OO or HO Scale Figures - with TOP HATS

Always worth trying which in this case will lead you to and

Regards Keith

These guys have some.......

You could take a look at the Airfix cowboys set - You get a few women in long skirts and the blokes can be cut about a bit (removing rifles and sidearms). No one wearing a top hat that I recal. Viviene ??? built a model of Eastbourne (RM late 1960s or early 70s) populated to a large extent by Airfix cowboys. Not ready to run but maybe cheaper than alternatives.

Mike

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I think you mean the wagon train set?

(kim)

You could well be right! The clothing is from the right era, if you discard those with chaps.

There are a couple of top hat wearers in the Dapol kit of Stephenson's Rocket, but that's probably an expensive way of acquiring them!

These might be of more use:

I got some a few years back, that came with some resin/plaster London buildings from a Dickens scene - not from the model train department.

These seem to come round nearly every Christmas.

If you're willing to do the work, you can take suitably clad people and add hats with some Sculpey brand clay -- there are also air-hardening clays that work reasonably easily. If you get good enough at it, you can start casting them in resin or white metal. Norm

Preiser has a wedding party, included in their unpainted sitting figures bulk pack. The coachman, at least, is wearing a topper...

Merten #2156

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Langley have already done this.

Thats a point - Don't Preiser do a set of 'old time folk'?

It really is more fun doing it yourself. Although this might be a hereditary thing as my mother is a sculptor/modeller.

(kim)

Thanks everyone for the replies - I have turned up a few possibilities, though Merten seem to be the leaders at this point. I would be keen to see Preiser's offering but am having trouble finding anything appropriate through the Walthers site..... maybe there's a better way?

re: making or modifying other figures myself - nice idea, though I would prefer to see some examples professionally done before going at it.

Thanks again for all the links and advice - the search continues

Steve

Yes, I'm sure that Preiser have 19th. cent. figures in their range. Regards, Bill.