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Nice scene - Arttista figures are great, and they're made in the USA, you can't beat that combo. Most of them stand on their own, no glue needed.

Peidmont - Very attractive scene!  Your figures are well placed thus brining a realistic energy to the scene!  I like the sidewalk cafe    Well done!!  Thanks for sharing.

Great point, Paul! I actually ordered my last batch from Arttista directly. You have to call and talk to a real person to order. When do you get to do that anymore?! I love it! Had my figures in about 1 week, with hand-written thank you note enclosed. Made in USA by family business is definitely something I can get behind.

@Piedmont Central RR posted:

Great point, Paul! I actually ordered my last batch from Arttista directly. You have to call and talk to a real person to order. When do you get to do that anymore?! I love it! Had my figures in about 1 week, with hand-written thank you note enclosed. Made in USA by family business is definitely something I can get behind.

Yes, yes, yes!!!!  I ordered from Arttista directly as well.  It's wonderful and the figures are top-notch!

   And made in the USA!!!! 

Highly recommended.

George

If you can just get by the sky high prices...

Beautifully detailed scene! Personally, I use a mix of Arttista, Woodland Scenics, Plasticville, and some that come in 1/48 scale truck kits.

I do a lot of animation with welders and burn barrels, Artista has excellent figures that fit the scene, others I use are Woodland Scenics as well as K-line when find them. RMT has some but mostly for passenger cars.

Great looking scene!  I really miss Arttista at York.  I used to buy a scene's worth of figures at each York.  He'd usually give a bit of a discount when you purchased that many as well.    I sold most of them when I took down my last layout but saved a few of the better ones (picnic scene, ice cream vendor, lemonade stand, etc).

-Greg

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

If you can just get by the sky high prices...

We are in a hobby where dropping $100 on a freight car or $1,000 on a locomotive is fairly common, yet spending under $10 a figure for metal painted people is considered sky high. 

Figures are essential to my layout, so I don't mind the higher prices, as long as I can afford it.

@Bill N posted:

We are in a hobby where dropping $100 on a freight car or $1,000 on a locomotive is fairly common, yet spending under $10 a figure for metal painted people is considered sky high.

Well, first off, I don't drop $100 on a freight car, and the figures are a lot smaller than a freight car.

In addition to model railroading I also paint miniature figures John.  Mostly 28mm which comes out to around 1:55 or close to O scale.  For the typical unpainted figures I am paying about $1/figure for unassembled and unpainted plastic and about $2.50-3.00 for unpainted metal.  Compare that against about $2.50/figure for MTH limited range of plastic, $4.50 for Woodlands Scenics plastic or $7 to $7.50 for typical Artista figures painted.  Plus an attentive bargain shopper can beat those prices.  When I factor in primer, paint, brushes and my time that differential seems like a bargain to me. 

A man's got to know his limitations.  I doubt I could do a credible paint job on figures in any reasonable time, so they'd be pretty expensive for me.

Thankfully, the variety of posed O-scale figures from several providers is sufficient for scenes on our layouts.

I previously created a mountain scene for a modular layout and found wild animals for it -- deer, a family of black bears, and a group of cougars.  I looked for a group of rock climbers for placement on a craggy cliff, but didn't find any. I think that means the "hobby" of rock climbing hasn't yet captured the attention of model figure-makers for production.

I recently installed RMT seated passengers in the 10 coaches of my MTH Aerotrain. The size was just right for that RailKing rolling stock. I initially tried to fit Lionel seated passenger figures in the coaches, but they were slightly too tall -- IMHO, better suited for 1:48 passenger cars.

Mike Mottler    LCCA 12394

I use a lot of the Golden Gate Little People, they fit pretty good in many cars.  I occasionally have to trim them, but they're decent looking and priced right.  The RMT people are bigger, take a look at the GG ones.

Most of my figures are Arttista. I have a ton of them on my layout. Dennis is a great guy and his prices are very reasonable and all the more so when measured by the quality of his pewter figures. Like others, I do wish he would return to the York Meets, but that is unlikely. Woodland Scenics, Bachmann, Model Tech Studios and Preiser have some terrific figures as well. I have a number of them on my layout as well. The Model Tech Studios figures are a little bigger than the others, so I tend to use them for parts of the layout that are more distant from the general viewing area.

