There are number interesting characters you can add to the crowds and scenes on your layout. These notorious characters will definitely add some personality to your scenes.
Santa Clause
I don’t know how you feel about Santa, but I believe in him. This figure is equipped with the correct costume and just needs to be painted in the proper colors.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
I don’t know how he and his side kick got on my layout, but I am sure the mystery will be solved very soon. Holmes totes his pipe; well it looks a pipe to me, and Watson his top hat.
Baby Face Nelson
He is the most notorious of the bunch, but doesn’t Santa break into houses and steal cookies? I better be careful now. I do want those brass locomotives delivered to my house without being broken. Nelson sports a machine gun. I wouldn’t want to tick this guy off.
The above figures can be purchased from Scale Figures for $1.50 a piece, unpainted and $3.50 painted. These have remarkable detail and character for the scale.
The Bosco and Galileo Lines
Another place for unique HO figures is Sierra Scale Models which feature Bosco and Galileo figures. These figures are not cheap, come painted, and at least the Bosco line, are quite unique. The Bosco line features some pretty hefty characters, not to mention, notorious in their own right.
You have the three bandito brothers: Gordo Sorfeetz, Mitad Sorfeetz, and Pequeno Sorfeetz. To say that these three guys are stuffed shirts would not be an over statement. They look like they have had too many fried tortilla chips and re-fried beans, not to mention a few too many cervezas. "Una cerveza, por favor".
Archibald Peter Van Slurp and Horace P. Vestibule III are couple of heavy weight contenders. You better make sure that your layouts framework is good and sturdy before placing these guys.
We don’t see enough overweight people on our layouts. Most of our figures are thin, look sickly, and are boring to look at. It really does take all kinds, you know.
Good idea to share that!
ReplyDeleteThe "Fun and Games-HO Scale Figures" is very original with a lot of figures, but the sculpt doesn't look very good.
Sad...
"Bosco figures":
unusual too! not easy to place in train layouts, maybe better for ... something else!
I'm sure that there are a lot a "treasures" to find in both web-shops !
Thanks Jan!
Sam
ReplyDeleteIt is very rare to find finely detailed miniatures in this scale, although when you do find them you will pay for them as if they were gems.
Jan