Some progress on the roundhouse and turntable rebuild.
Showing some of the track in place: -
(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rogertra/200401Jan003.jpg)
All the turntable tracks in place and intial ballasting has taken place. Locomotives "nesting" on the roundhouse roof have become a problem. Local control panel for turntable and roundhouse tracks just visible.
(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rogertra/Roundhouse3.jpg)
All the turntable tracks in place and intial ballasting has taken place. "Nesting" locos removed from roof.
(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rogertra/RoundhouseNo3.jpg)
A view only visble to the camera: -
(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rogertra/RoundhouseNo4.jpg)
that's looking very nice!
I don't have any advice on how to solve the nesting problem
I like the stains under the bridge stops. Great idea. I may cut my pit hole tomorrow.
Gene
Quote from: SteamGene on October 30, 2007, 09:15:07 PM
I like the stains under the bridge stops. Great idea. I may cut my pit hole tomorrow.
Gene
The stains, while a good idea, are Walthers attempt at "weathering". I'm not impressed and I'll put my own weathering over the Walthers weathering.
I'm also going to put "cinders" into the pit and hide the "concrete" pit bottom, which is not prototypical in northern climes. Frost heave would have an adverse effect on the concrete in the winter months.
Thanks for the pictures. By the way did you use cork road bed under the track? I didn't think I saw any and I was wandering if using the cork roadbed the tracks would not match up with the turntable. Keep up the good work. Sometime in the future explain in detail how you indexed the turntable; maybe in simpler terms than Walthers instruction sheet. Thanks Larry
What did you use for cinders for the ballast? It looks to me that the rail is laid on homosote.
Gene
If you go about ten feet in on the inside of the roundhouse and paint flat black between the rails.
It will look like you have inspection pits for the workers to check under the locomotives.
Quote from: RAM on October 31, 2007, 12:29:22 PM
If you go about ten feet in on the inside of the roundhouse and paint flat black between the rails.
It will look like you have inspection pits for the workers to check under the locomotives.
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I have actual inspection pits but they can't be seen from the normal viewing angle.]
Rogertra:
I'm planning to install a 130' turntable with Walthers' Modern Roundhouse (933-2900). What is the distance from the lip of the pit to the rear of your roundhouse?
Tyke
How many inches is it from the lip of the pit to the front of the roundhouse? I have a really tight clearance!
Gene
Quote from: SteamGene on October 31, 2007, 04:52:07 PM
How many inches is it from the lip of the pit to the front of the roundhouse? I have a really tight clearance!
Gene
Gene.
For the H.O. 130ft TT see: -
http://walthers.com/instructions/extras/0933/09330000002829a.pdf (http://walthers.com/instructions/extras/0933/09330000002829a.pdf)
I have the H.O. 90ft TT, see : -
http://www.walthers.com/instructions/extras/0933/09330000002840a.pdf (http://www.walthers.com/instructions/extras/0933/09330000002840a.pdf)
Thanks, Roger. I have that template. I think I'll be alright. I'll bet it's a squeeze for those heavy Mountains, even with the short tender to spin on a 90' turntable!
Gene
"How many inches is it from the lip of the pit to the front of the roundhouse? I have a really tight clearance!
Gene"
I'm trying to do a rough layout, and I need to see how much space I need to allow for the roundhouse, so I' m looking for the distance from the lip of the turntable to the rear of the roundhouse. I'm new to this hobby, so I'm not sure what I'm doing!
Tyke
It's something like 38.5 from the rear of th roundhouse to the opposite side of the pit. I'll measure it carefully tomorrow and let you know. I'm about ready to mount pit and first section of roundhouse.
Gene
Quote from: SteamGene on November 01, 2007, 08:50:42 AM
Thanks, Roger. I have that template. I think I'll be alright. I'll bet it's a squeeze for those heavy Mountains, even with the short tender to spin on a 90' turntable!
Gene
Gene.
The heavies and lights both fit with the 'short' Spectrum USRA tender with a couple of scale feet to spare at each end. The 2-10-2s fit with a shortened, by 6 scale feet, Bachmann Hicken Oil tender that has also be converted to coal. However, the pilot and tender's rear steps do overhang the end of the turntable by a scale foot or so.
The heavy Mountains are really for the next GER, whenever I get around to it, where they will be used on through freights along with the 2-10-2s. The light Mountains will be used mainly on through passenger trains. None of these classes will be turned on the table.
The turntable on the both the present and future GER is used to turn 2-8-2s, 2-8-0s, 2-10-0s and 4-6-0s and on the future commuter 4-6-2s and, hopefully, when someone makes them (MR. B, YOU LISTENING?), 2-6-0s.
Roger,
Don't forget that by late steam times it was often dangerous to stand close to the lip of the pit "...cause if the pilot don't get cha then the tender will..."
Gene
Roger, how are you powering your tracks going into the roundhouse?
Gene
Roger;
I am converting my Hicken tenders to coal, and have installed the speakers as to be under the coal pile. Can you shoot me a pic or two of what you did so I can get a couple of ideas. My thought is to just take some .010 brass shim stock, cut it and roll it to conform. I'll tell you what I did: I put a set of Buckeye trucks under each tender, and they give it a really b***sy look; I also changed the couplers fore and aft, to Kadee 58's, and that helps the overall picture a lot for the Santa Fes. For pickup, I used the trucks and the engine, but may decide to use a set of Tomar pickups. I like their reliability. The trucks are marketed by Greenway.
Rich