Pat

These are a couple of inserts that went into an apartment complex I kit-bashed.

Dave

@Piedmont Central RR posted:

Since most of my scenery is complete, I have been adding figures. Just wanted to post this for others who may be thinking of adding more detail. I have been very happy with Woodland Scenics and Arttista. MTH and Bachmann are great, too, but there is just no substitute for Arttista's wide selection, and WS's wide availability and value. Here are just a couple pics with Arttista and WS together in same scene.

Fabulous!

@Mike H Mottler posted:

I previously created a mountain scene for a modular layout and found wild animals for it -- deer, a family of black bears, and a group of cougars.  I looked for a group of rock climbers for placement on a craggy cliff, but didn't find any. I think that means the "hobby" of rock climbing hasn't yet captured the attention of model figure-makers for production.

Mike Mottler    LCCA 12394

You should've checked Scenic Express, I got my five rock climbers there.  Pretty sure they still have them.

Gene Anstine

Gene A.

Thanks for that tip.  At that time, I favored Artista and Woodland Scenics; I didn't look farther than those brands.  With 20/20 hindsight,  I should have ...

Mike Mottler   LCCA 12394

I got my climbers from Scenic Express, but turned them into ice wall climbers at Xmas.  Just bent and painted some telephone wire for the picks.  

Mostly Arttista in this scene, with a Preiser here and there, and maybe an Omen or two.  I like Dennis' selection best. When you take into account the hand painting and the metal cast, the current price is not bad, but you get to a $100 quicker than not too long ago.  Before Arttista's last price increase, the individual figure price was cheaper on average than Preiser, mostly sold in a box of five or six.  Seems both are now closer in price.  Preiser's selection of O Gauge figures seems to have stalled, but I love their vibrant colors.  The Arttista selection can fit almost every scene...that's why most of my figures are Arttista!

Arttista for some and for the foreground AndIan Models. Odell hates his picture taken....

I am looking for a chef to stand in the provision door way of a K-Line heavyweight dining car.  If you know who makes one, kindly let me know.  Thank you, John

@rattler21 posted:

I am looking for a chef to stand in the provision door way of a K-Line heavyweight dining car.  If you know who makes one, kindly let me know.  Thank you, John

Arttista figure 1474  Man cooking/Diner cook

Arttista figure 1459  Pretzel Vendor

https://www.arttista.com/

John

For Arttista at a good price, see Model Train Stuff. They have a sale a couple of times a year and discount their figures from their normal lower than retail price. If you sign up for their newsletter, you are notified about their sales. Their selection leaves something to be desired but over time we have obtained most of what we wanted from them.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

A man's got to know his limitations.  I doubt I could do a credible paint job on figures in any reasonable time, so they'd be pretty expensive for me.

Unfortunately some manufacturers don't follow this line of logic.

For example have you seen the Lionel offering ?

Body paints are ok but the faces are downright scarey

Yep, the Lionel figures aren't the best, but better than my paint jobs.

Those Lionel figures can easily be improved with a brown wash and a spray of Dullcote. JohnA

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...1#157265374270706011

This scene is pretty amazing, in my opinion. Some may find it gruesome perhaps, but I work in medicine and found its realism refreshing. It appears you use Franklin Mint "Classic Cars of the 50's", right? I use those as well. Hard to find 1:48 vehicles, and I found those tend to run just small enough from 1:43 to fit nicely in O scale.

A little pricey but different are these figures from an Ebay seller in Belarus. They are 1/43 so a bit larger but heavy and nicely painted. Search for  seller:gordvlad on Ebay.

Wow.  Those Belarus figures look great!

Woe to anyone who is trying to do an Old Western layout, with action posed figures of gunfighters, badmen or lawmen.  In O scale, there is practically nothing.

