billtee Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 I have made the Peco platform-mounted signal box, and fitted the interior detailing kit, too. I could have a signalman pulling off one of the point or signal levers, of course, but the figure would not be very visible, even with interior lighting. However, on the steps, below a working lamp above the steps, a signalman would be VERY visible. He could be waiting for a loco crew to pass him the token to his section of line, or returning after giving the token to the locomotive crew. My problem, though, is SIZE! I cannot find an upright figure (probably a man!) who would be about 6ft (42mm) tall! I have plenty of figures of people about a scale 5ft-5ft6” tall, but I think they are 1/45 or even 1/48 scale, and although people come in different heights, a figure only 5ft6” tall beside a door which is 6ft8” high just doesn’t look ‘right’! Does any manufacturer make 1/43 scale figures of a 6ft tall man? I apologise for the various dimensions being in Imperial, but that is what I am used to - metric measurements are either too big or too small for me! Thank you for any help, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 most figures are intended for 1960's ish and before which accommodate for the old height averages which 5' - 5'6" fits so most figure makers dont go higher than that and most people on here still mostly use imperial Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
90164 Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Modelu make good figures, and being 3D scanned should be quite accurate. I don't know the era in which your layout is set but in the steam era 6ft was considered above average height and a lot of people would have been quite a bit shorter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 I discovered this site yesterday: https://hardyshobbies.co.uk/ They have some interesting 1/43 figure packs. From the pics, they look scanned. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billtee Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 Thank you, everyone! I have just ordered a superb 1/43.5 scale figure of a (rather well-padded!) signalman with token, ftom Hardys Hobbies (who I had never heard of previously). My layout is a heritage line set near Exeter (so I can have SR and GWR locos) and is set early in the 21st century, so people would be more my size, ie 6ft. Anyway, I am looking forward to getting him - he will be working hard as my heritage railway (The West Exeter Railway) is a very popular venue and always has lots of steam trains and diesel hauled passenger trains (and demo. freight trains) running, especially on gala weekends. On my layout the local vintage/veteran car club has a ‘stand’ beside the station, and vintage buses are also bringing visitors. I know this type of layout has been done by lots of other modellers, but it gives me a lot of pleasure, which is what railway modelling is all about, Bill 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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