What about using a couple of rare earth magnets under the tracks? You might need to line up some smaller ones to get the spacing/footprint right.
looking for something I can turn on and off manually, the rare earth magnets are basically "always on" and would uncouple on every pass. I do like how nice and clean they are on the track, though.
am obviously not going to play show and tell with EVERYTHING I've bought recently, but some of this stuff is just cool imo. Like these figures. I was not sure what to expect because they were wicked expensive and there was a preorder buy limit of only 3 sets, but these N scale figures were supposedly made with 3D photography of real models and were described as: "The figures are converted into 3DCG using photometry compositing software and then modeled using a full-color 3D printer with over 10 million colors, recreating people that are more realistic than conventional diorama dolls." I was intrigued so I preordered my 3 sets. They came today and I can't say I regret it for a second. I have never seen figures this detailed - the one dude has a collar. A COLLAR. Not a painted collar, an actual collar. The girl in the red skirt with her handbag and cocked knees is crazy intricate. I don't think I want more than this for a layout, it wouldn't be cost effective to buy too many more, but I am pleasantly surprised that I wasn't a victim of creative marketing. These are definitely amazeballs for N-scale.
Have you by chance any woodland scenics people to compare proportions with? I'd be curious if they are close or noticeably bigger being 1/150 but assumably Japanese proportioned people.
Kato and TT figures make up the lion's share of all the figures I have and tend to be a little larger than the WS and Faller N figures I have, and we're not even going to talk about Preiser, which I swear are more like halfway between N and Z. These are not quite as thick as a Kato or TomyTec figure, but are about as tall if not a little taller. One of these days I can go through them all and can do a side-by-side of all the brands I have horded away in totes upstairs. I've got a sizeable army of little painted plastic blobs by now
Ugh, I could do so much better to proof my spelling. Yeah, if you ever get the motivation definitely update us. Woodland scenics stuff is nice but having the best detail when setting up scenes for photography makes these figures intriguing. Plus they are a bit more contemporary which I like.
@freddy_fo I sat down and started watching the new season of Reacher, too many commercials. Turned it off and did this for you instead In terms of size from smallest to largest of the brands I have, it goes: Presier ---> Noch ---> WS ---> Kato ---> TomyTec, and then like I said, these new ones from Takeda are not quite as thick but taller (these were the first ones I pulled off the top of the pile, nothing special about these sets in particular). I would say Kato and WS are usually very similar in size and dimension, but have really nice detail. TomyTec tends to be the most non-descript but are cheaper, too (I have a ton of them for that very reason, they're great for basic white noise scenery). Preiser drives me nuts because they look good in the photos then you get them and they're so small you can barely tell anything about them at all, and this is the only Noch set I have to base it on. I think I would say the Kato ones I have are my all-around favorites, they have nice detail but not so much it looks unreal or becomes a focal point. A few of these new ones look almost TOO perfect to be real people? I think I may get a couple more of the camera crews and have little influencer-famous moments on the sidewalks or whatnot. They'll all be mixed together in a bustling cityscape so I think it will actually look better having a bunch of people of different size, too. Much more realistic.
Very cool. Thanks Paul. Looking at your photo the Noch and Preisler seem to be the most out of scale being so small. I think I am going to get a set of those Takeda. Pricey on ebay but I need some main street pedestrians/shoppers so these should work well.
@country joe, that is bloody PERFECT! Thank you, sir - I will get that puppy ordered first thing tomorrow.
Thanks for the comparison picture of the different figures. Looks like the Preiser ones could be used to force perspective if you needed to, being so much smaller.
It might be my eyes but all the people look to be about the same size to me when comparing standing people. Most men are 5’6” to 6’4” tall and most women are 5’ to 5’10” tall, and of course some are taller and shorter.
I guess that depends on your own eyes, really. They all have dark hair, all the women have skirts, they are are all quite thin and skinny with light skin and delicate features. Does that automatically make them Japanese? If surrounded by Japanese stuff I think that would be the default assumption, but in another setting where it's not then not necessarily. I try not to get too many figure sets with ones with bright colored hair for that exact reason, blondes and redheads are not the norm in the picture I'm building, but in a more diverse crowd I doubt anyone would notice tbh
I've been eyeballing that set of Takeda figures, but I'm seeing them for a little over $20 a pack, which made me a bit hesitant to buy because they were so cheap. Thanks to your review, I'm going to order some sets!
I love those undec model power and presser people. I amputate them at the waist,use fine tip sharpie markers to color them, and pop them into passenger coaches. No detail things like that are great when seen thru a moving train window. Edit for spelling Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