Yes, Artista and others have a few Old West figures, but they are boring cowboys, standing with a rope or a drink in their hands, or shoeing a horse, or doing some other mundane cowboy thing.  And, yes, they have Old West Saloon girls, Old West doctors, lawyers, and blacksmiths.  All ho-hum.    Through all of my searches, I think I found one badman and one Sheriff in O Scale by Knuckledusters, poised to draw on each other, and that was it.

There is one set of 3-D printed figures by a company, of rustlers on horses, but their cowboy hats all came out of the 3-D printers looking like 1930s fedoras.  So, you have a bunch of rustlers who look like Humphrey Bogart on horseback.

Knuckledusters makes some great Old West action figures, in pewter,  looking identical to the great characters in the most famous western movies, but they are all in 28mm, for gaming only.

So, this leaves the old plastic really bad-looking Marx molded plastic "cowboys and indians" sets, which are just too poor to bother with.

I guess, I'll have to make my Old West layout into something else.  South Park anyone?

Mannyrock

I have a similar problem for a "fantasy" module I'm thinking about to recreate Old San Juan in Puerto Rico with the subway running underneath. I would need figures of tourists, musicians, crafts vendors, artists and people dancing. Here's hoping some enterprising 3-D printer will recognize that there's a market out there for custom O scale figures.

How do you guys feel about ceramic figures. I really have no idea of costing and I never tried, well it would not actually me.

Plenty of zombies and Bigfoots, but sorry, nothing so obvious as a dancer or street musician.  (A sign of the times.)

Mannyrock

Although pricey, I think Arttista O scale figures are excellent.

For you baseball fans, I think Kramer Products (out of business) metal O Scale baseball figures are outstanding:

I got my 1st set of Kramer Products baseball figures 25 years ago from the Choo Choo Barn, and my 2nd set last year from TrainZ.

@Catdaddy posted:

How do you guys feel about ceramic figures. I really have no idea of costing and I never tried, well it would not actually me.

Can ceramics in that size have the sharpness of detail of, for instance, a pewter figure?

Most of my figures are cheap because, if I had to pay $10 a person, I would have no money for trains.  However there are some scenes which need good detailed people.

I got these from miniprints.com.  2 for $15.60.  You do have to paint them.  Instead of painting faces, I just brushed them with weathering powder.  The powder found all of the nooks and crannies and really brought out the details well.  I also had some tiny Chessie decals so I used those for the vests and hats.

Have Fun!

Ron

Very nice work Ron.  I love the pants detail.  When I paint small figures I tend to use washes to achieve the same facial effects that you do with weathering powder.

My wife and her artist friends do amazing things with paint. I did a little research and money wise it’s a loser based on time, and as stated by West Side Joe, ceramic alone would lack detail.

@Ron045 posted:

Most of my figures are cheap because, if I had to pay $10 a person, I would have no money for trains.  However there are some scenes which need good detailed people.

I got these from miniprints.com.  2 for $15.60.  You do have to paint them.  Instead of painting faces, I just brushed them with weathering powder.  The powder found all of the nooks and crannies and really brought out the details well.  I also had some tiny Chessie decals so I used those for the vests and hats.

Have Fun!

Ron

WOW!  A new and excellent way to paint faces.  I'll be trying that next week.

How did you get the wrinkles in the clothing.  That is equally worthy of praise, too.

@Forty Rod posted:

How did you get the wrinkles in the clothing.  That is equally worthy of praise, too.

I can't take credit for that.  They came that way.  Here they are unpainted.

Ron

Ha!  I was asking about the shadow affects that you so masterfully achieved, but thanks for the response....and the laugh.

Tom

@Forty Rod posted:

Ha!  I was asking about the shadow affects that you so masterfully achieved, but thanks for the response....and the laugh.

Tom

Oh... That was actually pretty easy.  With the Blue jeans, on two figures I painted them dark blue and then just dry brushed baby blue.  On the other two figures I painted them baby blue and then dry brushed dark blue.  I like that look better.  The wrinkles in the resin figure picked up all of the dry brush paint. 

Really... I'm not an artist by a long shot.  It was simple.

Ron

If I use it and get the same results you did I'll need all the "simple" I can get.

