One of the relatively more expensive aspects of G scale railways seems to be figures. I suspect its a limited market , and the stuff has to be tough enough to survive outside. Following a post on G scale Central then I was alerted to the the Star Wars keyring figures. OK, so a few Start Wars figures (the original post has an R2D2 unit rather than Padme, and they are hiding at a building alley corner) on a layout aren't going to be to everyone's cup of tea, but at around £3 each off ebay then 'm happy with them for a bit of fun. OK, so the holes from the key rings will need to be filled in and there's the "official" product on the back of the coat, but a bit of paint will solve that.
The keyring bits just screw out. Here's some shots with another Ebay bargain and a Preiser Train Driver and LGB station staff for comparison.
The Caboose was one of those Ebay bargains that once I'd won it, I began to wonder what had I missed in the pictures ? Prices for LGB (as opposed to other G scale stuff) has crept upwards over the 12-18 months I've been following stuff providing its unmodified and complete. I could see that this was missing the chimney but all the handrails appeared to be there. The original plan was to re-spray it for use as a logging caboose but when it arrived it was in such good condition that I shall leave it for now.
Trawling the fancy goods shops came up with some more scenery for the layout. AT £3 each then I consider them to be a bargain. The VW bus is a German classic icon and much sought after today - I overhead a couple of work colleagues talking about split windscreen (older and more desirable I think) vs single windscreen types. I ended up with a couple and look set to ultimately respray one for a post service vehicle. A look for German postal musuem brought up a picture of one (the original is in the Museum for Communication in Frankfurt).
Chris
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