How to make a Plarail Narrow Gauge Train

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This is really a brilliant custom creation

Very nice and precise work! It looks really good! I suppose the 30mm special "plarail" track is also 3D print.

Wow, I love small diesel locomotives and this one would be great in Plarail or even HO scale!

This guy has built a number of impressive “Plarail scale” locomotives and rolling stock. I’m especially fond of his scratchbuilt Pashina streamliner with its rake of scratchbuilt coaches. This even surpassed the model the guy from the Ocean Dockyard blog built a few years ago.

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I would love a Plarail version although it may look a bit odd as the size would be too big unless........

I just love looking at the details they put into it, even the custom hopper cars are great. Reminds me of a YouTuber with custom little shunters running on a Layout but can't remember who that was.

Very nice and precise work! It looks really good! I suppose the 30mm special "plarail" track is also 3D print.

Maybe the tracks come from "the Toy Train that is sold in Taiwan" at 0:55 to 1:10? At 3:20 - 3:30 you can see a line along the edge of the track that suggests it is moulded rather than printed.
 

Reminds me of a YouTuber with custom little shunters running on a Layout but can't remember who that was.

taskforce2008?

I’ll mention here that Tomy does a similar diesel “critter” in their TomyTec HO narrow gauge line. There are also a few brass models out there of the Kato Works 4 ton and Sakai Works 5 ton locomotives, although they’re quite expensive by my standards.

Years ago, Taskforce2008 had some “Plarail scale” paper models of small, end cab switchers that could be seen in a couple of his videos. I don’t know if they could be powered or if he ever offered them for download on his blog. All of his paper model links were dead by the time I found them.

 All of his paper model links were dead by the time I found them.

Some still accessible on Twitter, for example https://twitter.com/taskforce2008/status...4095326209

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taskforce2008?

 

Taskforce2008

Thats the one. Thank you guys for helping this old mind remember.

You can get a glimpse of these little "critters" starting at the 1:15 minute mark in this video...

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Way to go, Chris! Thanks for locating the brand name of the smaller Plarail clone track. Hopefully some Westerners will be able to get some of it and make their own attempts. Save for the shade of blue, it seems better than Capsule Plarail because the joints are smoother, the curve radius is bigger and more akin to Plarail and it's also more aesthetically pleasing. The powered loco seems to perform really well. I somewhat wonder if parts from a TOMY/TrackMaster road chassis might work for those without 3D printers who'd be willing to try anything similar. If only it were obvious what battery the loco has and where it is mounted since I didn't see it anywhere. Impressive how they were able to build three identical units within the same timeframe. TOMY themselves already did broad gauge once (Hyper Guardian Ekusugaina), so it's great to finally have battery powered representation of proper narrow gauge.

Meanwhile, I still don't even know how to reproduce a motor retainer and activation tab for a scratch built standard gauge chassis. Thanks for sharing, Supes.