Dave, I have used these figures from China. At one time Preiser listed figures as out-of-production and the Chinese version of the 65602 figures appeared on Ebay. Now the blanks are selling out and only painted figures are available. The Chinese figures lack the facial detail and fine hair lines that are in the Preiser 65602 white plastic figures. The China figures take two coats of paint to make them look better. A strange gray edge sometimes occurs where the paint edge ends. It must be a chemical reaction at the edge of the new paint. I have to account for this, and then overlap the next color of paint on the figures to cover the gray.
Bob, Lionel had extra Coach interior pieces available from the Parts Department when I started detailing their 21" cars. I have used up the seats in my years of detailing Lionel Sleeping cars. The NYC Southwestern Limited Sleeper, "Cascade Elf", that will be detailed soon, had seven Coach car seats installed in the sleeper that had no seating in the larger staterooms. Two smaller rooms were also missing seats. I do not know why. Perhaps these coach interiors could be used in your passenger car project somehow.
Everyone else, I am still painting the odds and ends people from ten 24-packs of Preiser 65602 Unpainted Seated People. These are the larger figures that are not used as often as the parents with babies. After a while I have to stop painting because bending over the table causes discomfort between my shoulder blades. Now I know why Preiser gets between $155.00 and $195.00 for the five packs that contain these twenty-four factory-painted people. The 24 blanks cost approximately $39.00US.
Have a good evening and a great week.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
