Figures

@JDtrain posted:

Great night for a ride.

About the nicest figures I've seen.

Two MOW workers

"No dang door and dang corn cobs!  What's a man to do?!

The sidewalk cafe.

Bluegrass band performs on roof top.

Hard at work in the field

@Dallas Joseph posted:

About the nicest figures I've seen.

Very kind of you. Wishing you and all my fellow OGR fans a Merry Christmas 🎄

@JDtrain posted:

Hard at work in the field

OK ....JD...... are these real or are they memorex .   WOW 

@JDtrain

@JDtrain posted:

Great night for a ride.

JDtrains...great scene and very realistic figures!  What brand are the figures above?   

Should have posted the Eagle for Pearl Harbor Day, And a photo of Bigfoot with a rabbit for chow and had to throw my wolfs in here, HAGD

Jailbirds

Smoochers in the alley. Officer Fife, on motorcycle, keeps the peace at a just in time wedding.  Photographers capture the event as others look on.  Two nuns guard the church doors as this wedding will not be taken inside ... as Father Sarduchi marries the couple.  The brides father offers the groom encouragement with his trusty musket.  A street musician provides the music with his squeeze box.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

OK ....JD...... are these real or are they memorex .   WOW

That was a rememberable commercial for sure.😀

@Capetrainman posted:

Hi Paul, they are Phoenix models. Pewter miniatures that need assembly and paint.

@trumptrain posted:

Two MOW workers

@trumptrain

Pat:

The photos are GREAT! Is that my weathered cabin car in the above photo?

@Randy Harrison posted:

@trumptrain

Pat:

The photos are GREAT! Is that my weathered cabin car in the above photo?

Randy - that indeed is your weathered cabin car!  Hope you like it!

@RickO posted:

I wonder what happened here? I guess "slick" is more concerned about his hair than the ticket.

"High maintenance"

Hello, if you don't mind, where did you get the State Trooper figure? thanks Jorge

@FECRailroaddog posted:

Hello, if you don't mind, where did you get the State Trooper figure? thanks Jorge

The figure is made by Arttista. You can buy direct or some hobby stores like Nicholas Smith Trains have them as well.

@RickO posted:

The figure is made by Arttista. You can buy direct or some hobby stores like Nicholas Smith Trains have them as well.

Thanks Rick!!

I picked these up at the Dollar Tree this morning. Good for a winter scene.

@Gene H posted:

I picked these up at the Dollar Tree this morning. Good for a winter scene.

Great Idea - Our Dollar Tree has them too: can't beat the price!

Leaving work at Morrison Door...the admin staff discusses where to hit for "happy hour!"  The night is young...

@trumptrain posted:

Patrick, great scene!  Looks like a "reportable injury" may be about to occur...look out...ouch

I’m looking for some walking figures,  Mom, Dad and some kids for the midway on my carnival themed layout.  I need them to be sized to work with Lemax figures on some of the amusements and detail items.

I’ve looked at O scale figures and they are too small while G gauge are too big.

Any ideas.

There are Heroclix figures that are sized between O-scale and G-Scale.

I just got these, I have yet to remove the bases.  All of these were less than a dollar, most less than 70 cents.

I picked the O-scale sized figures that are from 1.25" tall to 1.5" tall.  The women are the shorter figures, the 1.5" ones are men.  That ends up being a perfect 1:48 figure considering a 6' person.

The taller figures are 1.75" or so tall, those are more like 1:40 scale.

Santa is making his way around North Main Street...both he and the "hot dog guy' are attracting a crowd...

@trumptrain posted:

Officer Fife, on motorcycle, keeps the peace at a just in time wedding.  Photographers capture the event as others look on.  Two nuns guard the church doors as this wedding will not be taken inside ... as Father Sarduchi marries the couple.  The brides father offers the groom encouragement with his trusty musket.  A street musician provides the music with his squeeze box.

