Little People

Today's LP.

Crouching down, reaching around, and reaching up, doin' stuff.....and sittin' a spell, too...

FrankM, Moon Township, USA

Moonson posted:

Crouching down, reaching around, and reaching up, doin' stuff.....and sittin' a spell, too...

FrankM, Moon Township, USA

Frank the imagination that it takes to create scenes like this is truly a gift!

Hard working sculptor helpig me carve 200,000 metric tons of plaster for my mountains on my Youngstown and Southern RR.

Monday evening offering.

Paul Lally posted:

 

Hard working sculptor helpig me carve 200,000 metric tons of plaster for my mountains on my Youngstown and Southern RR.

Speaking of your little mountain sculptor, my first cousin, Camille, is married to Lou DelBianco, who is the grandson of the principal carver of Mount Rushmore, Luigi Del Bianco. So your little guy could be Luigi Del Blanco in O Scale.

Lou has recently appeared on the CBS Sunday Morning Show regarding his grandfather, Luigi, who was as great sculptor.  Luigi worked with another great sculptor by the name of Borglan and about 400 other men who created Mt. Rushmore, which I believe is one of the great wonders of the World. Lou Del Biuanco has also written a book entitled Out of My. Rushmore's Shadow that tells the story of his grandfather. The book has received considerable acclaim.

Wouldn't it be great for someone to create Mt Rushmore In O Scale on their train layout!

Arnold

trumptrain posted:

Monday evening offering.

Patrick, I particularly love your little guy riding the bicycle, which I also have on my layout.

Paul Lally posted:

 

Hard working sculptor helpig me carve 200,000 metric tons of plaster for my mountains on my Youngstown and Southern RR.

Paul, WHY the "Youngstown and Southern"?????  In NH you are a few miles away from "Murdertown USA."

Ron

The local drive-in...movies, snack bar and a playground.

Outstanding, Jerrman! But how did you ever get those speaker poles modeled??!!! They are the obligatory perfect touch! And I can easily recall all the other features you've so faithfully reproduced of such popular places, back in the 60's. The entire Pittsburgh area had them, and they were very well-attended, indeed.

FrankM

Jerrman posted:

The local drive-in...movies, snack bar and a playground.

great scene

Thank you GandyDancer and Monsoon. Frank, I figured someone (with your level of attention to detail) would notice the speakers. Dave Hikel (Hikel O Gauge) printed them on his 3D printer. Now, that was a nice feat but, wiring them with some thread to the speakers on the car door (which you can just about see if you blow up the image of the convertible) had me testing my level of patience since the cars, screen and scenery were already in place. Thanks for noticing and the compliments.

gandydancer1950 posted:

Jerrman posted:

The local drive-in...movies, snack bar and a playground.

 

great scene

Great artistry!

Phenomenal!

The cars are terrific - for me it's the blue '55 Oldsmobile...

MELGAR

MELGAR posted:

gandydancer1950 posted:

Jerrman posted:

The local drive-in...movies, snack bar and a playground.

 

great scene

Great artistry!

Phenomenal!

The cars are terrific - for me it's the blue '55 Oldsmobile...

MELGAR

I agree and those beautiful O Scale cars tend to cost a pretty penny.

Thanks for the comments, Melgar and Arnold. It's one of my favorite scenes on the layout and visitors never tire of seeing it and reminding themselves of when drive-ins were king. 

On this Sunday, a visit from Jesus - Happy Easter and praise the Lord!

Fishing, fruit, and guys fixing things...

Jerrman, that produce building is awesome! 

SouthernMike posted:

Jerrman, that produce building is awesome! 

You are so right, Southernmike. I just checked it out.

SouthernMike posted:

Jerrman, that produce building is awesome! 

Thanks SouthernMike (and Arnold). That one is a BarMills structure kit. One of Art’s best, I think. Pretty detailed but as usual, great instructions. 

LP folks for today.

trumptrain posted:

LP folks for today.

Patrick, how can you make your Little People  work so hard on Easter Sunday! LOL, Happy Easter

Jerrman posted:

... guys fixing things...

Those '50s British sports cars sure did require a lot of repairs. Ask me how I know! And the Mercedes 300SL gullwing was way above my pay grade. Beautiful work.

