Availability of 00 scale figures?

[HST Mainline]

Looking around on the different webshops there are a lot of figures mentioned as being "00 scale", but in reality, they are H0 scale figures (Noch, Preiser etc.).

Of course, one can say that the height does not matter much, because people are different heights, and while that is true, there is still some size difference between the two scales.

What do you guys do with regards to figures?

Also, are the Hornby figure sets 00 or simply H0 figures?

[SteveM6]

A much better and more varied solution is to use 3D printed figures. Plenty available preprinted online but if you were able to print your own you can adjust the scaling.

For example, ModelU figures tend to be strapping six footers, but I scale mine down to between 5’8” and 5’10” as people would have been 50 years ago.

[ModelerXYZ]

I got a load on ebay. I just typed in oo figures. I have 100s to use, so I won't run out for a very long time. 1:76 is the correct scaling for them.

XYZ

[Rallymatt]

Try getting TT:120 figures and you get a bizarre range of sizes from various Chinese sources! 🤣

[81F]

Although my figures have yet to be deployed or even painted in some cases, I stocked up around 10 years ago with those made by "Monty's Models" (Dart castings) and PD Marsh (some ready painted some not).- I think both companies still have websites.

These are made in white metal and are a little larger than the HO models but more importantly their clothes suited the period of my model railway a lot better than the plastic versions. Also being white metal the seated figures help to add much needed weight to the PECO 009 GVT coaches

In addition Dapol made (and may still do) a set of railway workers (ex Airfix) which are more to 00 gauge.

[81F]

Regarding 3D printing I did download a 3D file containing a man in early 20th century cloths with out stretched arms apparently making a speech holding a hammer in one hand and a sickle in the other which I scaled to OO and got printed in bronze (see digital preview below).

However, given my layout is 20th Century Wales and not revolutionary Russia I don't quite have a use for him at the moment!