Ho gauge people climbing ladders

[jack308gtsi]

I am searching for figures of people climbing ladders. Does anyone know where I can find them.? I can find firefighters that is all.

[wvg_ca]

good looking people climbing ladders from preiser ..

decent looking ones from we honest on ebay, both painted and non painted

[RR_Mel]

When I want a specific figure and can’t find one I make one fit.  I chop off arms and legs and re-glue them in the needed positions.  Making a figure climbing ladders, poles and towers shouldn’t be very hard, I make them all the time.  Unless they are within a foot or so from view no one will notice even bad errors.

 

 

 

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I positioned this guys arms to fit his tower job.

 

 

Mel

 

 

My Model Railroad   

http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/

 

Bakersfield, California

 

I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.

 

[peahrens]

RR_Mel

When I want a specific figure and can’t find one I make one fit.  I chop off arms and legs and re-glue them in the needed positions.  Making a figure climbing ladders, poles and towers shouldn’t be very hard, I make them all the time.  Unless they are within a foot or so from view no one will notice even bad errors.

 

 

 

click to enlarge

 

I positioned this guys arms to fit his tower job.

 

 

Mel

 

 

My Model Railroad   

http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/

 

Bakersfield, California

 

I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.

 

 

Mel, if needed would heating (judiciously) and bending the appendages work to tweak the positioning?  

[RR_Mel]

Heating works on some figures for small movement but not on all. Cutting arms and legs might sound scary but it’s really very easy.  The only figures I learned the hard way on are the ones I bought from Shapeways.  The Shapeways figures are brittle, I make molds of them then cut up my castings.  I make molds of my kitbashed figures too but each new generation costs detail.

 

This is a Mel casting of a Preiser figure

 

 

This is a second generation Shapeways figure.  The facial features decreased.  She was standing up

 

 

 

Shapeways mold and casings from that mold.  Each figure takes a lot of clean up but I'm retired and need something to do.

 

 

Mel

 

 

My Model Railroad   

http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/

 

Bakersfield, California

 

I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.

 

[RR_Mel]

Making figures is one of my “things”, I have cast and painted about 600 figures for my layout.  It takes being in the right mood to work on the itty bitty people but once I get going I turn out at least 50 per session.

 

 

The rubber mold costs under $20 and resin is about $30 for 32 ounces, over the last 15 years or so I think I have about $80 invested in materials for over 600 figures.  Not including the Crafters paint, I sneak the paint from my wife’s crafting supply.  Her help is really a big help, she has approximately 300 colors to pick from.  She also likes to help around my layout working on scenery.

 

I could have as many as 800 figures, I stopped counting about 5 years ago.  At about 50 to 60 a shot they grow pretty fast.

 

 

Mel

 

 

My Model Railroad   

http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/

 

Bakersfield, California

 

I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.