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Offline tiger1983uk

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Bachmann Lil Big Train
« on: December 30, 2012, 13:18:52 »
Hello

I have recently purchased a Coach and a Baggage Car from the Bachmann Lil Big Train Range and have found the scale is a perfect fit for Playmobil, at some point I want to get one of the engines from this range to see if it will also look ok with a couple of klickys on the footplate. The coach and the baggage car were "only" £21 each and the quality was a lot higher than I had expected for the price.

Happy New Year

Regards

David  8-)
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Re: Bachmann Lil Big Train
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2012, 14:28:39 »
:picsplz: :)
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Re: Bachmann Lil Big Train
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2012, 19:06:14 »
I think you'll find that the Lil Big Train is actually a bit bigger than the Playmobil scale which is 1:22.5.   Also, if you want to run Playmobil train items with it you may find there is a difference in the coupling height.
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Re: Bachmann Lil Big Train
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2013, 14:51:33 »


We also thought that Bachmann engines would be too big for Playmobil, however the difference isn't as noticeable as we thought. Here's some comparison pics with a Steaming Mary (excuse dust) with our Christmas train a Bachmann little big hauler.












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Re: Bachmann Lil Big Train
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2013, 17:51:07 »
Thanks for the excellent pics and the comparison of both locos.
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Re: Bachmann Lil Big Train
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2013, 21:35:51 »
yes, thank you for the wonderful pictures on the comparison. You really did a fine job on showing both engines. I would love to start collecting more engines but I keep pretty busy collecting only playmobil.

As Gordon said the couplers look diffrent but I think one is able to change them out.
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Re: Bachmann Lil Big Train
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2013, 20:12:59 »
Thanks for your nice comments, the Bachmann is so long we needed a step ladder to get the overhead photo.

The couplings are a US style which we changed at the rear for a Playmobil (LGB) style loop and because it didn't fit correctly drooped downwards and made it the perfect height for coupling.

Here it is doing its Christmas rounds.


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Re: Bachmann Lil Big Train
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2013, 02:58:03 »
I really like you deep snow effect under the tree. The flying santa is great also  :clap:
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Re: Bachmann Lil Big Train
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2013, 10:10:44 »
Many thanks for the pictures. Your Christmas decoration is fantastic. I like very much your trains. :love:

George.
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Re: Bachmann Lil Big Train
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2013, 19:41:16 »
Thank you again for your very kind comments.

The snow was cotton wool roll with fake snow on top and the snow between the tracks came from a pound shop and is bits of shredded carrier bags.







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