MELGAR

Thanks, Melgar. I also know about repairing British sports cars from personal experience (or, at least, my mechanic back then did). That Mercedes is still above my pay grade. Oh, wait, I no longer have a pay grade . Oh, well. 

Junkyard cars, cars in an accident, cars being cleaned.

LP folks.

Jerrman posted:

Junkyard cars, cars in an accident, cars being cleaned.

 

 

very well done!

trumptrain posted:

LP folks.

Patrick,

That first photo of the kids playing by the tracks just says "childhood" to me. It's a great shot and camera angle.  And your weathering on the hopper and mud-splattered truck is superior.  

Looks like those LP put in a hard day's work today!

Tomlinson Run Railroad

Put some little people in some vehicles.

Today's LP.

TomlinsonRunRR posted:

trumptrain posted:

LP folks.

Patrick,

That first photo of the kids playing by the tracks just says "childhood" to me. It's a great shot and camera angle.  And your weathering on the hopper and mud-splattered truck is superior.  

Looks like those LP put in a hard day's work today!

Tomlinson Run Railroad

Tomlinson - thanks so much for your very nice comments about my photos ... and taking the time to do so!!  I like that these photos say things like "childhood" to you.  I often played down near the railroad tracks when I was a kid so they say "childhood to me too".  I'm glad you liked the weathering job on the hopper and the truck too!

Jessica Jones, a nurse, and some random dude (Heroclix) at the passenger station. A $1.50 well spent.

Playing...the guitar, jumping rope, on a trike, with fire

Tom

Tom Densel posted:

Tom

I really like the creativity in the dog scene!  The deer scene is also very well done.  All of the scenes are but I especially like these 2.

- walt

Paying riders........nonpaying riders

Old Reliable:

View of my Popsicle Stick Yankee Stadium from the Goodyear Blimp:

Men hard at work:

My first date:

Her name was ________. Nah, I'm not gonna tell you that.

LOL, Arnold

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

View of my Popsicle Stick Yankee Stadium from the Goodyear Blimp:

Hi Arnold, I especially enjoy that the path worn by the runners from base-to-base is irregular in shape, appearing to have been worn by happenstance, as in real life. IMO, that's a very nice realistic touch, sir!

FrankM

Frank, I appreciate your compliment very much, but I confess the irregular basepath was not intentional. 

LOL. Arnold

LP folks.

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Frank, I appreciate your compliment very much, but I confess the irregular basepath was not intentional. 

LOL. Arnold

Well, if ever I were to model a baseball field, yours would be my guide and inspiration, Arnold.

FrankM

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

trumptrain posted:

LP folks for today.

Patrick, how can you make your Little People  work so hard on Easter Sunday! LOL, Happy Easter

 

Arnold - I had to pay them triple time!  LOL!!

trumptrain posted:

LP folks.

Heavens!  For a minute there I thought it was (Team Track) Tuesday!  Patrick, as always, your submissions and attention to detail, weathering, RR operations, and scenery astonish!  But you must say more about what is going on in that last photograph.

(Also, does the Patsburg Board of Health know about that dairy operation?  Looks like they're a front for making bathtub gin !)

Tomlinson Run Railroad

O-gauge Hi-rail layouts with scenic details and people figures in naturalistic  poses are a source of inspiration and a challenge to the imagination of other hobbyists. Although my 19x16-feet L-shaped layout is rather plain by comparison, I added many posed figures to the buildings and action accessories.

My thinking is ... make up for the lack of scenic details with some mini-scenes using figures by WOODLAND SCENICS and MODEL POWER.

Mike M
mottlerm@gmail.com

A free train ride?

Dogs and their friends....FrankM

TomlinsonRunRR posted:

trumptrain posted:

LP folks.

Heavens!  For a minute there I thought it was (Team Track) Tuesday!  Patrick, as always, your submissions and attention to detail, weathering, RR operations, and scenery astonish!  But you must say more about what is going on in that last photograph.

(Also, does the Patsburg Board of Health know about that dairy operation?  Looks like they're a front for making bathtub gin !)

Tomlinson Run Railroad

Tomlinson Run -  I lost track of this thread so apology for the late reply.   First of all, thanks so very much for your kind words regarding my photos!   As to the bottom photo; Sasquatich ( sp? ) is about to foil the robbery taking place in the rear of a building.   AND .... darn!  Please don't notify the Patsburg Board of Health because you actually figured that operation correctly. :-)   The local mafia needs to make a couple more gin runs before shutting down the operation and moving to another layout :-) 

Little folks.

