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hey guys....My boyfriend and i are taking a break from our HO project and have decided to start a quick small N scale layout themed in the 1800s old west style....saloon, brothels, blacksmiths, Indians and such..

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as I'm seeing, it's nearly impossible to find anything western style in n scale!

I've searched until I'm blue in the face and i can't even find a decent n scale cowboy!

help me out wise all knowing train dudes :)

*if anyone has anything from that time period that you don't want....I'm willing to buy*
 
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Dizneygurl99 said:
hey guys....My boyfriend and i are taking a break from our HO project and have decided to start a quick small N scale layout themed in the 1800s old west style....saloon, brothels, blacksmiths, Indians and such..

...BUT....

as I'm seeing, it's nearly impossible to find anything western style in n scale!

I've searched until I'm blue in the face and i can't even find a decent n scale cowboy!

help me out wise all knowing train dudes :)

*if anyone has anything from that time period that you don't want....I'm willing to buy*
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You might consider doing your wild west modelling in HOn3 which uses HO scale buildings and HO scale frontier style engines and old timer rolling stock... which will all run on your N gauge track. :):thumbsup:

Greg
 
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Dizneygurl99 said:
hey guys....My boyfriend and i are taking a break from our HO project and have decided to start a quick small N scale layout themed in the 1800s old west style....saloon, brothels, blacksmiths, Indians and such..

...BUT....

as I'm seeing, it's nearly impossible to find anything western style in n scale!

I've searched until I'm blue in the face and i can't even find a decent n scale cowboy!

help me out wise all knowing train dudes :)

*if anyone has anything from that time period that you don't want....I'm willing to buy*
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Some buildings....http://www.wildwestmodels.com/Products.html

Some more......scroll through their list.....http://www.rslaserkits.com/N-Scale.html

Good luck on the people. They do come on e bay once and a while as they did make some years ago.

Ho might be easier to find.
 
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thanks guys....some great stuff here...Loved the links Ed!! those were great! as for a train, a good friend actually handed me a beautiful little Jupiter and four cars! so that's one down. I'm still having trouble finding people alternatives, especially Indians :( anybody make custom figures out there haha...someone with good eyes :)

I can't show any pics of the track yet though, it's a secret project ;)

can't wait to show it off!
 
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Back in the 60's a company made a plastic scale General Custer playset. I can't remember the company. They also had a Knights and Vikings,and a Battle of the Bulge. If you find one maybe some Indians survived.

on ebay search at "1/72 Indians"

current listing
 
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If I recall my history correctly, the General Custer set's General and cavalry should be missing a significant number or arms and legs. And other parts.;)
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They only came in red, I believe.:D
 
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Of course if you get bored you could always throw a random viking in the mix to spice things up a bit...see if anyone notices. Could be like an inside joke...if you put him somewhere obscure, like the front of the saloon.

Just a random idea
 
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tjcruiser said:
Hey DizneyGurl,

Had a look through the Walthers catalog. These might fit in nicely with your Western old-town theme:

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/700-571 (Looks PERFECT, with saloon, etc. ... on sale, too!)

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/700-573

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/700-574

Re: Reck's comment ... nothin' a razor blade and a little custom surgery can't implement!

Cheers,

TJ
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wow how did i miss that when i checked...haha...only problem is I'm doing n scale and this seems to be all HO :(
 
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You guys are too fun... I may have to become a "Plastic surgeon" at this point...haha Man I wish those walthers buildings were in n scale! They are perfect....i'll have to look up that custer's set and see if i can dig anything out...


I found an old company "rustic rails" that is now called "Musket miniatures" and it SAYS they have cowboys and Indians, but of course no images to see if they are any good (not that it matters that much in n scale) haha

anyone familiar with that brand at all?
 
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I model old west in 1800 and DCC th4 littlen 4-4-0 and have found several mfg of old west parts and some neet paper bldgs that could very easy be copied to wood or whatever -yup pard them ol west rascals are a sight hard to come by byt well worth it
 
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