I had a relaxing night painting Preiser 65602 People for the new Add-on Union Pacific Excursion and Challenger two-car sets that are listed in the new Lionel catalog. I like the Santa Fe passengers too. We'll see. They would go great with my Legacy E7AA Warbonnet engines or Atlas O F7ABBA.
I have 14 boxes of 24 Seated People to paint. This will give me 336 more passengers. I have 150 seated figures from China on the way to me as well, plus a bag of 48 more. The five hundred and thirty-six people will keep me busy for many evenings. On a good night, I get about a dozen people completed. Some colors of paint require two coats for full coverage with no show-through. The figures pictured are roughed-in, not finished. They will need hair, shoes and touch-up before they are good enough to go into the passenger cars.
Single digit temperatures next week will give me a good reason to stay inside and paint.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
