Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Put Critters in their Place

I have reached several mile stones with my Blog and have reached another rather important one with this post. This is the 500th post to this blog. Now on to my 1000th

Suppliers of HO Gauge White Metal (Pewter) Animal Figures

It is that time again, when I start thinking about working on scenes for my model train layout. Although animals often go unnoticed they are all around us. Adding animal figures to our model train layouts will add realism to your scenes and the layout, overall. There are literally hundreds of animal figures to choose from in HO scale, I only listed those that are cast in metal.


I haven’t ordered any of Selley Finishing Touches figures as of yet, except maybe their #163 (6 horses). I am unsure where the five horse castings came from of those that recently completed painting (see post for details). From list, Selley does offer a nice collection of animal figure castings with a few unique pieces.

6571 Prospector & burro
6572 Prospector & 2 burro
160 Cowboy & 2 horses
457 Giraffe
456 Elephant
458 Camel
161 Cows (6)
459 Elk
163 Horses (6)
164 Work horses (2)
455 Mule and colt
454 Horse and colt
162 Bull, cow, and calf
159 Sow and litter
158 6 pigs and trough
569 Lambs (6)
520 Lion
297 Chickens (12)
568 Geese (6)
178 Dog and hydrant
179 Dogs (4)


Musket Miniatures offers an extensive list of animal figures with quite a few unique pieces. I haven’t ordered any of Musket Miniatures animal figures as per say, but have ordered a couple of their horse drawn wagons that come with a horse or two and I must say, as with their other casting,s they are clean and crisp in their detail.

HOC3000  Pasture horses (8)
HOC3001  Mares (2) and young horses (2)
HOC3005  Draft horses (2 not harnessed) 
HOC3006  Draft horses (2 harnessed)
HOC3010  Harnessed horses (4) 
HOC3011  Harnessed mules (4)
HOC3100  Dairy cows (8)
HOC3101  Calves (8)
HOC3115  Beef cattle (8)
HOC3150  Longhorn cattle (8)
HOC3200  Barnyard Set(4 pigs, mule, 12 chickens, rooster, 2 dogs)
HOC3205  Dogs and Cats (Dog with 2 puppies, cat with 2 kittens)
HOC3210  Mature pigs (8)
HOC3211  Young pigs (8)
HOC3250  Sheep (10)
HOC3500  Horse drinking from water trough, hand pump
HOC3501  Cow drinking from water trough, hand pump 
HOC3515  Ducks (12)
HOC3520  Geese (12)
HOC3700  Pigeons (12) 
HOC3765  Rabbits and bunnies (4 each)
HOC3700  Pigeons (12)
HOC3750  Coyotes (6)
HOC3760  Prairie dog town
HOC3775  Buffalo
HOC3820  Bighorn mountain sheep
HOC3830  Deer family
HOC3835  Pronghorn Antelope
HOC3840  Bull elk 
HOC3845  Cow elk
HOC3850  Bull moose
HOC3855  Cow moose (2) 
HOC3860  Bear with 2 cubs
HOC3861  Bear family
HOC3870  Seagulls (10 standing)
HOC3871  Seagulls (6 in flight)
HOC3875  Eagles
HOC3885  Beavers (6)
HOC3886  Beaver Pond   (Resin pond, lodge, and 3 beavers)
HOC3890  Varmints! (Raccoon, skunk, fox, 4 squirrels)


Woodland Scenic’s offers many animal castings. Most seem to be casted in plastic and these are the only two castings that I found were casted in metal. I was quite surprised in that Woodland Scenic’s does produce a large number of metal products. I added the chicken coop to this list, because even though it is considered a structure, it does contain quite a few chickens. I have a copy of both of these kits, and I must say that the castings are finely cast with crisp details and with very little flash.

D226 Cats and Dogs
D227 Bare Hunter
Chicken Coop D215


B.T.S. offers a small collection of animal figures, but also produces many other metal detail parts and cast metal figures.  They do offer, as from the list, a few unique pieces: Rats, Skunk, and Pigeon.

20618    Rat (5)  
20651    Dog (2)
20682    Skunk (2)                             
20736    Small Bird (4)                      
20750    Pigeon (6)                           
20752    Chicken (4)        


Neal's N-Gauging Trains features mostly painted figures, but does offer a couple castings that are unpainted. Judging from the list here I do notice a few unique pieces here.

NEA224R Red Squirrels (5)
NEA219 Wild Birds - Heron, Owl, Woodpecker & More (5)
NEA221 Seagulls 6)
NEA220 Swans (2)
NEA224 Squirrels (gray)(5)
NEA232 Assorted Wild Animals (5)
NEA223 Rabbits (6)
NEA229 Chickens (5)
NEA230 Rooster
NEA225 Cats (6)


Although I do not own any of Scale Figure’s animal figures I do process quite a few of other figures and I must say that they are pretty nice castings.

3079 BURRO
3080 LONG HORN CATTLE #1
3081 LONG HORN CATTLE #2
3082 LONG HORN CATTLE #3
3083 LONG HORN CATTLE Set
3084 LONG HORN CATTLE #4
3085 LONG HORN CATTLE #5
3086 LONG HORN CATTLE #6
3087 MILK COW
3088 PACK MULE
3089 SEAL
3090 LION
3091 PIG
3092 CALF
3095 COWBOY ON HORSE
3096 CAT
3097 DOG
MF24 OLD JAKE (the mule)         


Although Sequoia Scale offers only two animal figures, their offerings are unique.

SEQ1123 Large Eagle (2)
EQ1112 Fish (3)

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