Updating passenger car 4100At the moment I am cleaning and updating a Playmobil 4100 passenger car that I found at the trainfair in Houten (quite famous in The Netherlands).
Making lights into the passenger car.
After cleaning the roof I placed a LED strip on the inside of the roof. The LED strip is hold in place by double sided adhesive tape. You can also glue the LED strip in place, but with double sided adhesive tape you don’t damage the roof. I am using LED strips from
Digirails, that can be make shorter if needed. But you can also use any other LED strip. The LED strip is powered by the LGB Stainz 2 locomotive, that has a power connection at the back of the train. Otherwise you have to make a connection for a 9 volt battery, and place that in the passenger car.
Making windows in the passenger car.The Playmobil 4100 has no windows. This I found a little too simple in comparison with my LGB passenger cars. I came up with this solution:
1) Remove the chairs and the luggage racks in the passenger wagon.
2) Cut a piece of transparent plastic exactly to 158 by 76 mm. Be very precise! In the picture I used a sheet of white paper, to make it better visible. Place the sheet of transparent plastic inside the passenger wagon in front of the windows.
3) Put the chairs and luggage racks back in place. The chairs and luggage racks will hold the piece of transparent plastic in place. You don’t need to glue the sheet of transparant plastic. In this way, if the window is damaged, it can be easily replaced.
The result, but now with a piece of transparent plastic in the picture.
Metal wheelsIf you run on metal (LGB) rails, you might prefer to remove the plastic wheels and replace them by metal wheels. I can recommend Liliput L999300.
Don’t do this if you use plastic rails, you might damage them.
