Little People

Why is that guy taking a nap in the bleachers? 

Because he was up late last night watching a game under the lights that went into extra innings:

Here is the Field of dreams team I bought from the Choo Choo Barn around 1995 for $150:

Just like in Field of Dreams, my guys are tired of practicing. They want to play another team.

Does anyone else have an O Gauge baseball team my guys can play a game with? Better hurry up and show me before we all disappear into the cornfield.

Shoeless Joe

While waiting to hear back from you, I got my closer warming up in the bullpen:

I took this photograph in front of Gate #4 at Yankee Stadium and caught these people scalping tickets:

Very nice thread Arnold!!  I like your LP scenes and stories that go with them!

I agree that LP really bring a scene to live!  Here are some of my LP folks.

trumptrain posted:

Very nice thread Arnold!!  I like your LP scenes and stories that go with them!

I agree that LP really bring a scene to live!  Here are some of my LP folks.

There's a lot going on here, Patrick. I particularly like the chain gang with the sheriff, the country and western music band and the wedding.

Notice the cute young couple sharing an ice cream soda in this Deparment 56 Diner:

This guy seems to to be an expert at relaxation!

Santa Fe VA posted:

These guy seems to to be an expert at relaxation!

 

He may be tired from shoveling so much snow lately.

"Old McDonald had a farm, E I E I O":

Here we have some real hard working little guys:

I'm particularly pleased about the background. Beyond the track is my feeble attempt at making a water stream, consisting of mere light blue paper. However, in this picture the fluorescent light above is reflected on that light blue paper giving it a hint of rapids (with a little imagination).

Back to baseball:

Notice the fans are sitting in the left field stands at Yankee Stadium (again with a little imagination). The yellow left field foul pole involved very advanced modeling: a soda straw painted yellow with acrylic paint and glued in place using a dab of Elmers Glue. 

Those are the correct dimensions of Yankee stadium down the left field line (301 feet) and straight away left field (402 feet) when Don Larsen pitched a perfect game in the World Series in 1956. I was 5 years old then and if you look carefully you can see me sitting in the stands.😀

Yes, little people do add life to a layout. Good point, one I ascribe to enthusiastically. When they are present, it makes a statement. When they are absent, a statement is made as well.

FrankM

These little people made a killing in the fast food market

Because this little people didn't stay home

This little people served pure beef         This little people served......some 

This little people went Wheeeee aWheeeee Wehee!; right past them all for good old home beans.

Moonson posted:

Yes, little people do add life to a layout. Good point, one I ascribe to enthusiastically. When they are present, it makes a statement. When they are absent, a statement is made as well.

FrankM

Love your exceptional scenery including its little people, Frank.

Sometimes a scene with not to many LPs tell a story. Here it is Saturday morning, most are sleeping in late, a few people driving on a humid summer morning to work, pick up supplies, or just a morning drive in their convertibles. The corner Ice Cream shop is open and already has a customer who is enjoying the morning and watching the cars go by. At the Sinclair Gas Station, full service, Joe Oaks is filling the tank of my dads new 56 Ford. Joe has an antique he's been working on for months, hoping to get it ready by August for the coming festival. Behind one can see the Agar refrigerated cars going to the towns new plant site, Agar Ham processing plant. Its a time, place, and repeated over almost every weekend in a small town I grew up with.

josef posted:

Sometimes a scene with not to many LPs tell a story. Here it is Saturday morning, most are sleeping in late, a few people driving on a humid summer morning to work, pick up supplies, or just a morning drive in their convertibles. The corner Ice Cream shop is open and already has a customer who is enjoying the morning and watching the cars go by. At the Sinclair Gas Station, full service, Joe Oaks is filling the tank of my dads new 56 Ford. Joe has an antique he's been working on for months, hoping to get it ready by August for the coming festival. Behind one can see the Agar refrigerated cars going to the towns new plant site, Agar Ham processing plant. Its a time, place, and repeated over almost every weekend in a small town I grew up with.

 

Another story teller. Enjoyed the story about your people, Josef.

great thread

...more examples of little people doing stuff...

..and places with an absence or scarcity of them making their own statement on a layout...

FrankM

FrankM, your work also makes a statement in itself. Just tremendous work!

