Who fits in the Atlas CZ Dome?

Have you tried Beep People? They are smaller.

Don't have a dome car to test in.

I just filled my dome with those sitting people from China that are 1/75 I think. None of the 1/48 people fit up there, or if you cut them down to fit, they look like giants!

Got a picture? Putting HO people up there seems way too small, but given the lack of room up there, I guess it may be what you need to do. 

Well 1/75 isnt quite HO scale. They do look good in there, their shoulders are just above the back of the seat and they have some head room. I tried all the 1/48 people and that was a no go. I got the idea from GunrunnerJohn here on the forum, and the source for the people on Ebay. He was having the same issue putting people in the dome because all the 1/48 people are just too big. I still had to cut their feet off because they wouldn't sit in the seats properly. I also had to hand paint (re-paint) several of them to get some different, more realistic clothing colors.

 

I try to get some pix up on Friday when I get back home from work. I also swapped out the windows so the blinds are now on the inside of the car, and the addition of the passengers really made a big difference. Although many of the people cant been seen on th bottom level because of the window blinds.

Here's the pix after the window swap, and filling the car with passengers. The bottom level is filled with passengers too, but as you can see (or can't), you barely notice them in the bottom with all the window shades.

 

GunrunnerJohn had posted this idea in another thread, of using the 1/75 people he found on Ebay. I ordered them, they came from China, and took about 10 days to arrive. The colors left little to be desired but I changed a lot of them to more basic colors, and had to chop most of their feet off. I looked for some "S" scale people, but after putting these 1/75 people in there....not much room for anything bigger. I think it looks pretty good, but I have to say that...it's my car.

 

Right click on the picture and "Open Link In New Window" for full size picture

 

 

 

 

They look pretty good!

THanks for the pics. I think you're probably right, any bigger wont fit, but the shoulder at seat top level seems about the right proportion. I didnt have the blinds issue because I've got the amtrak cars that just came out, but the dome conundrum is the same, and after putting people in the bottom of the car, you cant see much of the people, but you can at least see the seats are occupied.

That's exactly what I was looking for, shoulder height at the top of the seat. The people in the dome are just under the top of the seat but it's a good fit overall.

 

I used a combo of BEEP People, GGD, and K-Line people in the bottom of the car. Even after cutting legs off, sanding their butts half way off, and hacking an arm off here and there, the seats are full, but they still look too big. Their shoulders are quite a bit above the backs of the seats. Fortunately, like you say, the window blinds cover most of it, and you can just tell that the seats are filled.