Patrick:

If you don't mind my saying so, this is positively brilliant.  A ton of great story telling in a single scene.

I would guess that for every 100 visitors who see your layout, only 2 or 3 full understand all that's going on without your explanation.  I'm guessing this makes it all the more delightful as it's a nice thing to have a joke in your head that you can only occasionally share with others.  Bravo.

Steven J. Serenska

@Capetrainman posted:

Santa is making his way around North Main Street...both he and the "hot dog guy' are attracting a crowd...

This one looks like it belongs on the IMAGENEERING  thread Paul.            I know you've been playing around on the special effects and this was a good one.     What was the process for this one with the Red Santa ?🤔

Dallas, thanks for your comment...I have a pic editing program called "Adobe Element 11" installed on an old PC in the basement.  The software has to be eight years old anyway, with a few updated releases after "Elements 11".   Some editing programs refer to the process I used above as "color splash."  It always has been a challenge for me to get the process down pat.  When I went back to the older program the other day, it was like learning the process all over again, without success.  Out of frustration, I googled the "color splash" feature in Elements 11 to discover some guru had posted a video recently of a work-around that made the process simple after a couple of trial runs.

My kind of work-around...simple and easy!

This is the season to give.

@Serenska posted:

Patrick:

If you don't mind my saying so, this is positively brilliant.  A ton of great story telling in a single scene.

I would guess that for every 100 visitors who see your layout, only 2 or 3 full understand all that's going on without your explanation.  I'm guessing this makes it all the more delightful as it's a nice thing to have a joke in your head that you can only occasionally share with others.  Bravo.

Steven J. Serenska

Serenska - thank you so much for your insightful compliment!  Yes there is lots going on in that scene.  Many viewers do miss the many stories that are going on in that scene, more than likely due to scensory overkill as there is so much going on in the periphery ( not shown in this photo ) of that particular scene.   Thank you for taking time to notice!  Much appreciated!

@Capetrainman posted:

Patrick, great scene!  Looks like a "reportable injury" may be about to occur...look out...ouch

Thanks so very much Paul!  The fella in the truck is pretty good about jumping out of the way of rolling barrels.  LOL !

Couple Hobos with a stray dog cooking hotdogs on an open fire.

That dog ain't a stray.  He's sitting at home with his family just like dogs have been doing for thousands of years.

Some interesting folks on North Main these days...

Waiting for the local into the big city...

@Capetrainman posted:

Waiting for the local into the big city...

This kinda looks familiar Paul.

The Heroclix figures were so nice when I separated them that I got another batch.  Hard to pass up nicely painted figures for 60-70 cents each.  For the second batch I threw in Superman and Batman, figured I might find a whimsical place for them on the layout.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

The Heroclix figures were so nice when I separated them that I got another batch.  Hard to pass up nicely painted figures for 60-70 cents each.  For the second batch I threw in Superman and Batman, figured I might find a whimsical place for them on the layout.

Boy John,  for 60 or 70 cents apiece these figures are way better than some of the ' HIGH END ' figures I've seen.    A little hard to see a good close up on them but I think you have a winner here.   Nice

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Boy John,  for 60 or 70 cents apiece these figures are way better than some of the ' HIGH END ' figures I've seen.    A little hard to see a good close up on them but I think you have a winner here.   Nice

Here's a couple close up shots of some of them, click on the graphic to enlarge.  I have a sampling of everything, normal, slightly oddball, and really oddball.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

Here's a couple close up shots of some of them, click on the graphic to enlarge.  I have a sampling of everything, normal, slightly oddball, and really oddball.

Excellent purchase.

Waiting to board the "Chief!"  The conductor, known to his friends a "Cheeto man," checks the time and mentions "she's right on time"...

I dunno John.

They look like a lot of urban hipsters, big city union workers and wealthy women execs.   

I just can't relate.

Not everybody lives in these urban bubbles.   :-)

Mannyrock