Playmobil white circus tender.

[Rasputin]

Are you sure these are from a 4052? It seems there is no motor blocks inside.

What are you planning on doing with 5?

[playmofire]

Are you sure these are from a 4052? It seems there is no motor blocks inside.

What are you planning on doing with 5?

Yes, I wondered about that - both points, was there a motor block and what your plans were.

[Junker Jörg]

A close look reveals: There seem to be no,... äh, "Stromabnehmer", those current collectors (how are these things called?), so it could indeed be the US-version. While the German 4052 was equipped with a motor each inside engine and tender, the US-engine's tender run empty.

Beim näheren Hinsehen fällt mir auch auf, daß da keine Stromabnehmer zu sehen sind. Dann könnte das ein US-Tender sein. Während die deutsche 4052 je einen Motor in Lok und Tender hatte, zog die US-Version einen leeren Tender.

jj:

[playmofire]

A close look reveals: There seem to be no,... äh, "Stromabnehmer", those current collectors (how are these things called?), so it could indeed be the US-version. While the German 4052 was equipped with a motor each inside engine and tender, the US-engine's tender run empty.

I think "pick-ups" is the word you're looking for Stefan, although some LGB users call them skates.

[playmofire]

A close look reveals: There seem to be no,... äh, "Stromabnehmer", those current collectors (how are these things called?), so it could indeed be the US-version. While the German 4052 was equipped with a motor each inside engine and tender, the US-engine's tender run empty.

I didn't know that about the US tender.  I wonder why?

[Junker Jörg]

Ah, pick-ups. Thanks a lot!

I didn't know that about the US tender.  I wonder why?

Neither me. We incidentially found out at our 2007-Wolfsburg meeting, when we were able to present the complete rolling stock ever produced by Playmobil. Someone graciously let us a 110V US-version so we noticed the difference. But still I don't know why they dropped the second motor block. To me that's THE plus of the engine.

Mir war das auch neu. Wir hatten es zufällig anläßlich der WOB-Auststellung 2007 herausgefunden, für die wir das gesamte Rollmaterial von Playmobil zusammengesucht hatten. Irgendwer hatte uns freundlicher Weise eine 110V-US-Version der Schlepptenderlok geliehen, so daß uns der Unterschied auffiel. Den Grund habe ich nie herausgefunden. Für mich ist der zweite Motor der große Vorteil dieser Lok.

jj:

[Rasputin]

The same reason geobra made the TRU Chinese junk, cheaper.

It's a pretty simple fix

[Amd]

well if not the 4052, the 4029,,,,
why 5?? well his price was like 35 dls each, or best offer. i offer 25 and to keep them all he said yes....

i have a couple 4034 and 4052 with no tender, for some reason the 4034 tender is so week from the front connector, and i got 3 broken ones... i can switch the motor blocks and customize the engine...

my point was, is not the first time i see this tender in a white color, i used to think they were customs all this time. but is the tird time i see one like this one on ebay. And why 5 tenders by itself, no engines,,, he said he got them that way.


you can see the sticker, also the black paint inside.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/141500861854?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

[macgayver]

a little late afther the facts ,i know

anyway

a way to fix your tender















Macgayver

[Rasputin]

And the part you used Michael is.......? I tried to do the same type of thing but stupidly decided to use a coupler off of an older train. It only had two glue points and would not stay together no matter what epoxy or glue I used. This piece has a flat surface so it looks like it will mate with the train much better.