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General => Report & Review => Topic started by: noodwachter72 on October 07, 2009, 18:34:38
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the old and the new over ground level hydrant
the new under ground level hydrant from the new 4822 set
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than the crew at work
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more
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Oh i like the new underground style with the sidewalk piece . Thanks for the pictures
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Thank you for this excellent photo review, Peter. The new hydrant is an excellent addition to the fire theme and the set with it in is on my to-by list (hopefully, later this month). The idea of having the hydrant cover plate etc in a pavement piece shows great attention to detail by Playmobil. It makes me wonder if they are thinking of bringing out road and pavement sets for scene building.
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It makes me wonder if they are thinking of bringing out road and pavement sets for scene building.
I do not have them yet but I was hoping to do that with a lot of these
(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/1720/30803972.gif) (http://img194.imageshack.us/i/30803972.gif/)
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I think those underground 'plugs' look great (and I shouldn't even care)! Thank you Peter for the great pix!
Gepetto
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Great review, Peter! I like the design, but I wonder if there is a problem of finding the cover underneath the snow, or if cars block them from access?
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or if cars block them from access?
Stop parking on the sidewalk and they should be able to find them pretty easy :lol: sheesh some people
I guess if there was a big sale on Playmobil i would park anywhere also ;)
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Great review, Peter! I like the design, but I wonder if there is a problem of finding the cover underneath the snow, or if cars block them from access?
I don't know the practice on the Continent, but in the UK where hydrants are set in the pavement or the roadway there is always a yellow hydrant plate indicating the position. This will be attached to a lamp post or fence or whatever is available (if necessary a post specially for it) and indicates the distance the hydrant is from the sign and the bore of the water main. I'll photograph one later today (there are a couple near us) and post it.
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Great review, Peter! I like the design, but I wonder if there is a problem of finding the cover underneath the snow, or if cars block them from access?
your wright bud in the netherlands we don't have to mats snow
car parking is a bigger problem
and Goron your richt only with us the plate is in read or withand read
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Here are some photos of hydrant plates in our village and one of a hydrant cover to show the UK style. The first hydrant plate is the old style one in the form of a reinforced concrete support and then what was originally a cast iron plate with the distance to the hydrant and the bore of the main. With the change to metric, the plate is now plastic. The second photo shows a newer hydrant plate which is just a piece of plastic fastened to a support, in this case the remains of an original hydrant plate support. On the hydrant plates, the top figure is the bore of the water main in millimetres and the lower figure is the approximate distance of the sign from the hydrant. The third picture shows the hydrant cover.
Peter's review of the new hydrants has spurred me on to find some photos of a UK hydrant team I made some years ago, plus taken a photo of a double stand pipe I made, here's a link:
http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=3619.0
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In this country, I can see these types of hydrants having a problem! It's bad enough having inconsiderate people park in front of a red standing, in clear view type with the excuse, I'll only be a minute, but it turns into hours! I have seen car windows broken out, & large diameter suction hoses passed through them to gain access to a blocked hydrant before! Here, they would probably park on top of the European/UK type, although very few problems cannot be solved by the proper application of high explosives :evilplan:!