QUOTE (Mike Button @ 4 Jul 2008, 20:08) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Thanks for all the advice, I've looked a the Noch and Preiser ranges and yes they look very good. However I can't help thinking they look very european. I'm especially thinking of the railway staff, I can't see any of them being at home on a preserved railway in the U.K.
Preiser also do the same range of people, but unpainted, so you can always buy these (at a lower price!) and paint in your own 'more British' colouring. Incidentally, Preiser also do a very good range of 1900's period people, for those of us into the more 'Victorian' style railways. These again come painted or plain and I find it a very easy task (even at 70!) to paint these - including little boys in sailor suits! The only tip is to paint them while still on the spru! Their railway staff, as someone said, now includes a U.K. style set, but their others are easily adapted, both by paintwork and by the odd 'adjustment'. You could always use someone else's railway staff but use the Preiser public !
Preiser also do the same range of people, but unpainted, so you can always buy these (at a lower price!) and paint in your own 'more British' colouring. Incidentally, Preiser also do a very good range of 1900's period people, for those of us into the more 'Victorian' style railways. These again come painted or plain and I find it a very easy task (even at 70!) to paint these - including little boys in sailor suits! The only tip is to paint them while still on the spru! Their railway staff, as someone said, now includes a U.K. style set, but their others are easily adapted, both by paintwork and by the odd 'adjustment'. You could always use someone else's railway staff but use the Preiser public !
