I have two of the new Minitrains Decauville open carriages on order from Mount Tabor models and i am trying to find suitable H0 scale passengers who are wearing 'summer' clothing, for them. Searching the web has so far been unsucessful as all those i have found are swaddled-up in macintoshes, anoraks ect.
Does any member know of a sorce? Only proviso is they must be painted and have 'legs'.
Thanks.
I think you might be better measuring up the size of the seats before you buy any (if you can find some). Minitrains aren't exactly known for being true scale size (a lot (most?) of their stuff is between HO and OO with some of it even full OO scale) so I'd be wary in saying that you are specifically after HO scale (seated?) people, you may find they are a little small. Before you buy you'd be better checking out OO scale seated people as well, you may find they are a better "fit". I can't help at the mo' as all my stuff is in storage, but if you measure the seats in the carriages I am sure some people will have a few spare people that they can measure(!). It's far more important that you check size first as in an open vehicle like that legs not reaching the floor is more noticeable, on a kid it's fine, for an adult perhaps not...
Preiser do a wide range of H0 figures in summer type clothes.
You may even find that the smaller scall figures will look better in the Minitrains coaches.
Brian Meldon
I admire your confidence, Brian, but I am still not convinced. I have one of the Egger ones and from the floor to the top of the bench seat is 5.5mm, so that's the measurement that should be measured if the new ones are the same. Preiser and Noch figures are not exactly cheap, so better to be safe than sorry.
Quote from: Hobby on June 19, 2020, 14:04
I admire your confidence, Brian, but I am still not convinced. I have one of the Egger ones and from the floor to the top of the bench seat is 5.5mm, so that's the measurement that should be measured if the new ones are the same. Preiser and Noch figures are not exactly cheap, so better to be safe than sorry.
Yes, they are not cheap these days, there was a time when you could get Preiser figures, both standing and sitting down in bulk unpainted from architectural modelling suppliers at very reasonable prices, but they are reluctant to sell these now to anyone outside that trade. Perhaps understandably so concidering the low price!
Brian Meldon
Gaugemaster normally stock unpainted seated HO scale figures - no connection - although some are currently out of stock.
best regards
Tony
I purchase mine from chinese sellers on e bay .They are cheap and cheerful and painted in garish colours . they tend to be a little smaller than 00 scale but are ideal for seats
Has anyone else had experience of these cheap ebay bulk seated figures in enclosed carriages? Are there any other reasonably priced options - given they are going to be in carriages so aren't that visible?
Quote from: Owen Abbott on January 18, 2021, 14:15
Has anyone else had experience of these cheap ebay bulk seated figures in enclosed carriages? Are there any other reasonably priced options - given they are going to be in carriages so aren't that visible?
I have used many of the cheap bulk ebay packs of little people.
I used the unpainted ones and although you get many identical figures in a pack f 100 they are easy enough to chop in half and mix and match body parts. (We even have a Frankenstein bit box of body parts!!!!!)
Useful as well to experiment in body and fashion manipulation of adding and removing bits.
At the price it makes for low cost cheap exercise in enhancing your modelling in miniature.
Some have been used in coaches but you may need to remove the odd arm or foot to make them fit.
Or even remove the bottom half if it cant be seen.
I once came across a modeler at an exhibition who had bought several hundred, painted, and was merrily amputating the lower half (without anaesthetic) to just glue them on coach seats.
I have used them Owen, they are OK but not the best. A bit small even when in the carriage, the feet won't touch the floor in 4mm stock. I recon they were H0 scale originally but have shrunk a bit more when being copied. Assuming you are talking about the Chinese eBay ones, that is!
I've used these figures too. As others have said they are rather small, but still a useful money-saving way of populating carriages.
One dodge I've used is to paint them very simply all over brown or dark grey, just putting a splodge of an appropriate flesh colour for the face. Provided that carriages are unlit and you don't place the figures right by the window, they look fine.
Julian
Quote from: Julian Evison on January 19, 2021, 15:33
I've used these figures too. As others have said they are rather small, but still a useful money-saving way of populating carriages.
One dodge I've used is to paint them very simply all over brown or dark grey, just putting a splodge of an appropriate flesh colour for the face. Provided that carriages are unlit and you don't place the figures right by the window, they look fine.
Julian
Perfect - I'll get the halfords grey primer and brown camo spray paint out then! Great tip.