With the month of January, and with it the new year, now in full swing my mind has turned towards my possible modelling projects for 2014. Due to the house moves planned for this year, developments on both my layouts are on hold until next month at least.

In the short term I have thought about embarking on one small project which I have had at the "back of mind" for some time. I have a Skaledale model of a terraced shop, which bares a little resemblance to Arkwright's store from the famous BBC sitcom "Open All Hours". It is my long held plan to use this model to replicate the shop complete with shop bike, Arkwright and Granville and a few other items to depict a scene from the show.

This project may become my stop gap project for the next month or so. The trouble is, I need figures to represent the main characters. A quick look through the internet last night has, as yet, failed to produce anything suitable. I am sure there won't be actual 00 gauge models of these characters produced but can anyone suggest figures which may suffice??

Am I seeking the impossible??