horses front hooves by the same!
Added a smaller standing knight on the right side and Merlin near the Merlin hole earlier in the week. My buddy Andrew helped me change out the LEDs behind the castle to purple. Starting to look just like I want it to!
I used my magnet to hold the ball to gauge distance as I adjusted the Knight. To install him:
1- Cut off the right and left legs - see image
2- Cut off as much of the tail as you can
3- Drill a hole through the horse (you wont see it because the knight cape covers it)
4- Put a screw through the hole
5- Add a 1 1/8th hex post under the horse to put the screw into
6- Find a scrap bracket (one that bends easily)
7- Loctite the horse side and remove the ramp screw and install
I needed to do lots of tweaking as this is a wicked tight fit
Happy with the result and will spray bracket black later this weekend
Note how he looks a lot like the guy on the translight - needs the jewels in his crown painted green (doing that later)
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