Thanks for the info.

Waiting for the 17 pm "Chief" to arrive...!

@Capetrainman posted:

Waiting for the 17 pm "Chief" to arrive...!

I like it!  It looks like they dropped a cake down on the tracks and are trying to decide who gets to retrieve it! 

George

@Ron045 posted:

Most of my figures are cheap because, if I had to pay $10 a person, I would have no money for trains.  However there are some scenes which need good detailed people.

I got these from miniprints.com.  2 for $15.60.  You do have to paint them.  Instead of painting faces, I just brushed them with weathering powder.  The powder found all of the nooks and crannies and really brought out the details well.  I also had some tiny Chessie decals so I used those for the vests and hats.

Have Fun!

Ron

GEEEEEZ  RON 😨...........these guys really look like they could just about yell at me for being on railroad property  !!!

Really nice technique on coloring these people and the figures are superb .........well worth the purchase along with your artistry.

Great looking figures Ron.  Cost for unpainted is the same as Artista, but nice selection and great artistry.

John

Figures definitely make the scene...a few different brands here...

You sure come up with some great scenes, Paul!

Very interesting pictures and info.

So, what is weathering powder?  If it is a powder, how does it to stick to the unpainted face of the plastic figure?

And, what is "dry-brushing"?

Thanks for any info.

Mannyrock

Hi Manny, I can tell you that dry brushing means puddling some paint, or dipping a brush in paint very little, and then drawing the brush on cardboard until almost all of it is off the brush, and then hitting the high points of the model to draw just that little paint left to highlight the higher points. Try it with some white,  off-white or light gray on a model to try it out. On my Area 51 layout, I dry brushed antique white highlights on the rock carvings, leaving just enough paint to highlight the carvings.

@Mannyrock posted:

Very interesting pictures and info.

So, what is weathering powder?  If it is a powder, how does it to stick to the unpainted face of the plastic figure?

And, what is "dry-brushing"?

Thanks for any info.

Mannyrock

Just what it says.  Colored powder that can be used to weather items.  What is nice about powder is you can brush it on and if you don't like it, take it off.  If you do want it on an item permanently that maybe  you plan on handling where the powder could come off or mess up, then just spray clear coat on the item with the powder on it to seal it in.

By the way the powder was not applied to an unpainted figure.  I painted the figure and let it dry.  Then powdered it.

This hopper car is weathered with powder and clear coated.

I believe your dry brushing question was already answered, so I won't belabor that.

Ron

Thanks for that info guys!

Mannyrock

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Hi Manny, I can tell you that dry brushing means puddling some paint, or dipping a brush in paint very little, and then drawing the brush on cardboard until almost all of it is off the brush, and then hitting the high points of the model to draw just that little paint left to highlight the higher points. Try it with some white,  off-white or light gray on a model to try it out. On my Area 51 layout, I dry brushed antique white highlights on the rock carvings, leaving just enough paint to highlight the carvings.

Artie, great scene...always enjoy the military theme...nice Quonset hut right there too...

Picking up a few things at the local market before closing...just noticed the red light on in the upstairs apartment above the hardware store...hmmm?

Thanks, Paul. The Quonset hut is Lionel, and I think they’re marketing it again.

I like the night scene, but I think the town should put up some more streetlights! That red light sure looks suspicious, and you sure have some good-looking ladies in town!

I saw a few people online grind up artists pastels and chalk to use as weathering powder.  One used an old coffee grinder, the other a mortar and pestle, and still another simply used a sharp knife to shave it off into a container.

Anyone try that?  It would be a lot cheaper with a greater variety of colors.

John

@West Side Joe posted:

A little pricey but different are these figures from an Ebay seller in Belarus.

"A little pricey" at $17/figure + $9 shipping from Russia.   Except Marlene Dietrich is $24!

But if you must have Vladimir Putin on your layout, this is where you will shop.

Bob

That's "Frank Sinatra" standing by the newsstand. 😁

Speaking of the "Chairman of the Board,"  this could be him with his entourage...

