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08/09/2018 11:33 am
Placing figures with 1:43 models (PICs)
I just placed an order for some more ARTTISTA figures, and I thought some might like to see the idea in action. I will start with a Chevy that I placed here just a couple of days ago, and then add whatever I happen to come up with.
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Have a good evening!
08/09/2018 11:51 am
Beautiful scenes, David! #2: beautiful Packard admired by Winston Churchill...
with a lot of imagination for Sir W. of course.
Ralf Buyer
Wiesbaden, Germany
08/09/2018 12:42 pm
Buddy is pondering why the electric motors keep failing in his '59 Ford retractable.
08/09/2018 12:42 pm
Here's one of mine (pic)
We all scream for ice cream
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08/09/2018 5:35 pm
Good gathering, Frank. You are really telling the story here!
09/09/2018 6:03 am
Nice. Are these white metal, plastic, prepainted?
Omen miniatures make some nice ones as well, white metal, unpainted or painted but probably more expensive.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
09/09/2018 9:13 am
John, I have a lot of figures from a lot of different sources. My favorites are
Preiser (mostly plastic), Arttista (metal), Woodland Scenics (plastic), Model Power (plastic), Omen (metal), Bachmann (mixed), K-Line, plus I confess that I find job lots of figures on eBay. Preiser and Arttista seem to have the details that I enjoy, but some of the others are at times as good and once in a while even better. I also like the Corgi figures, but they tend to be larger than 1:43. I also prefer the unpainted versions to fill up my "spare" time. Cost is always a bit of an issue, and some of the better, more detailed, and beautifully painted pieces are just out of my financial comfort zone.
10/09/2018 1:57 am
Frank, who made that model I can't identify? Would certainly look nice if I could fit it into one of my diaramas! Don't recall having seen a model like that before!
10/09/2018 2:03 am
John and David, I do diarama pictures with old American cars myself, and if you want any suggestion as how to do better ones, I buy all my figures unpainted and attempt to paint them according to how people dressed when such cars were running, which provides me even more satisfaction!
10/09/2018 2:28 am
Alex, I would like to see pictures of your results. Do you have a site?
10/09/2018 3:06 am
I guess you would like to have my
Email address: alex.taylor3@orange.fr
10/09/2018 3:10 am
David, I even have a further suggestion: if you send me your postal address, I can even send you a few prints, which will even be easier. Don't know how to do it on Internet!
10/09/2018 12:43 pm
Done. &thanks!