Review of Playmobil shuttle unit

[Junker Jörg]

Amazing the effords people make just to see a loco shutteling in front of a radiator...  - schon faszinierend, welchen Aufwand manche machen, nur um eine Lok vor einem Heizkörper pendeln zu sehen  . Aber...

...es schaut ja schon irgendwie nett aus! Danke für die Mühe!  But it DOES look lovely. Thanks for that!

jj:

[Tiermann]

It's something different from seeing them go around in circles at least.

[GrahamB]

Thanks for getting that video working, Tiermann. It does illustrate well what you described, playmofire and it's easy to see how that setup could be useful (with a longer track and different scenery!) for a shop display or other display where you want the trains to move about automatically.

[Tiermann]

The thing I find most potentially useful about it is the linear nature. It takes a wide space to have enough room to turn a G gauge train around in a circle. Sometimes you only have a narrower space available. This would allow train movement on a layout along a wall or with only a single curve through a corner.  It greatly expands the possible layout options for events or home use.

[playmofire]

Amazing the effords people make just to see a loco shutteling in front of a radiator...  - schon faszinierend, welchen Aufwand manche machen, nur um eine Lok vor einem Heizkörper pendeln zu sehen  . Aber...

...es schaut ja schon irgendwie nett aus! Danke für die Mühe!  But it DOES look lovely. Thanks for that!

jj:

Ah, but it's a very nice radiator!   

[playmofire]

Many thanks for your help, Tim.   

[playmofire]

My idea is to have a layout in the garage running down one wall.  This will be about 25 feet or so and will be on top of an old set of kitchen units and some shelving, so I have 18 inches to two feet width to work with.

I plan to make some basic scenery on a low relief basis which will also allow room for some low relief Playmobil buildings.

To provide some variation, there will be a run-around included so that the train will run on a straight line in one direction but will go round the run-around on the way back.  There will be an island platform in the run-around and, hoepfully, a station stop set up.

There will be suitable buildings and platforms at either end, too.

[Tiermann]

That sounds like a great plan Gordon!

[Junker Jörg]

Ah, but it's a very nice radiator!   

It definitely is  .

jj:

[GrahamB]

[off topic comment]

It's disappointing how often one sees beautiful or useful items in eBay listing pictures (like tables, tablecloths, rugs, furniture, carpets, radiators, coats, toys, crockery, etc.), only to find when you win the auction they were not included .