Little People

@gandydancer1950 posted:

Question...I purchased those cheap 1:50 seating figures made in China to install in my Railking passenger cars. Problem is most don't fit in the seats. I have tried removing the legs, shaving the butts but nothing  works well. It seems to me that the divider between each bench seat could be the cause of the problem. Should this divider be somehow removed? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Years ago, I found on ebay  people that you had to glue the arms on, can't find or remember who made them, I was going to try HO sitting people, think I have some of my dad's was going to see how they look. I have the same problem, if you find anything post it. Good Luck! Mark

Another day another dollar for these hardy workers.

Great scene, Patrick, but I’m a bit biased toward that boxcar!

The hillbillies have found refuge under the elevated line once again. Brewing their medicine for all to enjoy.........

Love the scene LT1

@LT1Poncho posted:

The hillbillies have found refuge under the elevated line once again. Brewing their medicine for all to enjoy.........

Nice scene.

Every time it seems that any moonshine scene shows up on a model train forum, I get an IM or email from someone asking why I don't have one. Got an email for that one, just now.

I model the rural Blue Ridge area, during WW2. Of course there were moonshiners in that area. Heck, my Mom's uncles were moonshiners who were not to trifled with (having learned how to protect, hid and defend the still's location from their time in the trenches of WW1).

But those moonshiners knew how to hide a still. My dad practically lived outdoors growing up there. He doesn't recall ever coming across seven a busted up still. Mom found a long-abandoned still site once. But neither even met anyone who came across a still site in use or ready for use. You'd never see a still out in the open.

But in WW2, not much moonshining was being done anyway. the able-bodied men were either in uniform or working in the rayon mills downtown and the 'fixings' were impossible to find anyway.

So, when visitors ask where my still is on my layout, I'll point to a wooded corner and say, "It's back in there," and some will actually lean in hoping to spot it!

Canoeing on the lake.  

Tying the knot with a little encouragement from the bride's dad.  

Some miners panning for gold,

The sidewalk cafe.

"In Heaven there is no beer that's why we drink it here!"  At least that is what ol Ottis is singing as he stands in front of stacked beer cases.  Beer Belly Bob stands beside his Woody with bottle in hand .... Mitch wheels more beer onto the deck with his hand truck.  Let the good times roll!

Don’t start none, there won’t be none.

Great detailing and the stone walls are impressive.

@gandydancer1950 posted:

Question...I purchased those cheap 1:50 seating figures made in China to install in my Railking passenger cars. Problem is most don't fit in the seats. I have tried removing the legs, shaving the butts but nothing  works well. It seems to me that the divider between each bench seat could be the cause of the problem. Should this divider be somehow removed? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Gandydancer, here are some HO people I put in my vista dome car (railking) took some picture maybe this will help you out I hot glued, RMT has some sitting people. I have some HO people from my dad the people he had were bigger. They don't look bad wish they were a little bigger. Hope this helps you out Mark.

God Bless America, Shake a Veteran's Hand.

New Little People by Woodland Scenics:

Gone Fishing:

The fisherman sitting on the barrel is by Arttista.

More fishermen:

Arnold

More new little people:

Here are some little people hard at work on my layout.

MOW crew loading the their truck.

Willy the brakeman.

Work crew at the scene of a derailment.

Pat,

Cool scenes and, as usual, great photography.

Thanks for sharing

Arnold,

Whisky a Go Go on Sunset Strip - I love it!

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

More new little people:

Nice one Arnold.

Where did you get that guy?

John

@Lionelski posted:

Arnold,

Whisky a Go Go on Sunset Strip - I love it!

And, it's across the street from Morrison's Doors Factory:

@Craftech posted:

Nice one Arnold.

Where did you get that guy?

John

John, this guy was in a Woodland Scenics package of 5 or 6 figures  (I think it was called Pedestrians) that I bought from my LHS on Friday.

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

John, this guy was in a Woodland Scenics package of 5 or 6 figures  (I think it was called Pedestrians) that I bought from my LHS on Friday.

Thanks Arnold.  The guy's got real character.

John

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Great scenes, everybody! I've never had people on my layouts, but I'm seeing how they really bring things to life. Cool!

@trumptrain posted:

Always great stuff from you, Patrick.  Did you make all those cases of beer?

