Greetings everyone and many thanks for the on- and off-line replies. My ever-patient counselor and model railroad Sensei Master Bill Lane shared a link with me of Millhouse River Studios; they have a beautiful 'off-the-shelf' O-scale turntable which likely can be converted. I've already talked to the owner and will send him some S-scale flex track to test it out. Here's his website (owner Al Zamorski): http://www.studiozphoto.com/Upgrades.html Where I could also use some scratch building advice from this intrepid group is about a bridge I hope to install in the likeness of the Delair Bridge which crosses the Delaware River between my hometown of Camden NJ and Philadelphia. I cannot go true scale - I've only got about 120-140 cm for the complete bridge, and the real bridge is considerably longer - but I'd sure like to mimic it. I've found nothing 'ready-to-install' or in kit form that looks suitable: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delair_Bridge http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/srchThumbs.aspx?srch=Delair+Bridge&search=Search
Would greatly appreciate any advice. Cheers from a surprising warm today (28 F and climbing!) Litzirüti GR Switzerland : ) ________________________________ From: Jim and Cheryl Martin <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, January 3, 2011 1:31:39 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} suitable S Scale Turntables? Hi John: I think the overall wheelbase of your NYC Mike will probably disqualify my turntable suggestion, but I've had good results converting an HO Helgan turnable to S. It's 98' in HO..works out to 73 feet in S..branch line length. Two things I like about this turntable are its low cost, about 40 bucks, and the fact that although it's plastic, it has a metal roller-bearing spider for real smooth bridge operation. However, all that keeps the thing from crashing to the floor below is a thin plastic lip around the turntable pit. The first time I ran my Overland RS-18 on to it, the centre of the pit dropped about a quarter of an inch! I've since put a wood brace across the bottom to keep the pit from sagging under the heavier S scale locos. My turntable isn't motorized yet. so far I'm content with "fingerstrong" operation. Jim ________________________________ From: John M Walker <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, January 2, 2011 2:38:31 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} suitable S Scale Turntables? Greetings friends - I am 95% finished with my trackplan. My main goal was to increase radii on my primary tracks to a minimum of 110 cm (43"). This was done to accomodate a River Raisin H10b Mikado (NYC) I recently purchased. In the stable I presently have two (2) SHS 2-8-0s, an SHS SW-9, and an AM Pacific. Because I was able to save more space when re-designing this layout, I am eager to install a turntable because I have a large open area in which it could fit nicely. Unfortunately, on the Bowser website I read the following (I am not sure how old this post is): We have discontinued production of these kits ... Applies to all turntables. My local hobby shop suggests I use the Atlas O-scale turntable but it looks, well, I guess I'd say too toylike. Maybe one of you has a solution. I'd like to figure this out now as I plan to begin laying track in the coming weeks. BTW: I am a mediocre scratch-builder, sad to say. Many thanks in advance for any ideas, John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