I noticed the title of this thread and thought, hmmm..... I didn't know the Roloffs were into model railroading. :-)

Moonson posted:

...more examples of little people doing stuff...

..and places with an absence or scarcity of them making their own statement on a layout...

FrankM

Awesome little people and scenery, Frank. Great use of color in your pictures.

Here are some more li'l folks doin' stuff...

A few of my (mostly) prewar little people waiting for the train.

So I don't have a lot of people yet. So here's some of them and some interlopers.

Bob

Hurry and wait..... always time for a game of checkers though

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Back to baseball:

Notice the fans are sitting in the left field stands at Yankee Stadium (again with a little imagination). The yellow left field foul pole involved very advanced modeling: a soda straw painted yellow with acrylic paint and glued in place using a dab of Elmers Glue. 

Those are the correct dimensions of Yankee stadium down the left field line (301 feet) and straight away left field (402 feet) when Don Larsen pitched a perfect game in the World Series in 1956. I was 5 years old then and if you look carefully you can see me sitting in the stands.😀

Arnold,

Sorry for the flash.  Larsen's autograph of his first pitch to Gilliam.   Hanging in the pool room.  Mickey and McDougald are blocked by Yogi and Pinelli. 

I'd love to do a Yankee Stadium on the table layout.  No more room, no chance.... 

Jerry

Here's a few scenes on my layout.  AZgary

Now this guy is so cool:

Here he is waiting patiently for his best friend, the Automatic Gateman, to pop out:

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Now this guy is so cool:Here he is waiting patiently for his best friend, the Automatic Gateman, to pop out:

He is a Lilliputian and his best friend is named "Gulliver". 

Little people love this diner which is a very busy place:

Here's a close up of the sailor hanging out at the Coke machine:

This guy is gonna grab a quick cup of coffee and then hop on the trolley before it leaves:

Now this guy waving to us looks to me like he could be a politician. Don't believe a word he says:

I love the people, all shapes and sizes!

After seeing the Fisher-Price, Lego and other non-traditional toy people populating these great layouts, I just had to re-post a picture of the few people currently populating my temporary loop of O gauge track from a couple of Harry Potter topics on this forum.  I call this vignette: Trouble on Platform 9 3/4.

Cheers!

Alan

What do you mean, I ain't little, I'm a giant!

Now this guy in the tree house is definitely little:

Little people:

Big bird:

Now, what if I could get 100 of those birds, what could I create?

Think about it, it would be awesome. It would be:

A scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds!

Scary!

More little go-inz on...

FrankM

Moonson posted:

More little go-inz on...

FrankM

What absolutely beautiful scenery, little people and pictures.  I absolutely love them. If and when I grow up as a model railroader, I want to be like you, Frank! 

Arnold

Frank M,

   Can you please advise me as to just where you purchased your western riders, I would love to have them for my layout also.  The are simply fantastic, I have seen them no where else but in your pictures.

PCRR/Dave

Little WWII US Army Special Forces Soldier Riding his Military Engine.

Here is the greatest of us all, an angel on Earth, a first responder:

Nice Frank! You really should open a "Moonson School of Scenery". I believe you would have full enrollment.

Pine Creek Railroad posted:

Frank M,

   Can you please advise me as to just where you purchased your western riders, I would love to have them for my layout also.  The are simply fantastic, I have seen them no where else but in your pictures.

PCRR/Dave

Little WWII US Army Special Forces Soldier Riding his Military Engine.

I was thinking to ask the same thing. Not just the western riders, but all of Frank's figures are interesting and often appear unique.

My guess is that Frank has a very good eye for finding his little people at train shows.

Zeke posted:

Nice Frank! You really should open a "Moonson School of Scenery". I believe you would have full enrollment.

Sean, yours is very nice too.

Thank you Arnold! I really like your baseball scene.

Here are some little folks from Patsburg ( Little Patsburgians ) 

trumptrain posted:

Here are some little folks from Patsburg ( Little Patsburgians ) 

Patrick, your little people live in a little world that is like heaven, where the sun always shines, and the glory that is autumn is aglow.

