Something totally different this week. Yesterday was my dad's 60th birthday and for a long time I'd been thinking about something model railway related as a gift. A search at the Statfold 009 show earlier this year had proved fruitless (Probably due to too many choices rather than too few!) but by chance picking up a copy of the November issue of Railway Modeller magazine I stumbled upon a review of Tom Marshall's 3D printed figures of Laurel & Hardy as they appeared in 'The Music Box', complete with piano. Being a big Laurel & Hardy fan as well as a railway modeller, it was the prefect gift.
If I could offer one criticism, and this really is me being picky now, I wish there was a pose of Laurel in his overalls leaning on the crate to go with the one of Hardy in that pose, or in the classic 'leaning with head in one of his hands' pose. But I really shouldn't complain with how well printed these figures are, the features on Hardy's face in particular are clearly identifiable even at this tiny scale!
In fact, once painted, I had far too much fun posing them! I might have to get myself a set for a future layout...
Figures (+ piano and packing case!) are available from Tom Marshall's 'Buggleskelly Station' site HERE.
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