@RSJB18 posted:Nice work Alan. I've also been working down at the station. I added figures and freight to my Lionel 157 station platform. I had extended the platform area when I rebuilt the yard last Spring. The benches were from a laser cut basswood kit. I had a terrible time getting the legs off of the sheet and broke all but one set. I made replacements from balsa.
I also discovered (well kinda knew already), that O scale does not mean the same thing to all mfr's. I bought figures from Woodland Scenic, RMT, and Bachman. The WS figures are much larger than the other two sets so I will save them for another project. The RMT seated figures are even too small for the benches so I placed them on the rear-facing benches.
Having the figures on the layout adds an element of life. I always enjoy seeing other's well thought out scenesI made these cones from a couple of plastic caps from driveway sealer bottles, I went with the old school colors.
The construction workers are cheap figures from China, and are also a different size from the other sets.
Bob
Nice station scenes, Bob! Unfortunately, filthy NYC hobos have have taken up residency on my subway platforms. Here’s one guy from this morning who clearly had a little too much to drink last night -
