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Moonson posted:

Fredstrains, Love thoseMoondog Streets, huh. IMG_0508Too 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....IMG_4607IMG_4615IMG_4308

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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:

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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 

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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...IMG_5052 [2)IMG_5053 [2)IMG_5057IMG_5063 [2)

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

x [2)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.IMG_1358

Arnold

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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:

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

Mark in Oregon

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