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Taking the sheen off plastic figures |
A touch of alcohol and ink is all they need.
David Frary
| | The Franklin & South Manchester abounds in extensive weathering - the buildings, the trains, the streets and even the plastic population that lives and works along the model railroad line.
"They're not weathered," George Sellios protests. "They look better." The alcohol and ink mixture that he puts on takes the plastic sheen off the figures and blends them into the scene.
Sellios describes it as a light stain of a couple of drops of India ink into a pint of alcohol. "Then I blot it with tissue. That sort of tones it down. Sometimes I repaint figures, just to try to make them a little different."
Sellios said most of his figures are made by Preiser. "I think they're well proportioned figures," though he has a smattering of other figures from different companies on his layout.
The placement of the figures is also crucial for Sellios. The populace of the F&SM seems to have real places to go rather than just preventing a sidewalk from being vacant. "I try to set up figures so it looks like they're doing something."
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