I was inspired by some pics in another thread to start a strange thread that will deal with the people who occupy our layouts.
A lot of times we place people on our layouts that remind us of people we know or they are there doing a particular job or placed in some strange spots just to see if our guests notice them and some are strategically placed for comic relief, what ever the case may be I thought it would be interesting to have a thread that focuses on the folks who inhabit our train towns.
Here is a scene of people visiting the Transportation museum on a nice afternoon.
Here we have Jarred who is at work driving a fork truck wearing gold disco pants!
And this pic shows a couple of people waiting for the last train too Clarksville while a station worker climbs a ladder to change a light bulb.
A young couple in love gets a ride into town!
And remember your people need not be alive too enter!!!
See where this is going, tonight I took a series of photos focusing in on just the folks who live, play and work in my town of Black Rock Mt., unfortunately it is getting too late to post them tonight but I will on Saturday with a little description on why they are on my layout.
I just thought this would be a little fun for those who haven’t posted pics in a while because they have not u
Carl and Lenny hang out on the stoop, while Aretha and Tom discuss music next door:
Death waits for the Number 6 train after a frustrating day with no customers:
Aging Danish playboy Gil den Stern makes a pass at Rose N. Krantz, Lt. Col., USMC (retired) on a park bench behind the statue of Civil War hero John Buford Brad:
Lance, training on his bike again, waves to his new girlfriend Karmen:
My MR is populated by miners, loggers, just plain folks doing what 1940-50’s plain people do in the Sierra Nevada. And lots of fishermen–the Yuba River is chock-full of Kokonie, a tasty fresh-water salmon.
Of course, the son of the Mayor of Sierra City is ALWAYS being pulled over by Officer Metzger when he tries to frequent the–ahem–‘ladies’ of Ma’s Place. The boy should be in school, LOL!
And Billy and Mike always like to do a little weekend fishing from their canoe on Bullard’s Bar lake:
And Mike Scott’s Great Dane just can’t stay away from fire-hydrants:
Meanwhile, Lloyd Perryman works at the Champion Mine dumping tailings:
Since our layout people and vehicles normally don’t move, scenes were they are normally static (sitting, standing still, parked, stopped at a stop sign, and so on) seem more realistic than if simulating movement.
It would be fun to include cut-out photos of people we know reduced to scale-size and display them where two-dimensional figures wouldn’t be objectionable.
