HO Scale Sailor Figures ? (P. S. Source Found !)

jrbarney

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Posted by jrbarney on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 7:36 PM

Does anyone know of a source for sailor figures in HO scale, other than by modifying stock figures ? I think I did a thorough search of what Preiser has to offer.
Bob
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Jetrock

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Posted by Jetrock on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 7:49 PM

Try military miniature suppliers. They might have naval miniatures of various eras--are you looking for Navy personell, jolly Jack Tars, or what?

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davekelly

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Posted by davekelly on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 4:34 AM

Are you thinking about military sailors or civilian sailors? I don't know of any military HO scale Navy folks, but I would think that lots of figures would lend themselves well to merchant mariners such as warehouse workers and the like.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 6:47 AM

I have the Preiser catalog and you are right. No sailors. Most are soldiers

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jrbarney

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Posted by jrbarney on Thursday, February 10, 2005 9:15 AM

Dave, Jetrock and Chuck,
Well, I recently ordered an HO scale cast resin narrow gauge railroad ferry by Artitec from Mr. Dudley Fay at Across The Pond:
http:// www.acrossthepond.net
and wanted a deck crew for it. I finally did a Goggle search and found some figures by Preiser at Greenway Products:
http://www.greenwayproducts.com
but also found that EuroRail Hobbies:
http://www.eurorailhobbies.com/erh/eurorailhobbieslist.asp?mn=10&sc=HO
has an online catalogue listing some 826 sets of Preiser figures. For those of you who need similar figures here's an informal listing:
10014 - different occupations, includes one sailor in whites
10072 - rowboat rental - Captain, seated male and female figure
10249 - deep sea divers
10350 - dock workers/warehousemen
10352 - merchant seamen ashore, some with duffel bags
10353 - ship's crew
I hope this helps someone else.
Bob
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P.S. I believe Fidelis Models is another stateside vendor of the ferry kit:
http://www.fidelismodels.com

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jrbarney

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Posted by jrbarney on Friday, February 11, 2005 1:21 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by jrbarney

Well, I recently ordered an HO scale cast resin narrow gauge railroad ferry by Artitec from Mr. Dudley Fay at Across The Pond . . .

For those of you interested in the ferry. it's narrow gauge - the gauge it represents is 750 mm, which if my arithmetic is correct, is spot on for HOn30. I will modify it to HOn3.
Bob
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