Has anyone seen this make of figures

[relaxinghobby]

00 or H0 Victorian era figures, in a softish plastic but not poly-washing-up-bowl-thene.

I have not tried to paint them so do not know how well they will take paint.

What make are they?

The top row has a number 4 moulded into the sprue, so are there at least 2 other sets?

 

The man top right with the great coat on is a giant 25mm including hat and the man bottom right

is 22mm tall not including his base.

 

The women figures are all quiet tall too, the Railway Children Roberta girl in the middle of the lower row is nearly 21 mm tall.

That would mean that the bottom R/H figure is Mr Perks the porter?

What was the average height of the population in those days?

[PhilJ W]

The top set is the figures from the Lledo horse bus. The bus itself is about 1/72 scale, slightly larger than the old Matchbox M.O.Y. model. They may not take some types of paint. The other set is also Lledo but I am not sure which model it is from.

[stewartingram]

Could it be from the Lledo horse tram?

[PhilJ W]

Could it be from the Lledo horse tram?

Yes it could, the numbers correspond with the box numbers of the models #1 was the tram and #4 was the bus. The figures only came with the models during the first few years of Lledo production then they were dropped and the models issued without them. There was also figures provided with other models IIRC but these were to a larger scale about 1/64.

[relaxinghobby]

 

Some more plastic figures in the Victorian style, a bit bigger than 4mm scale the lady is a strapping 24mm tall

and the boy is a healthy 20mm, very tall for a cheeky Dickensian lad, big enough to go to work on the railway.

 

Is that a covered bird cage the lady is carrying?

[asmay2002]

 

Some more plastic figures in the Victorian style, a bit bigger than 4mm scale the lady is a strapping 24mm tall

and the boy is a healthy 20mm, very tall for a cheeky Dickensian lad, big enough to go to work on the railway.

 

Is that a covered bird cage the lady is carrying?

 

They work fine for S Scale............

[trisonic]

 

Is that a covered bird cage the lady is carrying?

 

Probably holding a cock Linnet; remember the song: "I dillied and dallied, lost my way and don't know where to go.....you can't trust a Special like an old time Copper when you can't find your way home."

 

Best, Pete.

[bertiedog]

You will find the figures paint up fine, wash with a strong solvent like cellulose thinners, and then paint with PVA glue / varnish as an undercoat, then a coat of car paint undercoat, and any type of top coats. This will grip in the long term, there is no strain on the paint anyway.

 

Larger figures can be used on a 4mm scale layout, keep them to the front, in groups, and use more scale figures farther way, and HO or smaller in the background, then the effect works fine.

 

It the principle used in dioramas and set modelling scenes, and with care helps with the perspective view. Use accessories of the same scale around the figures, the right vehicles, horses, animals etc, scaling them back as they go towards the backdrop.

 

The effect works best at eye line height, and restricted viewing angle, but then most railway scenes on a layout are this type.

 

Stephen.

[PhilJ W]

These are from the early Lledo range of diecasts. IIRC they came with either the horse drawn van or the model T van, maybe both. The models they came with were about S scale. They also made figures for the horse bus and tram which are to OO scale. Airfix made their figures from a similar waxy plastic and a substance called 'banana oil' was used as an undercoat before painting.