Looking to add figures to passenger cars...

Elmer's Glue All, just a drop. Or any similar type glue, I think it's generically called PVA. Stuff dries clear and if you yank out the figures it's easy enough to peel out, lessening the chance of damaging paint.

I like hot glue, but you risk the chance of warping or deforming the seats if they are thin, plus sometimes you get those stringy threads.

The problem with PVA glue is it takes a long time to dry as a rule.

I've tried a glue gun but it's messy and you have to harvest all the glue strings when you are done.  I have had great results with Eileen's Tacky Glue.  It holds well, but you can scrape it off if needed.

Bob

Tacky Glue is a bit thicker than regular Elmers/ PVA so it helps hold the figure in place to.

Hot glue is quick but managing the threads is a PITA.

I use poster putty to set figures temporarily, it will not hold anything permanently.

I had 3 Williams cars to do. First I had to install seats, then the people. I cut strips of scrap plastic to the length of the cars. I marked off where the windows would be and used AC glue and fixer to install the seats. Then I sprayed the seats and tables. Once dried I again used Ac and fixer to install the people. When all was dry I tack glued the strips into the cars.

@pennsyfan

Bob:

Great work! When did Williams offer New Hope & Ivyland passenger cars?

I bought the recent Lionel set and it is beautiful, but your Williams car looks more like the passenger trains I remember seeing at New Hope.

Thanks!

Stan

Great Work Love the way you painted the seats  Where did you get them?

@stangtrain posted:

@pennsyfan

Bob:

Great work! When did Williams offer New Hope & Ivyland passenger cars?

I bought the recent Lionel set and it is beautiful, but your Williams car looks more like the passenger trains I remember seeing at New Hope.

Thanks!

Stan

Stan,

They didn’t. I wanted NH&I passenger cars to go with the METCA/Lionel current offer of a NH&I steamer. I balked at the price of the Lionel cars and decided to make my own. I bought a D&RG Williams 3 car set and an additional obs. The baggage car was left out of my roster. I cut part of the window frames out of one obs to simulate an open air car. I sent the car bodies to Christine Brandon to paint and letter. In the. Meantime I took care of the people and painted the truck frames.

@pennsyfan

Bob:

Thanks, that explains it!

@FJI posted:

Great Work Love the way you painted the seats  Where did you get them?

On the bay I can’t find my order. look for O scale tables n chairs. Came out of Turkey I think

I found that populating 15" lightweights looks better using S gauge seats and passengers, especially in dome cars. I epoxy styrene floors to car floors and "airplane glue" the seats to the floors and passengers to the seats. Worked well for me.

Terry