Jim

The 4th episode in the Warrenville Citizens series is up on www.Warrenvillerailroad.com ; "Some Notable Citizens of Warrenville".

I think you will enjoy "meeting" them!

While there, you may want to also check it out the earlier episodes that expand on where citizens of Warrenville they work, live, pray and play.

@CNJ Jim posted:

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Great scenes, everybody! I've never had people on my layouts, but I'm seeing how they really bring things to life. Cool!

Always great stuff from you, Patrick.  Did you make all those cases of beer?

Jim

No but I did drink all the beer!

Thanks for the compliment Jim!!   Actually the Beer Depot is a building I found advertised in OGR back in the mid to late 2000s.  I told my brother about it and he gave it to me for Christmas that year.   It was made by a woman who lived in New England.  Each one she made was unique unto itself.  I'm guessing she labeled the cases with a various different varieties of beer for each individual Depot.

The Beer Depot is illuminated and comes with interior showing a cash register and beer cases inside.

I use it in my Brewtown neighborhood of Patsburg where there is a brewery, keg warehouse, and the Beer Depot serves as a wholesale beer outlet.

In the photo you will see Otis, with a disheveled appearance at the left.  He's the Beer Depot " quality control expert"  LOL!

Patrick, maybe your little people at your beer depot might like to sell some beer to Sully's Tavern:

Arnold

Especially since today is St. Patrick’s Day Eve.☘️

These fellas are hard at work!   They will probably all meet at Sully's Tavern in Arnoldtowne for a brew cold beers and ales after they knock off work.

    Uh Oh!   The Conductor wandered too close to the abandoned cabin during his smoke break, . . . and now he's

gonna get HIS ticket punched!

Bought some Chinese figures off the 'Bay, and have been painstakingly painting them with Vallejo paints.
My painting is not great, and takes forever, but some figures like below I think turned out OK (painted and as recieved)
Looking to populate my city so I need lots of figures and wanted a wide variety of colors so I felt it best to just paint each one for cost and variety.

I paint them in batches, but still only have about 3 complete and around 147 to go.  The hobby is meant to take up my time and relax, so I am definitely achieving that...

Looks great- you are off to a good start! JohnA

Dave Great job A suggestion Get some  very fine artist pens With them you can use a red one to give your figures lips and use black blue or green to just dot them to and thus give your figures eyes

@FJI posted:

Dave Great job A suggestion Get some  very fine artist pens With them you can use a red one to give your figures lips and use black blue or green to just dot them to and thus give your figures eyes

Thanks for the idea.  I have the smallest artist pen I could find locally, which is small enough to do ties but not eyes and mouth.  I may have to look online for something smaller, though not sure I have a steady enough hand for that.

Locomotive service crew.

Had some time this evening to finish some businessmen and waiters...

Happy Friday

On the station platform.  

@Lionelski posted:

Pat,

Cool scenes and, as usual, great photography.

Thanks for sharing

Thank you so much!

I’m curious as to whether there is a best option for sitting figures that fit into passenger cars. Does it matter which passenger cars they need to fit into? I’m currently thinking about upgrading the interiors of my Lionchief Santa Fe cars.

@obxtrainman posted:

I’m curious as to whether there is a best option for sitting figures that fit into passenger cars. Does it matter which passenger cars they need to fit into? I’m currently thinking about upgrading the interiors of my Lionchief Santa Fe cars.

Really depends on the particular car. I've seen some interiors where you wouldn't be able to squeeze a fully articulated figure into the space between the seats unless they were a contortionist. Most pre-made interiors are designed to be seen from outside of the car, thought seems to not be given to actual interior spacing.

    The Railroad Detective finally figured out who was moving the cross bucks around at night, and boy is he gonna get a stern talking to!

The artist, Bob Ross, is on my layout painting a picture:

I bought Bob Ross today at a Cracker Barrel gift shop in East Greenbush, NY.

Arnold, that's hilarious. I live near one, I'll have to check out their shop to see if they have any. I often wonder, who makes the decision to manufacture these things?

Gone fishin':

Arnold

In the first photo Arnold, that guy is gonna need a bigger dock.😄

As usual, well done Arnold.

