HOW TO
MODEL COMMUTERS ON A BUDGET
Chris Leigh finds an inexpensive way to add passengers to EFE Rail’s underground train.
PHOTOGRAPHY: CHRIS LEIGH
In my experience it has always been unusual to see an empty Underground train. As a child, travelling on the London Transport Tube system always seemed to involve crowded platforms and trains crammed full to the gunwales. So, the one thing that I felt the new EFE 1938 Tube stock needed was a load of passengers –a substantial load.
There are certainly some problem areas, notably that I did not think it was a good idea to stick figures all over the electronics in the power cars, even if it was possible to do so. The small size of the seats and the slightly elevated floor means that ‘HO’ scale passengers will be a better fit than figures intended for ‘OO’ but even ‘HO’ passengers will need trimming off below the knees.