HO birds

[bruce22]

who manufactures pigeons, seagulls and other birds?

[Anonymous]

Spend a few bucks and get the Walthers catalog, you will find it well worth while. I needed a few seals for a little island in my harbor, flipped open the catalog to figures and found my seals. Give it a try.

[bruce22]

I have the 2003 cat., I must be missing something?

[Anonymous]

See Railroad Model Craftsman magazine, August 1999, page 75 for an article on how to model Canadian geese.[yeah] [:)]

[Anonymous]

There is such a thing? This time i am seroius.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CNWfan5525

There is such a thing? This time i am seroius.

Yes there is![:D]
I'm not sure of the maker, but several years ago I bought a pack of HO scale pigeons. They were small white metal castings, which after being cleaned up and painted, looked really cool.
Remember, if you get some, mount them along the edge of rooftops and roof overhangs. and don't forget to add a few white "streaks" below where the birdies congregate![:O][(-D][swg][oops]

[krump]

one of the Club members locally makes birds, I'll try getting some details (I don't know if the birds are available for purchase).

[Anonymous]

Campbell Scale Models makes what they call pigeons. They are too large, maybe the size of sea gulls. They come in small bubble packs with 5 or 6 of them. As previously suggested, check out a Walthers catalog or their online site, which has a search feature.

BB in Canada

[Jetrock]

I suppose that if one had a bit of artistic bent one could model various birds with bits of Milliput or other clay-type products--eventually I plan on building portions of my prototype that ran through the Sacramento River delta and there is abundant bird life out there--hawks, ducks, various seabirds of assorted pedigree. They can still be seen from the existing tracks in the area and modeling them would be a fun challenge.

[Anonymous]

Jetrock has a good idea, make your own. But I hope you have a good mag-lamp. If pigeons are 6"-8" in size, HO scale would make them 1/16" to 3/32" -- good luck paintin' da feathers on. [:D]

[Jetrock]

For my neck of the woods, pigeons aren't that common--but crows are, and they're a good foot or so long, and you can just paint 'em black!

The other birds I'd probably want to simulate--hawks and various seabirds--are also pretty large, and birds in repose wouldn't be too hard to model. But I should probably invest in a mag-lamp anyhow, so who knows...

[FJ and G]

I cut out tiny bird pictures from a magazine and arranged them so that you cannot tell that they are merely 2 dimensional.

[jrbarney]

Bruce22,
Just did a search in the Index of Magazines using the keyword search term "seagull," with the following result. You might want to go to MM's Web site to see if they have the back issue available. Otherwise, try the NMRA's Kalmbach Memorial Library, train shows, or used magazine/book stores.

Modeling Birds: Eagle, Western Gull or Canada Geese, Mainline Modeler, May 1998, page 37 ( BIRD, EAGLE, GEESE, "HOLE, JACKIE", SCENERY, SEAGULL, MM )

Bob
NMRA Life 0543

And here's the result using the keyword search term "bird." (I've edited out articles already cited.)

Canadian Geese, Moose, and Beaver: Regional Fauna, Layout Design Journal/News, April 1994, page 35 ( BEAVER, BIRD, GOOSE, "GURIN, DOUG", MOOSE, SCENERY, LDS )

Modeling the American Bald Eagle, Railroad Model Craftsman, September 1997, page 55 ( BIRD, EAGLE, "HOLE, JACKIE", RMC )

Eagles: a terrific method for adding birds to your layout, N Scale, May/June 1998, page 2 Article also published in Celebration of 10 years of N-Scale 1989-1999 ( BIRD, EAGLE, "HOLE, JACKIE", SCENERY, NSCA )

Scenery Unlimited Little Critters, S Gaugian, January/February 1999, page 17 ( ANIMAL, BIRD, REVIEW, S, SGA )

Eagles in N Scale, In Celebration of 10 years of N-Scale 1989-1999 Article also published in N Scale, May/June 1998, page 2 ( BIRD, EAGLE, "HOLE, JACKIE", SCENERY )