Dan Merkel wrote:
> Has anyone bought any of the inexpensive people and / or trees that are
> almost always in the HO section of eBay? While they first started
> advertising the people as 1:100 or 1:75 scale, they are now advertising
> them
> as HO scale 1:87. And they look to be reasonably painted... maybe not
> like Preisser(?) figures but certainly better than I could do myself.
>
> And there are almost always trees for sale as well. I just happened on
> the Bachmann site and saw some nice looking trees... at about $6 each.
> Ouch! But the ones for sale on eBay appear to be pretty nice at a
faction
> of that cost.
>
> While I know that you can't always go on feedback, it would appear at
> least on the surface that they are fairly well ranked.
>
> Just curious... anyone tried either of them?
Nope. But I have gotten the Bachman, I think, unpainted figures, which are
a *lot* cheaper, and painted them myself.
mark "don't forget to dullcote *them*"
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