A recent figure addition:

Resin figure from Rusty Rail, acrylic paints, then Vallejo Model Wash with a drop of Vallejo Matte Medium, a final overspray of Tamiya Clear Matte, then cemented onto a clear plastic base.

PD

@Capetrainman posted:

Picking up a few things at the local market before closing...just noticed the red light on in the upstairs apartment above the hardware store...hmmm?

Lava lamp?

I don't recall who turned me to the heroclix gamers source but I have gotten a huge amount of great looking figures from it and they only cost 99 cents each and less !!!

@pd posted:

A recent figure addition:

Resin figure from Rusty Rail, acrylic paints, then Vallejo Model Wash with a drop of Vallejo Matte Medium, a final overspray of Tamiya Clear Matte, then cemented onto a clear plastic base.

PD

Nice PD.    A lot more to this guy than what I  do.

I have a need for more elves on the PE and couldn't throw a lot more cash on already made.........soooo..........I had a bunch of these inexpensive figures .

I dabbed Goo Glue on their heads for little funny caps to get organized for painting . I'll have to cut the legs down 🤕😨 to get them a little more elf size though .

Can't believe Christmas is headed our way already 😉

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Nice PD.    A lot more to this guy than what I  do.

I have a need for more elves on the PE and couldn't throw a lot more cash on already made.........soooo..........I had a bunch of these inexpensive figures .

I dabbed Goo Glue on their heads for little funny caps to get organized for painting . I'll have to cut the legs down 🤕😨 to get them a little more elf size though .

Can't believe Christmas is headed our way already 😉

Nice, Dallas...I look forward to a seeing few snaps once they've donned their green/red outfits! I haven't tried much in the way of figure-conversion, but something to consider.

PD

A chase through the railyard...

@Capetrainman posted:

A chase through the railyard...

Great scene Paul.

Perfect side lighting and exposure.   Cool story. 

Starting to look like Paul and Partrick are getting together to put a book out eventually.  !? 🤓

@Capetrainman posted:

Speaking of the "Chairman of the Board,"  this could be him with his entourage...

CapeTrain, is the cream yellow car lower left a Triumph TR6? At that angle I can’t tell for sure!

Western, yes it is...a 1970.  Brand is Atlas Novo...bought it from a seller in UK.  Looked around for a TR...the nicest one for me was British racing green and made of composite, but out of my price range...

@Capetrainman posted:

Western, yes it is...a 1970.  Brand is Atlas Novo...bought it from a seller in UK.  Looked around for a TR...the nicest one for me was British racing green and made of composite, but out of my price range...

Nice, cool car! I have no British cars on my layout, but I’m looking for a ‘53 MG TD because my Dad had one. British sports cars are iconic classics. I really enjoy your scenes, lots to look at!

Western, in my search for a 1/43 Triumph, seems I had come across a '53 MB on the net...I don't recall where...

Growing up, our next door neighbor had a '53 MG TD, black with red interior.  As a young kid, I was impressed by the canvas cover he had over the spare tire on the back of the car....the white cover had the American and Union Jack flag proudly showing.  Jerry had earned enough money on his paper route to buy the car when he turned sixteen.  I still remember riding with him a couple of times, as he'd speed shift going around corners.  One time he clipped a curbing and from that time on I stuck with the nickname "Curbstone" with his last name....

Also got some crime fighters!!

To WesternPacific2217 and Capetrainman,

I had several MG's on my layout but they are boxed up right now. I currently drive a 1948 MGTC (my third one) and my nod to the marque was to have an MG Factory.  It featured a bunch of painted pencil sharpers (close to a TD), several MatchBox Models of Yesteryear and Vitesse (TC's), and a Corgi MGTF.  A few, possibly not shown in the photos are from the early 50's, probably Dinky.  Bottom line, I would gladly give each of you one of the pencil sharpener TD's, check the photo and let me know if you want one.  I'd ask that you pay for the shipping, the car is free to you.  If interested, please reply to my email (in the profile).   The MG motto....'Safety Fast", v/r Chuck

@Chuck242 posted:

