ess1uk Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 (edited) After some little people but unsure what to buy for a 1980s based layout?Any ideas? Edited May 26, 2015 by ess1uk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 For BR staff you can't go wrong with S and D Models: http://www.sanddmodels.co.uk/products_76.htm They make a pack of standing drivers and guards, track maintenance workers and diesel depot workers (poses copied by Bachmann but the S and D ones don't have hard hats). They also make a pack of standing passengers. I have used the guards and drivers on Kirkhill and I have the depot staff waiting to be used as required. They were picked up at Bristol Exhibition 2 years ago but the website does have contact details. Just a satisfied customer etc. etc. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 cheers Flood, they look spot on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim s-w Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 For BR staff you can't go wrong with S and D Models: http://www.sanddmodels.co.uk/products_76.htm They make a pack of standing drivers and guards, track maintenance workers and diesel depot workers (poses copied by Bachmann but the S and D ones don't have hard hats). They also make a pack of standing passengers. I have used the guards and drivers on Kirkhill and I have the depot staff waiting to be used as required. They were picked up at Bristol Exhibition 2 years ago but the website does have contact details. Just a satisfied customer etc. etc. If you have any pics that would be good (theres none on the site) but if you think they are ok thats enough for me to get a couple of packs. Cheers Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfsboy Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 I can vouch for the S&D figures authenticity as I made the master patterns :-).They are all from Norwich station area about 1982,crown point was fairly new . The loco repair people are from Crown Point and the trackworkers a few miles up the track towards Gt Yarmouth,drivers from the station .I got the full works tour and help from the station master .Wish I hadnt put bases on them ..If no hard hats are on the figures they werent on the person either .I must confess that I havnt looked at any close up for years .I now see my little people every where on layouts in a lot of scales .Funny really ........or weird ..........depending on your out look. A tip if you want the bases off is to cut own from the top of the base until the feet are separated and the base gone . Only then trim off the surplus on the bottom of the foot . 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Jim, the photos are there when you click on the little camera symbol. I'll take some photos of mine for you anyway. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim s-w Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Doh! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Two of the train crew partially painted (plus two figures from Dart Castings) The rest of the figures in the train crew pack The depot maintenance workers pack 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Thanks for that insight alfsboy. I'm certainly not complaining about a lack of hard hats - quite the opposite in fact. In the 1980s very few depot staff (if any) wore them. It's good to know that they are not only well detailed figures but the amount of effort you went to in order to ensure they were correct. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfsboy Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Thanks for posting the shots .There are are some I am pleased with still .....and a couple that stink ...as usual..The depot maintenance guys were all in orange overalls from memory .The train crew has color on part of their hats and collars ,again from memory .I usualy do figures in a neutral position as a specific action ties down the uses..Also a lot of positions would need a separate Iimbs to allow casting and I prefer a one piece casting if poss . I have taken the liberty to lift the shots as I dont have any photos of a lot of my earlier work so many thanks . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shed Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 They look like great figures. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 33212 Posted February 25, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2015 Preiser have just announced some OO people, some look suitable... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2015 They should have young secondmen with the light blue lightweight jacket, a mullet and tight jeans! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenser Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 This identifies what the castings are I've recently (re)painted. Excellent figures, acquired second hand from someone else, who'd obviously realised afterwards that they wouldn't fit a steam era layout. I could have saved myself buying the Bachmann TMD pack as I also seem to have the depot staff - only they've been painted army green so I didn't realise what I'd got till I saw this...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 This identifies what the castings are I've recently (re)painted. Excellent figures, acquired second hand from someone else, who'd obviously realised afterwards that they wouldn't fit a steam era layout. I could have saved myself buying the Bachmann TMD pack as I also seem to have the depot staff - only they've been painted army green so I didn't realise what I'd got till I saw this...... could you post a picture? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenser Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Pictures of the raw castings are further up the thread (Sorry - I've only just noticed subsequent comments) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrel Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 They should have young secondmen with the light blue lightweight jacket, a mullet and tight jeans!You forgot the white socks! And some of the jacket sleeves should be pulled up to the elbows Miami Vice style for that added 80s vibe. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shed Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 And mullet 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted September 11, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11, 2018 And mullet That was me in the 80s! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shed Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 maybe get some people with black donkey jackets that seemed to be popular work wear? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 Mini orange bib 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 I like the Modelu range but there are no track workers for the 1980s era https://www.modelu3d.co.uk/product-category/finescale-figures/railway-and-lineside/1969-1997-rl/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
18B Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 On 10/03/2013 at 13:23, Flood said: For BR staff you can't go wrong with S and D Models: http://www.sanddmodels.co.uk/products_76.htm They make a pack of standing drivers and guards, track maintenance workers and diesel depot workers (poses copied by Bachmann but the S and D ones don't have hard hats). They also make a pack of standing passengers. I have used the guards and drivers on Kirkhill and I have the depot staff waiting to be used as required. They were picked up at Bristol Exhibition 2 years ago but the website does have contact details. Just a satisfied customer etc. etc. they’re great figures. do they need priming at all before painting? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
18B Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 On 10/03/2013 at 13:23, Flood said: For BR staff you can't go wrong with S and D Models: http://www.sanddmodels.co.uk/products_76.htm They make a pack of standing drivers and guards, track maintenance workers and diesel depot workers (poses copied by Bachmann but the S and D ones don't have hard hats). They also make a pack of standing passengers. I have used the guards and drivers on Kirkhill and I have the depot staff waiting to be used as required. They were picked up at Bristol Exhibition 2 years ago but the website does have contact details. Just a satisfied customer etc. etc. they’re great figures. do they need priming at all before painting? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, 18B said: they’re great figures. do they need priming at all before painting? I'm sure a quick blast of Halfords grey primer wouldn't do them any harm. Seeing as ours are permanently in place they never get handled anyway. Edited July 29, 2021 by Flood 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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