Model Railroading > HO scale people

I have been looking on line at a few different model railroad sites and have not been able to find figures that look modern. Most are all from the early 1900’s or dressed in clothing that looks like they are going to church. Anyone know of any company that makes current looking people? It’s hard to find anything.

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You have not looked at Woodland Scenic s line of HO Figures - They are contemporary and a very expansive line
called "Scenic Accents" - available at most Hobby Stores !

jmj3293 Wrote:
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> I have been looking on line at a few different
> model railroad sites and have not been able to
> find figures that look modern. Most are all from
> the early 1900’s or dressed in clothing that
> looks like they are going to church. Anyone know
> of any company that makes current looking people?
> It’s hard to find anything.
>
> Posted from iPhone
Preiser is a good source.

Train Life seem to have a special on figures at the moment.....
https://trainlife.com/collections/figures/ho-scale-products?utm_campaign=2018.5.16_Figures_HO+%28LTzDp4%29&utm_medium=email&_ke=aG9uZ2ZvbmdAaG90bWFpbC5jb20%3D&utm_source=Customers+-+HO+Scalers
Regards,dK

santafedan Wrote:
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> jmj3293 Wrote:
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> > I have been looking on line at a few different
> > model railroad sites and have not been able to
> > find figures that look modern. Most are all
> from
> > the early 1900’s or dressed in clothing that
> > looks like they are going to church. Anyone
> know
> > of any company that makes current looking
> people?
> > It’s hard to find anything.
> >
> > Posted from iPhone
> Preiser is a good source.

I agree with SFDan, Definitely check out the Preiser line of mini people. They offer a wide range of modern international figures, a bit pricey but top of the line.

EL3672 Wrote:
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> santafedan Wrote:
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> > jmj3293 Wrote:
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> > > I have been looking on line at a few
> different
> > > model railroad sites and have not been able
> to
> > > find figures that look modern. Most are all
> > from
> > > the early 1900’s or dressed in clothing
> that
> > > looks like they are going to church. Anyone
> > know
> > > of any company that makes current looking
> > people?
> > > It’s hard to find anything.
> > >
> > > Posted from iPhone
> > Preiser is a good source.
>
> I agree with SFDan, Definitely check out the
> Preiser line of mini people. They offer a wide
> range of modern international figures, a bit
> pricey but top of the line.


You get what you pay for.

Preiser, Noch, Busch, Merten (if you can find them!) Woodland Scenics. Most are German Companies so you will probably have to import them. Look on ebay.co.uk and ebay.de There may be a limited selection on Walthers site

I have just the opposite problem in that I model the 1920-30 era when the roaring 20's saw a change in styles from 1900. It seems that most of the figures are too modern for my era. Stuck between a rock and a hard place.

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> Preiser, Noch, Busch, Merten (if you can find
> them!) Woodland Scenics. Most are German Companies
> so you will probably have to import them. Look on
> ebay.co.uk and ebay.de There may be a limited
> selection on Walthers site

Walthers stocks hundreds including special Walthers only runs.
Micro Macro Mundo (Yeah, that's the name!) carries the entire lines of the above companies. Including the elusive Merten figures. Quantity actually in stock is listed.

https://www.micromacromundo.com

All of the manufacturers above batch produce so many figures in so many scales that there are going to be figures out of stock almost anywhere.

I always found them at train shows.