To WesternPacific2217 and Capetrainman,

I had several MG's on my layout but they are boxed up right now. I currently drive a 1948 MGTC (my third one) and my nod to the marque was to have an MG Factory.  It featured a bunch of painted pencil sharpers (close to a TD), several MatchBox Models of Yesteryear and Vitesse (TC's), and a Corgi MGTF.  A few, possibly not shown in the photos are from the early 50's, probably Dinky.  Bottom line, I would gladly give each of you one of the pencil sharpener TD's, check the photo and let me know if you want one.  I'd ask that you pay for the shipping, the car is free to you.  If interested, please reply to my email (in the profile).   The MG motto....'Safety Fast", v/r Chuck

Chuck, MG heaven! LoL what a great collection. Thanks for sharing, I'll be in touch.

Scott

@WesternPacific2217 posted:

Chuck, MG heaven! LoL what a great collection. Thanks for sharing, I'll be in touch.

Scott

I'd like one, any color, top up or down.

Also looking for a 1960 MGA roadster f any can be had.

Thanks.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Nice PD.    A lot more to this guy than what I  do.

I have a need for more elves on the PE and couldn't throw a lot more cash on already made.........soooo..........I had a bunch of these inexpensive figures .

I dabbed Goo Glue on their heads for little funny caps to get organized for painting . I'll have to cut the legs down 🤕😨 to get them a little more elf size though .

Can't believe Christmas is headed our way already 😉

Here's  50  elves  pd .

I'm not sure how many I need.   Judy is making the Santa Building for the PE  and still undecided how many would be appropriate.

We had posted some photos over the last couple of years of houses , churches , ski lodge and general store that she has done out of yarn on the Christmas layout.

I think on the MTH flat car there are about 25 or so and some on the layout Christmas tree annd the lighted hot air balloon  . I  also added a few more on the Lionel hand truck.    ......

........WARNING.....

......IF YOU DON'T HEAR THE RINGING OF THE CHRISTMAS  BELLS.......THEN THESE FIGURES WILL NOT APPEAR REALISTIC TO YOU.

LOL, Dallas, those look great! Even the faces look good. They will be nice for your PE layout.

PD

Miss Daisy stopping by for one of the new dog's...

@Capetrainman posted:

Miss Daisy stopping by for one of the new dog's...

Those fantastic figures and vehicles make this scene exceptional.   Nice work Paul. 👍

Thanks, Dallas...I sure do enjoy the little people on the layout...glad you enjoyed!

Some interesting characters early AM at the rail yard...it appears some may have taken a rack in the caboose overnight...?

Unloading some hard to find clear, "jamb stock" at Morrison Door at the crack of dawn...a couple of travelers hoping in the empty Penn box on the siding...

Great lighting on that night shot, Paul!

I'm with you Artie , on Paul's lighting.      It brings you right in on the action .  You can almost hear the lift truck.

The shop guys play a couple a hands of HLJ during break time   

@Capetrainman posted:

The shop guys play a couple a hands of HLJ during break time   

You seem to be getting better and better at these  scenes with your lighting Paul .  Nice.     can't make out the emblem on the hat in your new Avatar........do we call you drill sergeant now ?  🤔    Boy , I'm losing track of people with my visual receptors. 😎

Dallas, thanks for the comment...I've found a way on my camera phone of all cameras, to reduce the lighting effects as the picture is taken.  If the lighting is still a little to bright, I can adjust further in Windows 10...no special editing software.

The emblem is Army, and the 'hat" and one shirt is my only souvenir from a day long past...how time flies...

@Capetrainman posted:

Dallas, thanks for the comment...I've found a way on my camera phone of all cameras, to reduce the lighting effects as the picture is taken.  If the lighting is still a little to bright, I can adjust further in Windows 10...no special editing software.

The emblem is Army, and the 'hat" and one shirt is my only souvenir from a day long past...how time flies...

Conversation and chugging a "cold one" at the import car rally...

A group of "bankers" have an early morning discussion about low interest rates, as they wait for the local into the city...

@Capetrainman posted:

Some interesting characters early AM at the rail yard...it appears some may have taken a rack in the caboose overnight...?

