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Them grit and sand boxes are brill, how much are they please.
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23 hours ago, KDG said:
Langley do a set of modern firefighters, painted (£17) or unpainted (£7), available on Ebay currently.
Hi , Yes had seen these but not that impressed with them to be honest. Will keep them in mind though as a last resort. Cheers.
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19 hours ago, ianmacc said:
Noch set 15021 as well.
These are about the best i have seen so far. Will check them out on internet and see what i can find. Many Thanks
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9 hours ago, James Makin said:
If you’re looking for a bargain basement option you could have a stab at modifying some cheap figures!
I did an office fire alarm evacuation scene on Worthing MRC’s Loftus Road a few years back using those cheap unpainted Chinese 1:75 figures you can buy on eBay for a pound or two a pack!
Starting off with the unpainted figures, suitable examples were picked and Blu Tak helmets made up, and for those with breathing apparatus, a piece of cocktail stick was fashioned for each to wear!
Next, they were painted into the older LFB black uniform (rather than the newer wine colour!) very carefully with tiny ‘00000’ paintbrush!
I did a team of 5, and positioned them on scene, here some can be seen with their fire appliance, an Oxford model I’ve bodged with sides cut out and some equipment made up from offcuts of plastic (and more Blu Tak!) and then just painted up!
Finally our assembled workers at the evacuation point await their return to the workplace once the all-clear is given!
Painting all the figures from the cheap Chinese ones was quite fun and the whole scene literally cost less than a couple of pounds to do!
Here’s our thread with some more detail, the postings were about 2015 if I recall correctly!This may be the last option i think, Have hundreds of figuers so will give it a a try. Cheers.
Cheers,
Jameso
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10 hours ago, Peter Beckett said:
Hi Thanks for the info, Had seen these to be honest and was not really impressed with them.
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Hi All, Im looking for a couple of sets I think they are Bachmann sets of 5 or 6 modern fire fighters/ fire and rescue. Can anyone help. Thanks
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Hello Plums, Funny this, someone has just posted some of your pics on my page on Facebook. They were saying how you made them and how good they looked. Chat later.
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Did you do dutch 37240 and 372??
Has any of the dutch 37s been saved? or are they all now scrapped??
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I want your 37240 neil!!!!! you have so many nice project 37 i would like to own
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Have you got any Mainline blue seacows weathered??
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Rail freight 60 looks spot on!!
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Are you going to be at the club tomorrow night Neil?
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Another modeler with an eye for detail!! nice work
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are u a butcher? :superman:or superman? you do make me laugh you little devil what a tease always make me ROFL I'm such a fan of your thread
edit=omg now i'm on a new page.....i look completely crackers......
Realy like that Jaz!!!
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Not realy found out much more!
Have you walked anymore of this line neil?
Also have you came across any point works or old signals.
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You have some stock neil!! what havent you got
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Any more pictures Phil.
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Those CEA wagons look great neil,what would they carry in real life??
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Looking realy smart!
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The lights show the pits of nicely.....bit clean though
Need few oil and diesel spils in them....
Have you thought of putting inspection lights into the pits neil??
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Cracking set of photos neil!! When did you get time to wire those lights in?
Did you stay at the club til after mid night your magic hour.
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Any new updates or photos,was very interesting read on here.
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Any more DRS 37 vids guys?
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Ive found you Colas 37!
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Hi All, Not sure if this question has been asked before. I have asked this question on some of the groups on Facebook and im getting conflicting replies. So here goes, Im not short of space in my loft and in the throws of building my layout to about 24ft x 10 ft. Now at what length woulf people be building their platforms. I have had replies of 3,4,5 and 6ft. I would like maybe at some point be able to run a loco in with poss 4 coaches. What would you suggest. Thanks in advance.