Last summer, a large box of mangled ‘G’ scale ‘stuff’ came into my possession. (A buddy of mine salvaged it from the city dump.) I looked them over but wasn’t quite sure what to do. Most of the cars were 4-wheel Playmobile models, while my preference is for 8-wheel rolling stock. Pus they all had plastic wheels and hook-and-loop couplers, while my preference is for metal wheels and Bachmann knuckle couplers. So, I set it aside with the intent of taking a closer look come winter. (Winter is when I work on the model railroad.)
Well, winter and the Mik are both here, and this time round, the theme is ‘anything with wheels.’
So, it is time to do something with those busted up Playmobil cars. I decided to make them MOW units. Specifically, I intend to turn the ore car into a MOW boxcar (if there is such animal, or even if there is not.)
Put a new deck on the ore car. Then take the box from a ‘fake G gauge’ boxcar I acquired by accident years ago and drop it on top. Also, add metal wheels and Bachmann knuckle couplers to that car and the other Playmobil pieces. Then paint everything MOW gray.
Then there is the ‘bonus project,’ which might begin with Mik before turning into something else.
The Playmobil find came with a working Playmobile diesel switcher (and a battery Bachmann 10-wheeler I didn’t even bother to test.) I prefer battery locomotives over track power and have several track powered locomotives. So, the idea is to pull the radio unit from the 10-wheeler and stick it into the Playmobile unit using 9-volt batteries for power - at least to start with.
(Yes, they’ll drain in a hurry, but later I’ll go with something more substantial.)