Boarding a European sleeping car:

Regards

Fred

My contribution

on time.....

Busy but relaxed, pleasant day...

...folks being happy together.

FrankM

Too many Doughnuts ???

DON'T Drink it all !!!

LP for today

Which  way do U want me to Go??? 

Fredstrains, Love thoseMoondog Streets, huh. Too bad they went out of business.

FrankM

Now this little guy looks like a politician to me. Boo!

One of my favorites:

Moonson posted:

Fredstrains, Love thoseMoondog Streets, huh. Too bad they went out of business.

FrankM

The real story on Moondog is they went thru a nasty  Divorce & his wife ended up w/ the business!!  He wouldn't tell her where he had the products made,   So she went out on her own to keep the Co. going !!'  The price doubled, the quality went downhill & she eventually lost the business!  END of STORY !!' That's all I used on a 40' X 50' Layout.

Fredstrains posted:

Moonson posted:

Fredstrains, Love thoseMoondog Streets!

The real story on Moondog is they went thru a nasty  Divorce & his wife ended up w/ the business!!  He wouldn't tell her where he had the products made,   So she went out on her own to keep the Co. going !!'  The price doubled, the quality went downhill & she eventually lost the business!  END of STORY !!' That's all I used on a 40' X 50' Layout.

What a shame. (I wonder if she's happy now.) Like you, I sure used a lot of them too....

Today's little people.

Overseeing the empire:

LP Folks

It can be fun to add some more, or move around, the Little People on your layout. Here are some of my Latest Little People:

Let's see your Latest Little People!

Arnold

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Now this little guy looks like a politician to me. Boo!

One of my favorites:

That politician is everywhere.  I have a picture of him campaigning a few years ago at a Christmas Parade.

And you did say little people ( sorry, I couldn't resist)

Love this thread Arnold!! 

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:

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 

Speaking of politician's. 

Arnold, growing up in the Bronx on a street between the Grand Concourse and Jerome Avenue means I saw that 161st ST Yankee Stadium Station sign countless times.  By the way, I'm glad to see you're interests have returned to your trains.

Some more of my favorites:

Arnold, that's a pretty nice pipe rail fence.  What did you use to make it?

Arnold and MELGAR, I did find a couple more of those transients. Almost out-of-sight in their little world, they never seem to move once they get ensconced in a favorite spot...

However, some of them were here for a while but eventually gathered themselves up and left....

FrankM

People milling around Stoney Creek, in late summer, 1943:

Even in wartime, with school out and Mom off in the rayon mill, the Ensor boys stop to watch trains, knowing the locomotive will stop where they stand when it takes on water...

coach joe posted:

Arnold, that's a pretty nice pipe rail fence.  What did you use to make it?

Good question, Joe. The railing might be something I made from plastic flashing from a model.

One of my favorite things about model railrading is making something useful from junk. Doing so in a clever way is creative and brings satisfaction. Arnold

Moonson posted:

Arnold and MELGAR, I did find a couple more of those transients. Almost out-of-sight in their little world, they never seem to move once they get ensconced in a favorite spot...

However, some of them were here for a while but eventually gathered themselves up and left....

FrankM

Those 2 transients are ubiquitous in our Little Worlds. I also have them, and they are among my favorites. The one I have that is standing with the pole on his shoulder has diffent colors than yours, Frank.

Arnold

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:

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":

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

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

Mark in Oregon

The Automatic Gateman's Brother:

LOL, Arnold

Arnold - nice to see this thread resurface!   Here are some pics of little people doing their thing in Patsburg.

Do attacking Zombies count?

Today's Little People. 

My little people say hello to all your little people.

jay jay posted:

My little people say hello to all your little people.

"Harvey" where have you been?

Lionelski posted:

Do attacking Zombies count?

Most certainly!

My little people are asleep at the moment ! 

Construction guys doing what they do...constructing...

...and ogling

Jerrman, Fabulous. Really.

FrankM

Little People - prepping and moving a big load.  Followed by - " Break time " 

Thank you, Frank. Much appreciated. 

Some things just can't wait.