G scale people

[Takasaki Matt]

Hello John.

It does seem a tad cooler on this thread now.  I think I know how you feel.  These figures look really good and have gained a great review in GR recently.  Even though you must feel pretective of these miniature 'offspring', I don't think any serious insult was intended.

This is one of the drawbacks of Forums, Email and even old-fashioned letters, we can't hear the intonation and see the facial expressions that convey the all important missing nuances.  It is often very easy to misjudge a comment and things escalate.  We do, though, have certain tags to emphasise a tone 'lol' laugh out loud' that some people add if they think a comment may be taken the wrong way, as well as all those smiley icons.

We also have a fairly large vocabulary from which to put across the appropriate words.  Nevertheless, I all too often type a brief note rather than a proper sentence, in the hope that these things will be overlooked.  Usually just info is sought and nothing else, perhaps a dig in the ribs now and again.

The British 16mm Narrow gauge Yahoo group is full of familar names that sometimes take the p@ss out of each other.  I stay out of silly bickering as an apology is usually posted by the guilty party or other members demand justice!

So, John, whatever was typed, please don't take what's written as 'plain text'.  Pardon, sorry, forgive me, if you wouldn't mind, tongue in cheek, etc...  Perhaps these and similar ones need using more often.

I do sympathize when a post is vague - a few words without any explanation, or a post with less than constructive comments.  As a teacher I don't mind my students making mistakes, but that is only bcause they don't know any better, hopefully they learn from their errors.

 I'm just thinking out loud and no more.  The weather looks good for the weekend over here so I'm looking forward to a train-filled Sat/Sun.  Hope you all have a nice weekend too!

 Best regards,

 

[Anonymous]

You seemed to ask what I asked "I asked my manufacturer that same question and they sent me a listing of all 28 colors that they use. They also sent a report that they passed with "flying colors" no pun intended."  That was all I wanted to know, but if you must know yeah, I have other RR stuff from china and yours was brought up by china. Rock your own boat!

Thanks but no thanks!

Toad

[Anonymous]

Today all you hear is about the paint. My figures were a concern to me even though they are a decoration and not a toy. I asked my manufacturer that same question and they sent me a listing of all 28 colors that they use. They also sent a report that they passed with "flying colors" no pun intended. This seems to be the second time that you said something against China. If you have trains ,than most likely they were made in China or some of your friends have trains made in China. If you have any figures, they too were probably made in China. Preiser figures are painted in Africa. Do you make fun of USA trains and Aristo as well. Do you ask them what happens if you start eating their trains. My main concern is to give people the best figure I can do and these new figures are  far better than I ever did before. I have 3 or 4 shows to go to in Dec. and January and will start to sell them there and as far as I know LGBoA has been having shops contact them to carry this new line. Please don't try to rock my boat, I am very excited about these little guys and I have not done anything wrong to have a stranger ask questions over the internet.

John Schneider

[vsmith]

I've only recently started collecting people for my rolling stock, I have found JPF figures to be far and away the best looking, they really go out of there way to try and make the figures look naturally posed and are dead on for the pre-WW2 era I'm modeling. They are great for 1/22.5. I have used them now in almost all of my engines and will also use them for passenger cars, platforms, stores, etc. I got a big bunch of them at the Big Train Show this year and will likely get another armfull of some next year.

I really hate some of the figures out there, Aristos figures are small 1/24 and look like mutants , and LGBs figures are decent enough if pricey but have very few figures from the era I model and tend to look very stiff and lifeless, Preisler figures are also very good and very pricey but are also either too modern or too European to work for me, I have heard Lenox Xmas figures can be bashed into good figures for pre-WW2, but so far I havent done that yet, besides they are nominally 1/24 but look very smallish.

As you get farther into the hobby you'll realize why so many have begun sculpting their own figures, the existing selection out there just does not cover many applications, just finding figures that would work and look right for my engines was a major PITA.

What I really hate is why do some makers have to make every figure look like a smiling prozac sedated mutant?

[Anonymous]

John, hate to ask, but what paint they use? Or is it there descrection?

Toad

[Anonymous]

I did give all the info that you would have needed, but it didn't get into the review. i think there is also in the same mag. a reference to the fact that LGBoA will be selling to shops and in that ad , there is a shot of my baseball sandlot kids. E-Mail me for a bigger and better shot of the Kids.

John Schneider

[two tone]

Hi You dont say where you are but a good starting place is the US garden eailways mag I find loads of ads in there

[Marty Cozad]

OH???? Thats what you mean by G scale people.

 I think he needs a model of John himself in the collection. 

[Anonymous]

era, China

[Anonymous]

JUST PLAIN FOLK figures have been around for many years. The NEW series( "SIGNATURE SERIES")was created by my new carver and a new manufacturer in China. The line of NEW figures has been picked up by LGBoA as the distributor. Anyboby wanting to see the first 45 pieces can E-Mail me. Yes, I will still be selling them at shows and internet. If for some strange reason you don't like me, you can also ask your favorite dealer to contact LGBoA and tell them to carry them. You can E-mail me at [e-mail] and give me your e-mail address and name to receive the photos. The NEW web site is www.JUST-PLAIN-FOLK.COM and will be getting 100's of photos. We will also be having ad's in Garden Railways Mag.

John Schneider

[altterrain]

They are in process of reworking their website but here it is - http://www.just-plain-folk.com/

They had a booth at ECLSTS and probably the other big shows too. 

-Brian 

[CDise]

I saw the review on the 'just plain folks' people.

Without running afoul of the 'no advertising', does anyone know if there is an online catalog anywhere?   Who handles them?

 

Thanks

cdise