Is this plastic track any good?

I seem to recall there have been a couple of reviews on it, one at least was fairly favourable in terms of it being used as a cheap indoor test track, but basically you get what you pay and you're not paying a lot.
 
Looking further at the site I noticed what looks like a newquida complete train set with track for 250 quid.

Looks like they have broken up a set and are selling the parts separately as well as offering the complete set.

I would look for a review on newquida plastic track.
 
Got a set of this stuff with the "Train" (Newqida) Christmas set I bought late last year (mentioned the loco on the "What battery R/C locos" thread). The track works ok indoors in a toy train set context, although I don't think the joiners will stand up to a lot of aggressive connecting/disconnecting.

It's similar to the plastic track you get with other brands of battery set, but NOT identical to the black track I got with a really cheap set a few years ago - the two brands won't connect. The points in my set needed a little fettling to close smoothly, but they do work. The lever mechanism is very similar to the LGB lever.

I only paid half the price for my set that this seller is asking for a complete set.
 
playmofire said:
I seem to recall there have been a couple of reviews on it, one at least was fairly favourable in terms of it being used as a cheap indoor test track, but basically you get what you pay and you're not paying a lot.
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You're thinking of my thread here: http://www.gscalecentral.net/tm?m=146145&high=something+different+track#sthash.qhpBGd3D.dpbs < Link To http://www.forum.gscalece...k#sthash.qhpBGd3D.dpbs

The track is perfect for our annual circle round the Xmas tree and OK for indoor use with battery locos. Metal wheels tend to erode the inner surface on R1 curves, so it will have a finite lifespan even indoors, though at a guess we're talking years, not weeks. Since it's designed primarily for indoors toy use, the plastic used is not UV stable, so outdoors I'd expect it to go brittle and/or discolour within a few months. It's also worth noting that the track is only sold in sets, so individual pieces - particularly straights - are not available.
 
If people are wanting plastic track, then Playmobil is the best, although not everyone likes its dummy ballast and/or black finish. It's relatively cheap on eBay or you can buy new from Playmobil Direct Service. It's robust and fits together firmly and has been proven for getting on for 20 years.
 
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Can anyone explain the reason for the interesting profile of the check rails?
 
DoctorM said:
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Can anyone explain the reason for the interesting profile of the check rails?
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Simple to do what its meant to do and pull the wheel set away from the crossing nose and ensure that the wheel set goes in the correct direction.

If it was made to a correct tolerance then the gap between check rail and stock rail would be uniform along the length but as always you get what you pay for:bigsmile::bigsmile: Sadly the model train industry does not have exacting standards unlike to full size railway so back to back tolerance is as big as the full size railway:wits::wits::wits:
 
Some useful info above, but do we need to state and reward the bleeding obvious, that lecy locos will not run on plastic track.:thumbdown:
 
Keith Patrick said:
Can you connect Playmobile plastic track to Lionel plastic track and what make is that light brown track above?
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The track discussed above is Newqida (sometimes branded as "Train"), from China.
No idea on the Playmobil/Lionel compatibility, but do note that the plastic Playmobil track is moulded as solid pieces with a moulded-in roadbed, extremely toy-like (because it is, of course)....

Jon.
 
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