Jay

Us poor kids, who can't afford the price of admission, can watch the ball players through a window near Gate 4 of Yankee Stadium:

Arnold

Just another weekday morning on the sidewalk by Don's Barbershop.

Beezer Tillis is on the tender deck filling the tank as  Armond looks on.

Wonder that they're talking about?

Could that be Bob Ross?

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Wonder that they're talking about?

That is an interesting ship.  A yardarm and smoke stack!

Ron

Western Union crew stringing line on a short section:

Several years ago when the Queen vacationed in Patsburg!

Re: Arnold’s “interesting “ ship- many (most) early steamships had steam engines AND sails.  If the engine failed, the sails would get you home. JohnA

@trumptrain posted:

Several years ago when the Queen vacationed in Patsburg!

Queen Elizabeth! Now that adds class!

I've got a great idea for the manufacturers of O Scale little people: to make an O Scale Aaron Judge (NY Yankee star and likely American League MVP) and Brian Daboll (NY Giant football head coach.

An O scale Aaron Judge will be a sure winner in the NY area and perhaps throughout the country because he is becoming an iconic beloved ball player nation-wide.

Brian Daboll is emerging, not yet that well known, but I just heard an interview of him on the NFL Today pre-game show. IMO, he has great charisma and has the potential, especially if the Giants keep winning, of becoming as famous as any football head coach. I think he is in the process of performing a miracle: turning the Giants into a championship team, if not this year, then within the next few years.

Go Big Blue!

Go Yanks!

So, what sports star, sports team, or other famous person, team or group, past or present, would you like to get in O Scale?

Let's have some fun with this and, hopefully, get our favorite little people in O scale on our layouts.

LOL, Arnold

It just dawned on me that I can think of a lot of famous people I would like to get in O Scale on my layout, but I'll give you folks a chance to chime in first. Arnold

This one is for Mark Boyce: how would you like to have Bill Mazeroski in O Scale on your layout?

LOL, Arnold

I would like a little people model of Arnold D Cribari,
anyone agree? LOL.

I want one of Mini-Me

John

@Leroof posted:

I would like a little people model of Arnold D Cribari,
anyone agree? LOL.

Hilarious

Tower operator Ray L. Rodes keeps a watchful eye on an MPC J negotiating the maze of switches at Lionelville junction...

Thanks for another entertaining post, Arnold!

@Don Winslow posted:

Tower operator Ray L. Rodes keeps a watchful eye on an MPC J negotiating the maze of switches at Lionelville junction...

Thanks for another entertaining post, Arnold!

You are very welcome, Don. Are you going to York? If so, let's meet there; if not, we will meet there another time.

Thanks Arnold - I'd love to meet you at York, but I live in California and that's a stretch for me. Hopefully some other time.

The conductor here is waiting for Southern Pacific Extra 6148 East to pass so that he can board his GG-1 powered train for a +100 MPH trip to York PA. That's an MPC GG-1 and a LionMaster F-7, the shed is from Berkshire Models.

@trumptrain posted:

Several years ago when the Queen vacationed in Patsburg!

With the Queens own wave too!! Nice.

I have the Woodland Scenic basketball set - hoop and a few kids in a pick up game. How about one with a young Lew Alcindor or the playground legend, Connie Hawkins? Johnny Unitas tossing a football to a kid in the park.  Bobby Orr and Gordie How playing pond hockey. And, in an arrest scene, Juan Marichal clubbing Johnny Roseboro over the head with his bat.

Here I am on Warrenville:

President Trump also visited:

As did The Batman, Superman and the Lone Ranger & Tonto:

Otis has had a few too many! .

Harvey the milkman.

Station announcer ... "Now arriving on track one ... the Norfolk & Western Cavalier!"   Passengers wait patiently as the mighty J class locomotive approaches.  

@Lionelski posted:

WOW!  Is that Artista?

@Craftech posted:

WOW!  Is that Artista?

John

Looks more like G Scale

Brewery worker on a liquid lunch, some kids at the town park

@Sitka posted:

Brewery worker on a liquid lunch, some kids at the town park

Nice scenes as always, Mark. Sterling Brewers in Evansville IN actually had "beer taps" on their finished beer storage tanks for employees. They had to discontinue their "generosity" after they had a few accidents that got them in trouble with OSHA. I lived about 20 miles west of Evansville in Mount Vernon for a couple of years at my first job out of grad school. Unfortunately, Sterling closed in 1997 and the buildings were torn down

@trumptrain posted:

Otis has had a few too many! .

