Dart Castings; job lot; passengers; seated
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Populate coaches, busses and other seats on the railway
I'm always on the lookout for seated people to pose in cars, busses, horse drawn wagons, coaches, benches and the like and while ordering some horses and a particularly lovely brass milk float, came across theses:http://www.dartcastings.co.uk/dart/PP1.php
Dart say they're not up to the standards of the Monty's range, which they're not quite, but for interior placement, they do the job rather well.
The extra weight of the white metal also helps coaching stock, particularly those from plastic or brass kits and at 55p each, I'll be ordering another set.
Hope this helps,
Bill
At 6'4'', Bill is a tall chap, then again, when horizontal he is rather long and people often used to trip over him! . . . and so a nickname was born :)
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Any chance of a photo of them out of the packaging? Be nice to see what all 14 look like, Might be looking at getting some myself.
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Here's a closer photo of the 15 figures (yep, a stowaway snuck in my packet of 14!)
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Bill
At 6'4'', Bill is a tall chap, then again, when horizontal he is rather long and people often used to trip over him! . . . and so a nickname was born :)
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They have nice detail and not a lot of flashing. If you can get your hands on a suede brush that will give a nice key for the paint.
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I have a coupe of suede brushes in my automotive tool chest, so can repurpose one of them.
See you next week.
Bill
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What do they weigh? Presumably they're pewter/white metal. Almost as good as lead.
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Edit: OK, just checked the website, white metal. Very useful.
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Dart do a very large range of useful railway kits, comprising a huge collection of figures (Dart and Monty's), together with horses, wagons (white metal and etched brass), coach sides, detailed components and more besides, just check their website: Dart Castings - PP1
Sorry for so short a reply, but I'm on yet another car ferry in the UK now, going to see my mum on an island off the south coast.
I'll be back in France by Wednesday evening, but have just downloaded last Saturday's jigsaw to give me more to do in the evenings.
See you soon, a bientot,
Bill
At 6'4'', Bill is a tall chap, then again, when horizontal he is rather long and people often used to trip over him! . . . and so a nickname was born :)
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Hi Brendan,I also work in 00. In fact, the reason I was asking if Dart also did train crews is because I've found HO figures quite literally come up short when placed in 00 locomotive cabs.
It's not just the height, they are anorexic as well (Preiser excepted). Even in HO (most look to be scaled for 1:100). S-scale figures actually look better than HO ones.
There is plenty of choice if you want to pay the postage. IMO even the best diecast ones are pretty basic. Get a Bachmann UK painted locomotive crew set (steam or diesel) and be done with it (e.g., 36-047, £6.21 for 6 from Hattons, or get them from ebay.com). They're in BR blue, easily repainted/weathered to whatever. And adjustable if you take the arms off with a sharp box-cutter and reattach.
I like the idea of white metal figures simply for the weight. Not the detail.
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You are both quite right regarding size and thickness of HO figures, which, while being so unsuitable for most 4mm railway use, are indeed invaluable for putting inside road vehicles, where most of mine end up. The interior spaces of road transport models is unduly taken up with very thick external shells. Even open cars need feet removing, although horse drawn wagons seem better scaled.
A good case of 'horses for courses'!
Bill
(0n yet another ferry and looking forward to a gin 'n tonic with a curry chaser this evening)
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As far as HO figures go, I don't believe I own any Preiser, but I have found Atlas figures and other older makes to also be of true 1:87 HO size, but it doesn't stop them from needing the height boost of their fat bases to see out the cab windows of 00 steamers.
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Yes, HO figures fit better in passenger cars, where an advantageous seat booster (piece of styrene) is all that is required. Even then legs or feet often have to go.
Brendan, I'm not convinced nearly $20 with postage is good value, unless shipping for 2 packs is the same.
Steam footplate figures in OO are a different story. Unless you model in O gauge (where there are some superb castings), most castings are a bit iffy on the detail, even the expensive ones. Monty's are actually quite good.You can get cast engine crews, LH and RH (important if you model the GWR), £2.90 a set of 2 plus however that £6.00 postage. Bachmann OO engine crew models are already painted up. No contest as far as I am concerned.
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Modelu – Finescale Figures
I think these are 3d scans of actual people. I plan to get some 7mm figures once I have my locos.
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Now that gives me ideas, wonder if its too late for the Christmas list :hmm…….. Get a Bachmann UK painted locomotive crew set (steam or diesel) and be done with it (e.g., 36-047, £6.21 for 6 from Hattons, or get them from ebay.com). They're in BR blue, easily repainted/weathered to whatever. And adjustable if you take the arms off with a sharp box-cutter and reattach……..
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Goforit, you know you deserve it.
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