Confused!

[Sarah Winfield]

I recently bid and won what is described as "LGB 95034 Lehman Toytrain G Scale Station Track Crossing"

It has arrived but I'm confused. The box is marked Toytrain (as the description) but on the underneath and moulded into the plastic it says "PIKO"?

Would a member explain please?

Thanks,

SW

 

[Rhinochugger]

There's quite a bit of 'badge engineering' in the buildings department.

I bought a couple of LGB buildings, and a Piko building - they're basically the same, so I assume that Piko make 'em for LGB. In fact, looking at them now, I can't remember which one is supposedly made by which manufacturer

 

[JimmyB]

I recently bid and won what is described as "LGB 95034 Lehman Toytrain G Scale Station Track Crossing"

It has arrived but I'm confused. The box is marked Toytrain (as the description) but on the underneath and moulded into the plastic it says "PIKO"?

Would a member explain please?

Thanks,

SW

I assume at this stage you have not left any feedback, have gone back and questioned the seller, or are you confused by content with your purchase.

 

[wandgrudd]

I recently bid and won what is described as "LGB 95034 Lehman Toytrain G Scale Station Track Crossing"

It has arrived but I'm confused. The box is marked Toytrain (as the description) but on the underneath and moulded into the plastic it says "PIKO"?

Would a member explain please?

Thanks,

SW

Perfectly normal and correct PIKO make certain items for LGB. no different to the old playmobil track that was sold in a playmobil box but when opened was just lgb track with the lgb logo.

piko item G Bahnsteigplatten-Set - piko-shop.de

 

[ebay mike]

I think Rhinochugger and wandgrudd have hit the nail on the head. The catalogue photos for LGB 95034 and PIKO 62006 appear to show an identical product, albeit photographed in a slightly different manner.

 

[Rhinochugger]

Yeah, in this picture, the range of three buildings in the back are made by Piko, and you can buy some as LGB and some as Piko - depends on what 'front' you want

Lehmann 95022 Wild West House 4011525950226 | eBay

 

[playmofire]

I have the station in that LGB series and there is a recent thread about the Piko version.

 

[Sarah Winfield]

Thank you. I was just wondering. I'm pleased with my purchase.

SW

 

[Rhinochugger]

Thank you. I was just wondering. I'm pleased with my purchase.

SW

............and it's hardly surprising that anybody's confused

 

[dunnyrail]

And let us please not get onto the subject of MTS/DCC made by (mostly by?) Massoth and badged LGB!

 

[Rhinochugger]

And let us please not get onto the subject of MTS/DCC made by (mostly by?) Massoth and badged LGB!

Oh ho ho, let's just not get onto the subject of DCC

 

[PhilP]

Oh ho ho, let's just not get onto the subject of DCC

Well..
Not for a cross-branding crossing, anyway!

(It is very confusing.. But not as confusing as scale and gauge!!)

 

[dunnyrail]

Well..
Not for a cross-branding crossing, anyway!

(It is very confusing.. But not as confusing as scale and gauge!!)

Oh no another taboo subject!

 

[dunnyrail]

Some while back we had a full review in here of the varying Scales and Gauges. Tried without luck to find it but no matter I wanted to give some information of how things have changed over the years in the Larger Scales.,

Now I know this is a free broadsheet but the "Railway Magazine guide to Modeling" issued Monthly is worth a read if you can find it. In the August Issue on Page 17 was this interesting Table of Scales and Gauges.

Scale/
Gauge Track Gauge Currently Used Track Gauge
3 75mm 63.5mm
2 54mm 50.8mm (not in current use?)
1 48mm 45mm
I have often wondered for a long time if there was a Gauge 2 and what it was.

Some interesting variants there, no wonder we get confused!

 

[Zerogee]

Just to confuse things even more, the Germans refer to our Gauge 3 (64mm) as Spur II (Gauge II), and "G scale" (yes, I know....) at 1:22.5 on 45mm as "Spur IIm" (for Metre Gauge).

Jon.