SURVEY OF O SCALE (1:50 AND 1:64) PASSENGERS

Links to what you found would be most useful.

 

Looks like a game of "Twister" that went horribly wrong....

 

Rusty

Rusty: LOL

All,

 

I am affiliated with all the people discussed including Model Power. What I do to 'tone down the paint' is brush on a wash of india ink and alcohol. Mixed to a 1-10 ratio and that does the trick. dries is about five minutes. I will usually put the figure in it's place using tacky glue and then later on, wash the figures in the ink/alcohol wash.. 

 

Good luck,
Dan

As gunrunnerjohn said, links would be especially useful.

I buy 'em all, and they all work in places.  Many of the Lionel people are way to big for me.  I particularly like the Bachmann and Woodland Scenics folks, the Preisser and JTT are good, too. Artisa are good sometimes, but pricey.  RMT's people and Model Power are not my favorites, but again, I buy and use some of all of them.  The 1:643 people work out well, seated in passenger cars and in convertible diecast sometimes.

Today, I placed an order for 50 seated people for passengers as seen in one of the photos above. Visualizing them through the plastic windows and while moving does not require much detail.

Like Lee said, I buy many different brands and scales because they all have a place. You need smaller people to fit up in the domes, and different brands of cars call for different size and shapes of figures. Many times you still have to cut legs off or sand down some butts.

RailKing 30-11016 painted passenger set of 12

 

retail price: $29.95  

 

$2.50 per figure

 

Glossy paint not very realistic?  Eyes are painted red??

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Example handpainted figures also shown.