Post #568323 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Dec 10, 2010 1:15 PM

That decal guy sound perfect for this. Just use Tiki matchbook graphics...and maybe get some Tapa sheets made for the walls.

Now if you say FALLER you gotta say PREISER: http://www.rocousa.com/preiser.asp

THE company for making the inhabitants for all the Faller buildings!

Now these ain't cheap in Germany, so they are prohibitively expensive in the U.S. But they cover every aspect of daily life, not only just travellers and conductors. For example: Germans being the original nudists, they have a set of those, too. Here's their "creative suggestion" for the group:

These are avaialble in their most popular 1:87 scale. But some sets in Preiser's product line shrink down to 1:220, that's when it gets really insane:

How do they paint these? An what is this little running boy holding in his hand?:

Yes you guessed right!:

So some Germans actually do seem to have a sense of humor :)

Many moons ago, before I occupied all my time with such frivolous things as Tiki culture, I was prone to OTHER frivolous activities (no, not nude beaches), and I was so enamored by Preiser's "The Artist in his Studio" set (1:87) that I painted and assembled it. It is meant to be in a loft space, but I combined it with a bathroom set. I still have it. It's very dusty, a little yellowed, one figure is missing, but it has survived well for its 20 years of age:

The missing nude's pose matched the lil' nude paintings that are in the set. I really always wanted to be an artist.