The railroad I’m modeling would have had brakemen. But if I glue them to the top of the cars, they will look silly standing around in a yard or nesled up against some building on a siding.
Is there a logical way to model brakemen or I’m I just going to have to do without?
Magnets? You’d have to put them on and remove them when the train stops but it shouldn’t be any different then removeable loads on cars.
Jeff White
Alma, IL
Try a modification of this?
http://www.railsonwheels.com/ors/flagmen.shtml
Also you might need flagmen anyway, as that was one of the jobs assigned to brakemen once upon a time.
How about turning the brake wheel on the cars.
Hmmm. Might work.
I’ve been drilling a .021” (#75) hole in a leg of my figures and gluing a .02” Phosphor/Bronze wire as a mount. An empty .021” mounting hole doesn’t show up unless you’re looking of it.
For my conductors carrying lights I glue them to a male micro connector and the female connector is in the caboose steps.
All of the figures in my scratch builts are plugged into .0
Mel,
I like your “people mounting”.
But I especially like your guy with the lantern.
Ed
I seen a signal system on a club sized layout, that used this same thing, only using pictures of signals.
And SM, you could use something like the tacky stuff on the feet, I forget who makes it, it’s not a glue, but a caulk-type stuff for keeping figures standing. Geez! I can’t find it on a quick search, I thick Arleene’s is the product name. I use it on my temporary Christmas thing.
Mike
Chip,You model the Old West so,brakemen would carry Winchester or Henry repeating rifles to ward off any attacks.
Chip, if it makes sense to do so, you could heat the end of a small length of paper clip wire, or even part of the shaft of a sewing needle, until it’s in ‘OUCH!!’ territory (meaning don’t hold the other end in your fingers while you’re heating it [8-|] ), and then press the hot tip into the foot of your figure. In turn, the pin can be inserted (once it is cooled) into a small hole someplace on the roof of rolling stock, or on the deck. If it works better, glue a small length of styrene tubing up under the hole to help prevent the wobblies.
Or, if you can stand what it looks like, Aleene’s tacky glue…?
I like it.
You can use Woodland Scenics’ “Accent Glue” to place figures (or other stuff) temporarily. It comes with a brush-in-cap, and you simply paint some onto the figure’s feet (or hands, if he’s climbing to the car’s roof) and let it sit for a few minutes until the white turns clear. The figure can then be placed wherever you want it, and moved later without leaving any residue. The holding power lasts for some time, so the same guy can be used several times before you need to rub-off the old stuff and re-coat. It remains re-useable for weeks, if not months, and also seems to last well in the container, as long as the cap is on tightly.
Wayne