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Offline Rasputin

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has anybody built custom train cars
« on: September 04, 2012, 03:30:59 »
I am watching a bunch of train flicks to get a better idea of what I am making for the dio. and I was very impressed with the Pullman Palace Car Company. They build luxurious train cars for first class passangers. They were quite fancy and I was wondering if anybody has seen custom ones in playmobil?
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Re: has anybody built custom train cars
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2012, 03:58:54 »
There are some very impressive ones at http://www.macgayverplaymobil.be/

Here's an example:


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Re: has anybody built custom train cars
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2012, 01:20:56 »
 I have not built any custom cars...yet ;) But I was in the garage working and was thinking about the other thread about a 30x40' display area.. you also mentioned being torn between western and modern trains limited by the brass track for the western. Then it hit me. IMO what would be fun and look neat and different is to use both. Divide the area by a steep hill or a mountain with a tunnel connecting the two "times". With the right amount of a tunnel and times right, you could have the western train enter the tunnel (once inside it takes a hard left turn and continues on its track which is running up underneath  the hillside landscape.) Now soon as the western one started to enter the tunnel a modern train could be exiting the tunnel following the same track layout as the western side. Thus only showing 1 full train at a time giving the illusion of a time warp tunnel. Then you could have both a western and a modern train! lol Well, this looked good in my head  :) Anyways I hope it all works out for you for the show. :wave:

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Re: has anybody built custom train cars
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2012, 14:43:41 »
Quote from: Jrodmobil on September 09, 2012, 01:20:56
I have not built any custom cars...yet ;) But I was in the garage working and was thinking about the other thread about a 30x40' display area.. you also mentioned being torn between western and modern trains limited by the brass track for the western. Then it hit me. IMO what would be fun and look neat and different is to use both. Divide the area by a steep hill or a mountain with a tunnel connecting the two "times". With the right amount of a tunnel and times right, you could have the western train enter the tunnel (once inside it takes a hard left turn and continues on its track which is running up underneath  the hillside landscape.) Now soon as the western one started to enter the tunnel a modern train could be exiting the tunnel following the same track layout as the western side. Thus only showing 1 full train at a time giving the illusion of a time warp tunnel. Then you could have both a western and a modern train! lol Well, this looked good in my head  :) Anyways I hope it all works out for you for the show. :wave:

Jarred

That is a very clever idea. Some day we plan to do a layout that the train passes through diffrent time periods. Similar to how you explained the train will go from cavewoman to roman/Egyptian then pass medieval times, all the way up to space/future. I had not thought how to separate the themes but a tunnel like you explained is a good idea. If we were to display our whole collection it would fill a 10,000 sq.ft. warehouse. This train show is only giving us 1,200sq.ft. and I do not even know how I will have room for our Western w/some Victorian in that small of an area
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