Arnold

Arnold D. Cribari, (Gulp) ... you got me smiling ear-to-ear with that comment, sir. Thank you so very  much.  It's especially nice when one talks the same creative language as somebody else and wins their approval. I am very grateful for your feedback and your kindness in taking the time to do so.

PCRR Dave. They are hand-painted imports, metal, that Roy Baker sells. The latest number I have for him is (I am trying to read it carefully on a note he sent me recently : 1-845-887-0079).  He was having some trouble with his phone. Let me know if you are not able to get thru to him via the # I provided here.

Zeke/ Sean, Truly exceptional of you to say that. Thank you. But any good school for such craftwork would need you there as a professor ! And  I agree with Arnold , but I would add that your handsome vignettes have a distinct atmosphere and intimacy to them, uniquely their own, in my viewpoint.

FrankM

Arnold D. Cribari posted:....

Big bird:

Now, what if I could get 100 of those birds, what could I create?

Think about it, it would be awesome. It would be:

A scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds!

Scary!

Or a happy flock of them having lunch in a small vest-pocket park, with lots of happy Seniors and children tossing them snacks.

FrankM

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Big bird:

Now, what if I could get 100 of those birds, what could I create?

Think about it, it would be awesome. It would be:

A scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds!

Scary!

A car wash????  

Lou N

trumptrain posted:

Here are some little folks from Patsburg ( Little Patsburgians ) 

But never to be known as Patsburgers! 

Lou N

I enjoy seeing all these little scenes. I have to say putting people on a layout really starts making seem more alive. Once I do start getting more scenery done I will more than likely end up putting some images up. Currently mine looks more like a Post-Apocalyptic world with not people no vehicles very few buildings, and a lot of brown. Though Post-Apocalyptic might be fun if you could do it right, but that would require some heavy weathering of engines and rolling stock to look right.

Though back on topic, These are all very well done. Something I will pursue toward in the future.

tcochran posted:

I enjoy seeing all these little scenes. I have to say putting people on a layout really starts making seem more alive. ....These are all very well done. Something I will pursue toward in the future.

That's enjoyable to hear, TCochran. I would offer, if you please, the additional perspective that places that have few...

or no figures make their own particular statement in the overall narrative, as well, don't they....

FrankM

Lou N posted:

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Big bird:

Now, what if I could get 100 of those birds, what could I create?

Think about it, it would be awesome. It would be:

A scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds!

Scary!

A car wash????  

Lou N

Or the Tiki Room at Disney World.

FrankM,

   Thank you very much, I will be giving him a call for sure.

Here a few of my little people, most are lead poured, made in the early 1900,that I repainted,  some are modern plastic, that my daughter Vanessa helped me paint year ago in her child hood.

PCRR/Dave

The US Army Special Forces Soldiers Train Depot Ft Devens, Mass.

Military Personel Guard on the Special Forces Train

CID Agent in his Gray suit investigates Felony Crime on the Military Train.

The PRR work crew moves in some heavy Train Metal Posts, as the Breakman prepares to have the Cabin Car moved.

Civilians prepare to Board at the Train station.

Bobby stops young English clown girl and her Mgr from crossing the RR Tracks.

Workman Inspects the low Bridge

People gather in the square after church.

People working at the antique barn.

HOBO waits to jump aboard a rolling Train Car.

Yardman Crew Chief and Signaler guide the Coke Train into the yard

Oilers prepare to work over the Coke Train.

Pine Creek Railroad posted:

FrankM,

   Thank you very much, I will be giving him a call for sure.

Here a few of my little people, most are lead poured, made in the early 1900,that I repainted,  some are modern plastic, that my daughter Vanessa helped me paint year ago in her child hood.

PCRR/Dave

The US Army Special Forces Soldiers Train Depot Ft Devens, Mass.

Military Personel Guard on the Special Forces Train

CID Agent in his Gray suit investigates Felony Crime on the Military Train.

The PRR work crew moves in some heavy Train Metal Posts, as the Breakman prepares to have the Cabin Car moved.

Civilians prepare to Board at the Train station.

Bobby stops young English clown girl and her Mgr from crossing the RR Tracks.

Workman Inspects the low Bridge

People gather in the square after church.

People working at the antique barn.

HOBO waits to jump aboard a rolling Train Car.