Harvey the milkman.

Station announcer ... "Now arriving on track one ... the Norfolk & Western Cavalier!"   Passengers wait patiently as the mighty J class locomotive approaches.  

Patrick, you got a full shot of that J-class? I like Harvey's sedan delivery, too. I had a '47 Chevy sedan delivery for awhile, but got into a financial disaster with it at a "crooked" restorer in St. Louis.

Ol' Blue Eyes decides to "Take The 'A' Train".

May have posted this in the past….Uncle Joe, Uncle John, and my dad at the Victory Pig. JohnA

I said put it over there and hurry up.

Watch your step.

Play Ball

Great photos and well placed on your layouts.  We know they are little people, but they can be arranged to show very realistic scenes.

@Bill Swatos posted:

Patrick, you got a full shot of that J-class? I like Harvey's sedan delivery, too. I had a '47 Chevy sedan delivery for awhile, but got into a financial disaster with it at a "crooked" restorer in St. Louis.

Here ya go Bill!  That's Wally Watkins at the throttle.

@John A posted:

May have posted this in the past….Uncle Joe, Uncle John, and my dad at the Victory Pig. JohnA

Nice '49 Fords! Will make good Led Sled material in about 30 years! CadZZilla, anyone?

@trumptrain posted:

Here ya go Bill!  That's Wally Watkins at the throttle.

Very nice! Couldn't we use CNG or LNG or even hydrogen to bring these babies back to the rails? At least for excursions, anyway...

Little people at the summer "Benz' rally on South Main this past summer...

Bill- one is a Ford, the other is my dad’s Hudson Hornet (with twin H power! JohnA

@John A posted:

Bill- one is a Ford, the other is my dad’s Hudson Hornet (with twin H power! JohnA

Oops! THAT beauty we DON'T turn into a Led Sled. I should have looked more closely! Don't want to get you OR Doc Hudson mad at me!

@Bill Swatos posted:

Very nice! Couldn't we use CNG or LNG or even hydrogen to bring these babies back to the rails? At least for excursions, anyway...

Thanks Bill!  

The N&W J class 611 is already back running on the rails.  I think it's still at Strassburg?  At any rate the 611 has been fully restored to running condition.  I've seen her in action several times and even got a tour of the cab by the chief mechanical officer while she was having an annual inspection at the Strassburg shop.

Off to the races then back home again.  

Owners, trainers, and handlers pay close attention to the loading and unloading process.  After all these 4 legged thouroghbreds are worth BIG $$$!  You can surely bet on that!  LOL!!

That is flat out Cool! Great imagination...

Patiently waiting for the "Chief"

For those who paint their own figures, what type and brand of paint do you use??  I'm considering giving the process a try again

Hobby Lobby acrylics. Inexpensive, hundreds of colors, water clean up. JohnA

I typically use Vallejo acrylics, but have been known to use the better craft store acrylics on occasion. Washes are ink based, or simply heavily-diluted acrylics with a drop or two of matt medium added.

Here's a recently repainted Arttista "running man":

This guy turns up on a lot of layouts. Initially I tried a semi-gloss tinplate-style paint job, but that turned out lousy. Stripped him and repainted more in line with a scale look. Turned out decent, although his trousers are a mess

PD

Here are some of mine:

@pd posted:

I typically use Vallejo acrylics, but have been known to use the better craft store acrylics on occasion. Washes are ink based, or simply heavily-diluted acrylics with a drop or two of matt medium added.

Here's a recently repainted Arttista "running man":

This guy turns up on a lot of layouts. Initially I tried a semi-gloss tinplate-style paint job, but that turned out lousy. Stripped him and repainted more in line with a scale look. Turned out decent, although his trousers are a mess

PD

Nice job on that fella

My K28 1/20.3 crew.

Santa departs the station.

Lumber Jacks for the log loaders:

An area that was redone with 1"insulating foam. Shepherd looking over his sheep

At the local feed store ....

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Lumber Jacks for the log loaders:

Same crew, different job: