I had obtained a set of the "American Western Settlers" and find it potentially useful for my 1885 era modeling. The Conestoga Wagon will not be used as such, but the carriage is separate parts, and as such provide the base for a basic farm wagon. A buck wagon could also be made. By the way, there are two wagons in the set. The "Settlers" will be painted for rural life, and not be up-close figures. The plastic is soft and is carve-able if you need to change the attire details slightly. Size-wise, there is no problem here, as 1885 people were smaller on the whole anyway. The only use I can see for a "modern" layout (anything past 1920 in my eyes) is as a historical re-enactment. Any of you with a historical fort on the layout should be able to use this set for just that purpose, or a parade with a historical theme!
Darrell S. --- In [email protected], Jim and Cheryl Martin <farnhamhouse@...> wrote: > > Hi Guys: > > I was noodling around the Hobby Lobby store yesterday when I came accross a > line of plastic 1/72nd scale figure sets made by Billy V Toys. > > billyvtoys.com > > The figures, mostly of soldiers from various wars, also includes a set called > American Western Settlers which could be very useful to S scalers. There are > four sprues per package and a rough count showed about 2 dozen people, about > 8 horses, and six each of pigs and cows, along with two Conestoga wagons. > Some figures look like they could be updated to transition era, but at only > ten dollars per package it could be a worthwhile purchase for just the > livestock and wagons. The detail looks pretty good and 1/72 looks to work > pretty good for S. I have quite a few figures awaiting painting so I left > em on the rack, but I'm now feeling abstainer's remorse. I'll probably pick > up a pack on my next visit. In the meantime I thought you'd like to know > about them. > > Jim Martin > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
