(HO) people figures
dmic...@ix.netcom.com
Just got my March MR, and there was a wonderful article by John Pryke
about modifying and painting Preiser figures.
The figures do a great job of making the scene seem more "real" rather
than some surreal place where there is no people.
Thanks,
Dan Mickey
C. Rohn
This excellent article shows how easy and cost-effective it is to use
Preiser's unpainted figure sets, using a "mass production" technique for
painting them. The customizing tips are good to turn some of the more
European-looking figures into American prototype figures.
These unpainted sets run $20-25 for 80 to 100 HO people...a much better deal
than paying an outrageous $7-8 for a set of just 5 prepainted ones. Even if a
set has a few figures that you cannot use, you are still way ahead. Can't wait
to get started on the 2 sets I have...the article's tips will sure help.
Regards, CR
Guy H Quick III
figures Walthers came out with were all american types. The job he did
to get a couple of boat types will be taken care of this year with the
ferry and tug crew. The stevedores can be used for a lot of worker
types. If they are wearing had hats, they couls be used on a
construction site. If walthers keeps it up, we might just start getting
everything we want, for the next 20 years. Guy
Joseph P.
Guy H Quick III wrote in message <34D35C...@tir.com>...
>Too bad he couldn't wait a little longer. The steel mill, and other
>figures Walthers came out with were all american types. The job he did
>to get a couple of boat types will be taken care of this year with the
>ferry and tug crew. The stevedores can be used for a lot of worker
>types. If they are wearing had hats, they couls be used on a
>construction site. If walthers keeps it up, we might just start getting
>everything we want, for the next 20 years. Guy
But are these figures going to be available as unpainted sets?
Personally I find I choose to repaint the mediocre paint jobs on most
prepainted figures so why should I pay several times as much for a
preprinted figure?
Joseph P.
David Holliday
We can use *these* today.
This is a great article on using (and getting) fiqures at a low price.
Can't believe I never thought of this myself; how's THAT for flattery?
"Spendin' all my my time paintin' "individuals"! Sheessh!
David
Tobias Koehler
On Sat, 31 Jan 1998 03:31:49 GMT, C. Rohn (cr...@pop.wwa.com) wrote
in rec.models.railroad:
> This excellent article shows how easy and cost-effective it is to use
> Preiser's unpainted figure sets, using a "mass production" technique for
> painting them. The customizing tips are good to turn some of the more
> European-looking figures into American prototype figures.
In which way do American people look different from European
people? The most significant difference that I saw is the
greater average weight west of the Atlantic ... :)
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Peter King
t...@urz.tu-dresden.de (Tobias Koehler) wrote:
>
>On Sat, 31 Jan 1998 03:31:49 GMT, C. Rohn (cr...@pop.wwa.com) wrote
>> This excellent article shows how easy and cost-effective it is to use
>> Preiser's unpainted figure sets, using a "mass production" technique
for
>> painting them. The customizing tips are good to turn some of the more
>> European-looking figures into American prototype figures.
>
>In which way do American people look different from European
>people? The most significant difference that I saw is the
>greater average weight west of the Atlantic ... :)
>
>--
>tobias benjamin koehler t...@rcs.urz.tu-dresden.de
Almost any uniformed European person will look quite different from their
American counterparts. Firemen are an excellent example. Almost all
American firemen wear the helmet with the large brim in the back. From
what I've seen, the brimless helmet is more common in Europe, at least
among HO figures!
Then, of course, everyone in Texas wears a cowboy hat. I'd wager that's
not to common in London or Berlin. (I hope my relatives in England will
forgive me for suggesting that they are European!)
Peter King in NY
(Not of greater than average weight - yet.)
Mike Tennent
cr...@pop.wwa.com (C. Rohn) wrote:
>This excellent article shows how easy and cost-effective it is to use
>Preiser's unpainted figure sets, using a "mass production" technique for
>painting them. The customizing tips are good to turn some of the more
>European-looking figures into American prototype figures.
>
>These unpainted sets run $20-25 for 80 to 100 HO people...a much better deal
>than paying an outrageous $7-8 for a set of just 5 prepainted ones. Even if a
>set has a few figures that you cannot use, you are still way ahead. Can't wait
>to get started on the 2 sets I have...the article's tips will sure help.
>
>Regards, CR
One tip he didn't include, tho, was a final "wash" with an india ink
solution.
If you haven't tried this on figures, do it. The ink wash really
brings out the details in the features and they look far, far more
realistic.
Mike "TriBop" Tennent
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Peter King (BGX...@prodigy.com) writes:
> (I hope my relatives in England will forgive me for suggesting that they
> are European!)
>
> Peter King in NY
But they are...now that the Chunnel has opened! <G>
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