Geezer wrote:
>
> This past spring's project was adding a small, rocky stream to the G
gauge
> Dogwood & Birdbath RR. Dogwood Creek flows about 10' from the base of
its
> namesake to a small pond, and finally gives purpose to the deck truss
> bridge. The stream bed is covered with the small 'home grown' stones
I've
> recovered over the years before the lawn mower could make them missiles.
> One white stone reminded me of the old White Rock Soda logo water nymph,
> Psyche. See: http://www.whiterocking.org/pwc.html
>
> I'd like to find a 1:24 more or less scale (so about 2" to 3" tall)
nymph to
> put on this rock. I've tried the White Rock beverage Co. - they once
> ordered some statuettes of Psyche, but the QC was poor and they were all
> discarded. I've tried war gaming / dungeons and dragons supplies, but
the
> female figures all seem to be amazons with weapons. A friend suggested
>
http://www.designtoscano.com/product/indoor+statues/fantasy+statuary/fairy+statuary/the+enchanted+garden+fairies+sculpture+-+colleen+-+pd1549.do
> which comes close but is too big. And I've considered a small souvenir
of
> Copenhagen's mermaid, but her pose and attire aren't quite right, and
the
> project doesn't justify the air fare. Any of you have any other
> suggestions? Geezer
There's a French company, something like "Papo" that makes toy knights,
princes, princesses, wizards, dragons, nymphs, fairies, cowboys, zoo
animals etc etc at about 75mm size. They are in competition with
Schleich who also make the same sort of thing.
Sorry, I don't know the precise spellings, but I've seen them in toy
shops. Shleich make beautiful horses of all sorts of breeds which are
right for 1:24-1:20 but other animals seem to be made more by volume of
plastic than scale - eg dogs are about 1:12, budgies about 1:5.
Regards,
Greg.P.
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