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Frequent poster 820 posts David Calhoun Frequent poster 820 posts
David Calhoun

The Greater Nickel Plate is at the point where I am working on small details. One of the problems I am encountering is the lack of people with appropriate gestures etc. I note many photos of scenes here and wonder "where did they get that figure?" Searching catalogs and websites produces mainy "standard" people in positions that are close, but no cigar.

Could some of the master modelers on this site post some detail photos and instructions on modifying  Preiser etc. figures to move legs, arms etc. for specific profiles like climbing a ladder or holding an object, or bending a bit further than what the standard figure looks like? 

A few tips on modifying faces and clothing would help too. Thanks.

Chief Operating Officer

The Greater Nickel Plate
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Bernard Hallas New member 7 posts
Bernard Hallas

modifying figures

I read someone's request for modifying figures.

In the current issue of "Continental Modeller" there is a simple one-page article on modifying a figure.

The author describes in words & with pictures of his effort to modify a simple workman, arms at sides, to a workman carrying a round waste bin on his back using his right arm back over his right shoulder.

I cannot simply reproduce the article because of copyright.

However the link is here for page 482 in August edition of "Continental Modeller"

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#label/Exact+Editions+Railway+%26+Continental+Modeller/15d5d3b132451d7c

This is the page url https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/59300/spread/48.

BernardH
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BruceNscale Regular poster 493 posts
BruceNscale

Cheap Figures + Xacto

Hi David,

I use cheap(2 cent) N scale unpainted figures.  An Xacto knife to cut at the joint(s).  And solvent based glue to reattach them at new angles.

It takes practice to carve the "V" shaped notch in the elbow or knee to bend an arm or leg.

Shoulders can be cut vertically and rotated.

Hips you can cut at 45 degree...but the leg rotates out when you reattach it...not as easy.

I use a small soldering iron to soften the plastic when turning heads or hands.

Paint covers the minor imperfections at the joints.

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Happy Modeling, Bruce
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UPWilly Prolific poster 1,965 posts
UPWilly

Thanks for the tips ...

Bernard & Bruce. I'll try to remember these tips.

 

Bill D.

egendpic.jpg 

N Scale (1:160), not N Gauge. DC (analog), Stapleton PWM Throttle.

Proto-freelance Southwest U.S. 2nd half 20th Century.

Keep on trackin'
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David Calhoun Frequent poster 820 posts
David Calhoun

Thanks

Will visit the link and try recommendations. Looks like snowy night projects. . .  the railroad is never done.

Chief Operating Officer

The Greater Nickel Plate
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UPWilly Prolific poster 1,965 posts
UPWilly

There is also ...

... some experiences shown in this thread:

https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/figure-converting-12207495

 

Bill D.

egendpic.jpg 

N Scale (1:160), not N Gauge. DC (analog), Stapleton PWM Throttle.

Proto-freelance Southwest U.S. 2nd half 20th Century.

Keep on trackin'
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