O scale figures & accesories

[Melinda]

I agree - steam era figures (appropriate for use with On30) would be great!

[Bucksco]

The Scenescapes figure line will be expanding in the future and we will certainly keep these requests in mind!

[lvrr325]

Doesn't Bachmann already have dies for some O-scale people from the Plasticville line?  I see a guy with a ton of older stuff at a train show over the weekend and he had some that look just like bigger versions of the HO ones.

What -would- be nice is some engineers and fireman made specifically to fit in the cabs of the various On30 steam engines.  I bought some Woodland Scenics engineers, but they're a tad big for the cabs and will need some "plastic" surgery to fit, particularly the inside frame 4-4-0, only the Forney has a big enough cab I don't think I'll have a problem using them.   

[brad145]

I just recently purchased 30 O-scale painted plastic sitting figures to put in my On30 passenger cars.  I ordered them through eBay from a Hong Kong company called WeHonest.   I was really skeptical about this transaction, but it turned out to be a good deal.   It took about three weeks coming from Hong Kong, but the figures came as advertised and at a good price.  The figures were approx. $27.00 and the shipping approx. $3.00 so it came to $30 for 30 figures.  They have a variety of figures in 'O' and others scales at affordable prices.  Check them out on eBay.   

[tac]

Uh, Dinky Toys were the ORIGINAL 1/43rd scale vehicle models to go with the British 0 scale trains - 1/43rd or 7mm to the foot scale.   Corgi were the same scale...

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[lvrr325]

That said there's a huge amount of variation in size of what's sold as 1/43rd scale today, I can put some of the newer releases next to a Dinky or Corgi and they look oversized.  I wish someone could put a bug into Round 2 LLC to reissue the AMT 1/43rd '36 Ford, '48 Ford, and '57 Chevy kits.  Theoretically they'd be a decent accurate car for a reasonable price.  (most of the rest of that series was late 60s muscle cars).  

[Scott Gavin]

Back in the 70's, Campbells Scale Models used to offer an HO figure called "Flexible Freddy", which had arms and legs that could be repositioned. It wasn't a very good figure. But, with the availability of various flexible rubbers, latexes and plastics today, I'd like to see a line of figures - men, women and children - that are flexible, maybe with wires inside, like Gumby. In a perfect world they might be available in dress of various vintages, too.