Quality of MTH figures

Joe,

Painting figures is mind numbingly boring.

Those unpainted figures are OK for passenger car interiors but be prepared to spend some time.

Dave

Thanks Dave

Not sure that's what I wanted to hear

joe

dobermann posted:

....... I would think once you get a system going it goes pretty fast. 

 

If you set up an assembly line system that lets you pick each up, paint a bit of a color, set it down, move to the next with all your paints set up, it helps - by the time you are at the one end you can go back to the beginning and add the next color(s) if you are using paint like Polly Scale.

Fast?  Well, no.  But is can be made less painful. Helps to have a comfy chair and some good music and good lighting.

David Minarik posted:

Joe,

Painting figures is mind numbingly boring.

Those unpainted figures are OK for passenger car interiors but be prepared to spend some time.

Dave

 

Ditto

I painted about 10 of the 120 in the bag.  Moved on to other projects.   I should sell the remainder.

Beep people and Golden Gate Depot Little people are good choices for passenger cars, though you may need to amputate legs to fit them.  IMO they are neither detailed nor interesting enough to be outside cars and buildings.  Out in the open I use Arttista, Woodland Scenics, Bachmann, and Preiser.

Bob

Fast?  Well, no.  But is can be made less painful. Helps to have a comfy chair and some good music and good lighting.

Sat radio Classic Vinyl plays 24/7 here much to the dislike of some family members but then again it is my house. I'll give it a shot. Wouldn't be the first time I wasted money and time is not an issue except for how much is left

I bought a bag to use in my Railking passenger cars.  I don't mind sitting and painting (I listen to sports talk and that helps me).  I knew what I was getting into so it didn't bother me in the least.

I did exactly what MWB stated.  I started with just one color and painted as many figures as I chose to using that one color.  Let things dry, then used a 2nd color and did the same - painted all the figures that I wanted to have that color.  Etc until done.

BTW: they are undersized like Arttista ones are, which didn't bother me since used in a passenger car - I had to cut the legs off the sitting figures to use them in the passenger car seats but the fact that they were a bit undersized turned out to be a benefit as their height was a nice size matched to the cars' windows.

- walt

Nice job Walt.... Water based   flat paint seems to work well and unless you get your eye ball right down looking into the window of the car who's going to know the difference. I tried bribing my grandkids but they soon got bored as well.  Anyway Elvis is riding in one of our  passenger cars

Thanks Walt

If that's whats in the MTH bag I'll pass. I want mostly standing people.

joe

The main thing to do is to drill underneath the figure and insert a stick or pin up there.  Then have a small block of wood for each figure so you can easily pick them up, add a dab of your color and then put them back down again.

I bought twenty five painted seated figures on ebay a year ago for about ten bucks. They fit perfectly in the MTH large dome car. Yes, they were from China but correctly proportioned and fit right in the seat.   

I bought 200 of the dreaded Chinese people. As was stated I ended up cutting a lot of them off at the knees especially in the Atlas domed Zephyrs

Dick