Pat, I wish you would have made your announcement about 4 months ago.
I have a weak link on my layout now and that is the roundhouse. I
approached CC Crow about utilizing his SN3 roundhouse using some extra
castings etc. and he agreed to 'make up' a kit for me. It took several
months and more money than I had planned on spending but I received it a
couple of weeks ago. I will need to have him make a couple more wall
sections but I think I will have a lot of fun building this six stall
kitbash.
For years, I have been looking into designing a kit that could be
utilized for all sorts of layouts. Your suggestion of putting the
roundhouse back from the turntable is good but in S standard that can
take up a lot of real estate which I don't have. I also have a couple
of moderately large engines (UP 4-8-4 and A&B F&E units that also demand
extended stalls. The problem I saw other than the roof line when
blending regular and extended stalls was the width of the back wall of
the house. If the house is close to the pit the stall will be quite
wide whereas a longer distance to the pit would be more normal and
narrower. This would be easy to do in wood (as many were) but with
brick work with reinforcing columns it becomes difficult to design.
Good luck,
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
Pat Turner wrote:
>Yeah those old Mini-Structures turntables looked like a challenge. I
>have several of them laying around here in assorted states of
>construction. Actually, I own the Mini-Structures line. Now there is
>a big bunch of stuff... 100's of plans and many, many started kits,
>samples and patterens.
>The Roundhouse spacing is rather easy really. Just move the
>Roundhouse either closer of farther away from the turntable until it
>lines up. At least for the most part this works. The best way is to
>have the Roundhouse before you lay the turntable tracks, but it can
>be done the other way too.
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>Pat Turner
>Turner Model Works
>http://wwww.turnermodelworks.com
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>--- In [email protected], "Wallace Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>Gary and all,
>> I started 30+ years ago with a kitbashed Ministructure
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>turntable
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>>Ministructure parts. At one time these were pictured on Don
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>Thompson's
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>>turntable is out of reach from my aisle I powered the turntable
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>>York Railway Supply remote controller. However, the turntable was
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>>to be processed by the controller so I removed it and replaced it
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>>AAA Precision Turntable. You say at one time they were
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>>you they are still very much available and produce a beautiful
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>>machinery. They have their own controller but since I already had
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>the NYRS
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>>unit they made mine to fit the NYRS controller. That too is still
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>>shaft as soon as the bridge is in position and the motor stops. I
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>>reassembled mine with the new brake and from my preliminary tests
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>>great. Neither is cheap but for the price of an imported steam
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>engine you
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>>can have a beautiful working accessory! If you want addresses
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>contact me
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>>off list. Wally Collins
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