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trumptrain posted:

Five photos of Hardworking Little People on the Free State Junction Railway. Photo 1.) Transloading down at the team track ( that's me on my bike at 12 years old).  Photo 2.)The dockside switch crew ... Hugo, Bert, Sylvester.  Photos 3,4,5, ) Bad order car truck replacement by the car dept. IMG_5128IMG_5247IMG_5494IMG_5463IMG_5503

So many Little People you have, Pat. Did you ever count them? Is it over a 1,000?

On more question: where do you get your Little People? Train shows? LHS? E-BAY?Internet directly from the manufacturers? All of the above?

You have a very nice collection of them, and they always look great in your scenes. Arnold

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Strummer posted:
Strummer posted:

I read (on another forum) about the "dip" method: you take a painted person and dip it in whatever product you have that will get into the crevices to bring out the detail.

This guy is one of those fairly lousy K-Line figures that came to me un-painted. The jacket (brown) and pants (maroon) are actually 2 different colors, but the stain made them look almost the same:

guy...

The only thing I had on hand was some Minwax "Red Oak": I think it's too dark, and dries glossy. I gave this fellow (2) shots of Dullcote, and it'll still pretty shiny, but I think if I had some lighter stain, this technique just might work...(?)

Mark in Oregon 

Just as a bit of a follow up:

Here's another guy, painted but "un-dipped":

Guy #2

Now here's the same dude, after "dipping" and (2) shots of Dullcote:

2 guys...

As you can see, they're still way too shiny, but it does bring out the details...FWIW.

Mark in Oregon

I'm a long-time advocate for the "dip-method", but you need to abide by the two-foot rule - if it looks good from two feet away, it's good. Close-ups can work too:

Block paint, dip, dry-brush, then a clear-matte overspray. Even the poorest sculpt can look good.

PD

1 or 2 years ago, I went on the Internet searching for another set of O Scale baseball figures. I posted what I was looking for on this Forum, and also mentioned this by email to one of our Forum sponsors, TrainZ, who did not have it at that time.

This past week, I got an email from TrainZ. They found what I was looking for: O scale metal baseball figures made by Kramer Products, which is no longer in business.

Thanks to TrainZ, I have a new team of Kramer Products baseball figures in white uniforms on the Polo Grounds field (with a batter in a gray uniform), as shown below:

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And across the Harlem River, is the original team of Kramer Products O Scale baseball figures in gray uniforms on the field at Yankee Stadium, with a batter and 2 baserunners in white uniforms:

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This was a particularly exciting and gratifying purchase because I had periodically checked on ebay for the Kramer Products figures without success, and had lost hope that I would ever get them.

I cannot thank TrainZ enough. Arnold

 

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Arnold D. Cribari posted:
trumptrain posted:

Five photos of Hardworking Little People on the Free State Junction Railway. Photo 1.) Transloading down at the team track ( that's me on my bike at 12 years old).  Photo 2.)The dockside switch crew ... Hugo, Bert, Sylvester.  Photos 3,4,5, ) Bad order car truck replacement by the car dept. IMG_5128IMG_5247IMG_5494IMG_5463IMG_5503

So many Little People you have, Pat. Did you ever count them? Is it over a 1,000?

On more question: where do you get your Little People? Train shows? LHS? E-BAY?Internet directly from the manufacturers? All of the above?

You have a very nice collection of them, and they always look great in your scenes. Arnold

Arnold - a apologize for the late reply.  I've gathered my Patsburg population from trains shows, and LHS (both used and new ).   There is one local hobby shop that sells used figures.  I'll pick out a batch of those little folks and go to the counter and make an offer ... usually resulting in a really good deal.  I've also benefited from good deals at small community train shows.  I always pick up a few little people when I'm at York too.  I did purchase one Mafia figure on line which came all the way from Croatia.  I use this figure in my Mafia shoot out scene along with my little folks Don, Juan a Fast Finger Eddie.  

The population of Patsburg has never been counted.  Taking an educated guess, I would say 300 - 400 little folks.  The population growth has slowed down, at least for now.  Some cold winter nights ahead may change that ... if you know what I mean ;-) 

Happy holidays to you!  

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One more thing: we need more O Scale hospitals on our layouts and O Scale doctors and nurses with Haz-mat masks. We need to model this great mobilization to fight this war against the virus on our layouts and have more hospitals and protective gear for our health service providers.

Joshua Lionel Cowan would agree. He participated in the mobilization of corporate America during WW II by retooling the Lionel Corp. to manufacture compasses and other things that helped us win WW II.

Do you agree Leroof?

What do you others think?

LOL, Arnold

 

 

Moonson posted:

...other li'l people doin' stuff...IMG_0098 [2)FrankM

Moonson,

The lighting and figures in your first scene look like a perfect spring or summer day on a nice neighborhood street.  But, I'm really intrigued by your second scene. What a great assemblage of buildings for your little people. The cafe, the carpet store, and the home improvement store.

Was there a particular inspiration for this corner or the individual buildings?  I can see it as the perfect backdrop for a period noir detective graphic novel. 

What a great study.  Wouldn't mind being a character on your layout this morning :-).  After coffee of course, perhaps the Cafe is serving this early?

Tomlinson Run Railroad

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