Geared Steam: Excellent build on yout T/T, it’s amazing how many great looking (bashed) turntables have spring from the little Atlas! Once again… well done!
Bob/Iron Goat
Bob
Thank you kindly, I spent several hours looking at yours,(2guyz) Bob Grech’s and Furlow’s for ideas, it was on of the most enjoyable projects I have done, I need to finish it. [:D]
Excellent pictures and great link. Thanks. [:)]
Geared Steam: I believe that when we model we are standing on the shoulders of the modelers before us, and that is certainly true in my case. I started my Atlas T/T project after seeing Doug Coffee’s thread on his “Atlas Turntable Makeover”. (There are three photos in his first post) After seeing those… I was hopelessly “hooked” on the project. Good luck on your project…
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11500
Bob/Iron Goat
Bob
Yes, I’m familiar with Doug’s build as well, probably from one of your past links to it. He’s a great modeler MHO.
Grampy1, keep us posted on your progress.
I’ll try. The camera is acting funny lately, so pic’s might be difficult for awhile. Have cut an old TT that was damaged down to size and reinforced it. Now to to find the mechanism I was going to use. I put it away last month so I wouldn’t forget it, guess what? [#oops] Once I get that then it’ll be mock-up time to see if my idea will work.
I lucked out. A friend had an Atlas TT that he’d modified into a pit TT with an upside down bridge. We made a swap. It’s working great, so I think what I’ll do is cover the bridge deck with planking that I cut to scale and also cover the approaches with planking. Guess I could also cover the sides of the deck with planking to make it look like a wooden TT bridge and then add a gallows. Hmmm, decisions. [:)]
Sounds like a winner, Grampy… keep us up to date (photos when you can, please …)
Bob/Iron Goat