A Buyer's Guide to Large-scale Figures

Garden Railways 2005-12 pg. 56     Scale: Large Scale     Author: Rene Schweitzer

This article describes and shows figures by a good number of F- and G-scale figures.

Buck the Trend: Build a Fence with Style

Railroad Model Craftsman 1996-02 pg. 85     Scale:      Author: Charles Montgomery

How to build a buck fence. Includes prototype and model photos.

Camping and Music

Railroad Model Craftsman 2010-07 pg. 57     Scale:      Author: Patricia & Burton Maxwell

Using the parts from a musical birthday card, the author describes how to make a camping scene that includes music.

Figure Painting

Model Railroader 2003-03 pg. 52     Scale: HO     Author: Jeff Wilson

This article describes how to paint unpainted Preiser figures. Paint and colors are discussed, as well as how to paint facial details.

Hoboes and the Rails

NMRA Bulletin 2002-08 pg. 36     Scale: (none)     Author: Dave Jacobs

Making People Unique

Model Railroader 2000-04 pg. 115     Scale: HO     Author: Lionel Strang

The author describes how he takes the common Preiser figures and makes them more Americanized, changes their limbs, and paints them to look different.

Modifying and Painting Figures

Model Railroader 2005-12 pg. 70     Scale: (none)     Author: Sam Swanson

The article covers modifying the plastic bodies to get them to do something other than the manufacturers' normal behavior. It also includes information about adding such details as hands, newspapers, rags in back pocket, etc. Finally, painting and what-not-to-do to figures completes the article. Includes a list of all the manufacturers making figures in HO, N, Z, O, and S scale.

Open House at Fletcher's Field

N-Scale 2000-05/06 pg. 66     Scale: N     Author: Brian F. Reynolds

Building a diorama scene of a RC airfield.

Operating Switchman's Lantern

N Scale Railroading 2002-11/12 pg. 60     Scale: (none)     Author: Tom Knapp

Using fiber optic to simulate a switchman holding a lamp.

Painting and Improving Scale Figures

Railroad Model Craftsman 2010-08 pg. 45     Scale:      Author: Don Weixl

This article describes how to realistically paint figures and how to improve factory-painted figures, including animals.

Weathering Figures

N-Scale 2000-09/10 pg. 70     Scale: N     Author: Scott Seekins

Painting and weathering people and animals.