Show me your painters on scaffolds or ropes

John,

I've not done anything along these lines but you gave me a thought.  What if you had a figure looking down from a scaffold or other height, looking over another figure with paint all over him and a bucket on his head?

3D print

Please take a look at our front page of the website, https://www.njhirailers.com/     towards the bottom of the page.

Here is a pic of a painter I did a long time ago - actually my first building I made. When I finished the building it looked too new and although I liked it, I knew I had to tone it down. So I decided to get the best of both worlds by leaving some new and aging the rest and add some painters to validate the new area.

I sort of bashed Lionels Billboard Painters accessory  I even moved the mechanism over to my building so it does operate. The painter on the left will roll his brush up and down.  If you look close to the left top of his roller you can see the slot in the building where the wire comes through to operate our little man. And he never runs out of paint.

@Lionelski posted:

Hey gang,

I want to do a bridge painting scene and am looking for ideas.

Please show me your painter's scaffolds or ropes. Any other thoughts?

Now or historic time period?  For now-a-days you'd need more safety devices, scaffolds, bucket truck, air compressors and dont forget to tent the whole painting area to contain the lead dust and fumes.  For old days, well throw some figures walking the bridge girders or trusses with paint brushes and buckets. Just google "railroad bridge construction and painting".

Bridge Painters

I built this one on H.O. once. Visitors at shows always loved it!

Everything in H.O. should have been available in O over the years. Could never understand the void.

It is easy to duplicate in S or O.

You can always get the Lionel accessory that I cut up and used for my building. Not as nice as SIRT's but it is ready made.