Yardman Crew Chief and Signaler guide the Coke Train into the yard

Oilers prepare to work over the Coke Train.

 

 

Dave, these are beautifully painted figures by you and your daughter! I remember Clarke Dunham on a McComas & Tuoy video said that a great paint job makes a huge difference. You and your daughter have done a great paint job on these figures!

Arnold

We have workers..

Spectators...

passersby...

and soldiers...

and if you want...birds...

Here are some dockside scenes on my club's layout. 

Now this popular guy who hops into boxcars really gets around.

Lots of fun, Mark Diff. You surely have a sharp eye for the details in life! Very enjoyable vignettes. And such a talented hand at modeling, too!!!

FrankM

Great pix Mark and Pat. Keep 'em coming.

Arnold- it's a little bit spooky how our little people seem to move around the place....

RSJB18 posted:

Great pix Mark and Pat. Keep 'em coming.

Arnold- it's a little bit spooky how our little people seem to move around the place....

That's because they take long distance, high speed train rides.

A whopper:

I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay, watchin' the tide roll away:

Arnold- I like how you incorporated the waste pipe into the scene.

RSJB18 posted:

Arnold- I like how you incorporated the waste pipe into the scene.

That pipe is actually in connection with the fuel oil tank in my basement. My trains run by the oil tank underneath the dock:

In the last picture on the left is the gauge for my oil tank. Looks like the oil tank is a little more than half full. 

We can pretend that the oil tank gauge is a gasoline pump.

Moonson, could you tell me where you found these wagon and carriage models.  I've been looking for some time but never found a source.

Sure, Petra. They are from: Baker's Railroad Shop, Roy Baker (1-845-887-0079). He imports them and hand-paints them. They are metal, every part of them.

Roy crafts a variety of carts/wagons, several of which are featured in these vignettes....

FrankM

Arnold,

     The Great thing is I have more of them to paint thanks to Doc (Thom), who seems to be able to find them in bulk from time to time.  Got to find time to due some more painting of the little people!

Thanks for the nice comments

PCRR/Dave

I felt like adding an Image to this, you could take it one of two ways.

One, the people are in watching the movie.

Two, the Movie Theater(Theatre) is starting to not be as popular due to other forms of entertainment available. 

TCOCHRAN, In either scenario, it seems like there might still be one or two people milling around , perhaps, over on the left of picture #1, or passing by, in picture #2. Overall, it's kind of bright and clean to be a place totally neglected.

Here are some little folks from Patsburg.  Apology for any repeats.

Li'l folks doing more stuff...

FrankM

Arnold,

   Here are some more pre WWII little people that I just completed painting.  Thanks for starting this tread, it remained me I still had these older little people to paint.

Thanks to Thom (Doc) for supplying them for me a while back!

PCRR/Dave

The painted lead figures on the drying board, completed just recently.

LP

There are some amazing little people that I have never seen before. Where do you all find them ?. Thanks for your replies.

                                    ROZY 205

Rozy 205,

   A lot of this stuff comes in from Great Brit, others came from sand castings we did as young boys in the late 40's thru the 60's.  Man I wish I still had all those cool Army and Navy lead figures I made and painted up as a boy.  Unfortunately mom gave them away when I was drafted, along with some other pretty cool train accessories.

PCRR/Dave

Little boys toys, ya got to love it.

Relaxed moments after church....

FrankM

Not to many people out yet, but a few are. 

Bleacher bums:

Today's LP. 

Pat Kn posted:

All fun scenes. Love the one with the couple necking in the antique car.

I can smell the bacon cooking and the coffee outside that diner:

Some freight car passengers.

MELGAR

Here's some LP from my neck of the woods.

MELGAR

MELGAR posted:

MELGAR

Very nice cheerful scene.

a 2016 Christmas layout scene - Hope that it's obvious that it's a Halloween scene.  Mostly, but not entirely, Homies.

I have a zillion scenes with figures that I could share.  I just picked this scene for no particular reason.

- walt

Walt, That is a fun idea, having Halloween revelers out walking their neighborhood, as a scene on a layout! Really clever! Something I had never seen previously on anybody's layout. Our layouts become reminders of so many things from our enjoyable youth that your modeling there has reminded me of how much fun it was to go door-to-door in our little suburb (seen here), back when I was a boy in the 50's. Thanks for rekindling those memories!

