"mark" <whitroth@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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*"
300 pieces for around $23.50 (including ****pping) isn't too bad. I was
just
wondering if anyone had tried any of them...
dlm
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