I'm thinking the Yard Boss is gonna have a problem with this scene!!!

Is there a place that you all find these more interesting and rare figures? ie the drinking figures etc. I am an ebay regular but haven't seen some of these figures.

LT1...Arttista has a great selection...I have at least two figures chugging a Sasparella...lol, and if you notice closely in the caboose party scene, one of the guys has fallen asleep (or passed out), while the guy sitting on the caboose steps is having a cold one...

In this scene I use a variety of figures from various manufactures.  The hot dog cart and vendor ( w/ back facing ) are from Artista as is the man running with arm in air ( late for train ).  The firemen, man sitting with hotdog on stick and the dog are are also Artista.  The news stand, news boy and man handing money to him are from Woodland Scenics.  On the JAHANS building porch, the little girl, man walking, man couple sitting are from Model Power.  The man in suit sitting on porch is Artista.  The folks gathering around the hotdog cart are from Model Power.   The man sitting beside news stand reading the paper is a pewter model I purchased from Town and Country at York.  

Lots of activity in the scene above, Patrick...makes me want to break my diet and have on of those "dogs" the vendor is serving...

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

"High maintenance"

A little grocery shopping for the family at J. Frank's IGA...prices on the rise

Here's a somewhat different spin on this "figures" thread ...

One corner of my L-shaped layout is a DINOSAUR PARK; it's a magnet that draws my two great-grandsons. They are immersed in dinosaur lore and can call the dinos by their actual name. One section of the scene is for adult dinos, and another section is for juvenile dinos. Visitors to the park on park benches watch the beasts at feeding time. A Lionel Dinosaur train set is parked at a nearby siding. Matthew (age 8) explains that the dinos on board the train are traveling to their summer feeding grounds.

Mike Mottler   LCCA 12394

@Mike H Mottler posted:

Here's a somewhat different spin on this "figures" thread ...

One corner of my L-shaped layout is a DINOSAUR PARK; it's a magnet that draws my two great-grandsons. They are immersed in dinosaur lore and can call the dinos by their actual name. One section of the scene is for adult dinos, and another section is for juvenile dinos. Visitors to the park on park benches watch the beasts at feeding time. A Lionel Dinosaur train set is parked at a nearby siding. Matthew (age 8) explains that the dinos on board the train are traveling to their summer feeding grounds.

Mike Mottler   LCCA 12394

Great to see the young ones getting to have a good time with the hobby Mike.     

Even though I wasn't involved in the hobby for so many years , I can remember my youngest days at Christmas being fascinated with the trains around the tree. 🙄

Hobo shot with a tied up lady kept warm at the camp fire.

The landscaping crew works OT to get the late fall clean-up completed, as the car rallyers get in one more get-together before the snow flies...:

Santa is overseeing sales at the local tree stand this year...all profits go to gifts for the kids...

With another tree vendor setting up near the N. Main Street train station, the Friday night activity is buzzing...the shoppers are out, folks are buying trees, and the hot dog guy's business is off the charts...

"Don't drop 'em!" First day handing off the train orders under the watchful eye of the tower boss.

Very realistic shot, Rick!

@RickO posted:

"Don't drop 'em!" First day handing off the train orders under the watchful eye of the tower boss.

Great shot with a good story line Rick. 👍

Who made those realistic figures ? 🤔

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Great shot with a good story line Rick. 👍

Who made those realistic figures ? 🤔

Thanks Dallas! Arttista of course, they even stand up without any glue.

There's definitely some interesting "cats" in town tonight...

@Capetrainman posted:

There's definitely some interesting "cats" in town tonight...

Great looking  "  cats  "   Paul.  😉

@Capetrainman posted:

There's definitely some interesting "cats" in town tonight...

Is that Bogie? Sure looks like it.

Has anyone seen any people working out?  I need some figures for my Tough guy Gym.

Busy morning at Starbucks….

A few guys at work on my layout.

@trumptrain posted:

As always Patrick the material on the ground is great.

I especially like the detailing and weathering on this work car.   Really nice.

Great night for a ride.

@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...