FrankM

Frank,

First off, thanks.  That image you included looks a lot like a street one over from my uncle's in Duquesne. 

- walt

walt rapp posted:

Frank,

First off, thanks.  That image you included looks a lot like a street one over from my uncle's in Duquesne. 

- walt

Duquesne Place?  The photo is of the 100 block on Miller Avenue.

One over is either Harden Ave. or, in the other direction, toward Kennywood, is Herman Ave.

.  FrankM

Moonson posted:

walt rapp posted:

Frank,

First off, thanks.  That image you included looks a lot like a street one over from my uncle's in Duquesne. 

- walt

Duquesne Place?  The photo is of the 100 block on Miller Avenue.

One over is either Harden Ave. or, in the other direction, toward Kennywood, is Herman Ave.

.  FrankM

Frank, is that O Scale or real?

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Moonson posted:

walt rapp posted:

Frank,

First off, thanks.  That image you included looks a lot like a street one over from my uncle's in Duquesne. 

- walt

Duquesne Place?  The photo is of the 100 block on Miller Avenue.

One over is either Harden Ave. or, in the other direction, toward Kennywood, is Herman Ave.

.  FrankM

Frank, is that O Scale or real?

That's part of my childhood hometown neighborhood, in real life.

FrankM

Moonson posted:

That's part of my childhood hometown neighborhood, in real life.

FrankM

Those hometown neighborhoods from long ago always remain special.

MELGAR

Moonson posted:

walt rapp posted:

Frank,

First off, thanks.  That image you included looks a lot like a street one over from my uncle's in Duquesne. 

- walt

Duquesne Place?  The photo is of the 100 block on Miller Avenue.

One over is either Harden Ave. or, in the other direction, toward Kennywood, is Herman Ave.

.  FrankM

That street looks familiar. It looks alot like the streets in Port Vue, where I grew up.

LP for today.

MELGAR

Little people on the move:

The infamous Lionel cop and hobo cars. Little kids love these little people

Mark Diff posted:

Moonson posted:

walt rapp posted:

Frank,

First off, thanks.  That image you included looks a lot like a street one over from my uncle's in Duquesne. 

- walt

Duquesne Place?  The photo is of the 100 block on Miller Avenue.

One over is either Harden Ave. or, in the other direction, toward Kennywood, is Herman Ave.

.  FrankM

That street looks familiar. It looks alot like the streets in Port Vue, where I grew up.

Mark: I too grew up in Port Vue!!!!!  I lived there from 1955 to when I got married in 1974.  Sorry that I don't recognize 'DIFF'.

- walt

Here's another one of my Halloween favorites - this one from my 2014 Christmas layout.

- walt

Little people having little meet-ups...

FrankM

Moonson posted:

Little people having little meet-ups...

FrankM

Like most of your photographs, Frank, these show “a slice of life.” That is an expression that Bruce Manson used in the segment about his mainly American Flyer layout in the Pennsylvania Suite video of the McComas & Tuoy 6 video set.

I bet some of our longstanding Forum friends remember Bruce. He described his red light district on his layout as showing a slice of life.

Yours, Frank, is rated GP. Bruce’s would be rated R.   LOL

Arnold

Moonson posted:

Little people having little meet-ups...

Great work as always, Frank. Love your scenes!

It's super hearing from both of you, Lee and Arnold. Thank you! I am so glad you like my modeling.

FrankM

LP for Wednesday.

Moonson posted:

Little people having little meet-ups...

FrankM

Nice scenes everyone! Walt, I think your layout builds always include many scenes we don't get to see. Frank, I don't think that young ladies mom is gonna be happy with her daughter leaning on the Thunderbird like that!

trumptrain posted:

I must admit I did a double-take on this one, I thought he was at an outhouse and not getting that he was on the wrong side of the wall!

It's his regular spot.

Moonson posted:

It's his regular spot.

Frank, you need a guy with his wife covering his eyes!

p51 posted:

trumptrain posted:

I must admit I did a double-take on this one, I thought he was at an outhouse and not getting that he was on the wrong side of the wall!

There's a prototype for everything: