Title: P is for People - Garden Trains A to Z Series
Pages:
62 (8.5" x 11")
Format:
PDF
Size:
1.2 Mb
People bring Large Scale railroads alive. Most of us only begin to think about the people who live and work in our imaginary world after we have spent all of our money on the locomotives, cars and buildings in this hobby. This article will help you find and prepare your people to take over the operation of your railroad, live in your towns and farms and create scenes that make your pike believable.
In this article, we will first examine some selection considerations for figures. These considerations will include several features you should be prepared to review as you select the people to live on your railroad. We will then discuss figure size and scale issues and review where people can be found based upon what is available.
Five page PDF Sample
This article is intended to help you make good choices in purchasing your people for your railroad. If your intent is to have a prototypical railroad you will find suggestions about making sure your figures fit into the theme, timeframe and size of your pike. You will see how to create accurate scenes with the figures that will provide focus areas for people that will enhance the viewing of your railroad.
