I was maybe thinking of not using the stock floor and and changing the track angle in the roundhouse to around 12 degrees instead of 15. (angle the two outer tracks inward a few degrees. This would allow me to move the RH back from the TT a couple more inches and have a longer apron area than what 0-6-0 has in his pictures. I realize this would mean the two outer tracks wouldn’t be “centered” in their stalls, but I don’t think it would be that noticeable from the outside.
Anyone have any thoughts (good or bad) on this idea?? I really don’t want to have curved track leading into the RH.
Hello well loathar you were close the right side is 1 5/8 and the left is 2 3/8 from the inside edge of the pit. I did want it a little farther back but could not get it to line up right. The outer tracks would hit the door jams so I moved it around til it fit and I was happy with it. But I am using 6 stalls not 3 so it may not be so hard for you. Good luck Frank
This may not be the thread to join with this question. But I liked the Atlas Roundhouse so much in the store that I bought it without measuring my space available–you know the problem: measure once cut twice or three times. I have no problems with the mating of my Atlas TT with the roundhouse but – Has anybody had to shorten the stall length? I will need to reduce the overall length. Since I have no long locomotives, no Mallets etc, if it is possible I must shorten the stalls. Otherwise it may remain a box of parts.
I would think seriously of moving the turntable back two or three inches. It can be done in most cases. Cut out a crescent moon shape in front of it, slide it back tight to the new edge, and then jimmy the removed crescent into the gap that you leave on the other side. You’ll need some wooden blocking and screws to hold the patch, but it should’nt be much more than an hour’s work…if that. Then you have room for the full…uh…house.
I don’t think cutting the back walls and roof would be that hard, but the real bugger would be the two side. The way the brick work is molded, there’s no good or EZ way to do it and make it look good. I think you would be opening up a can of worms you couldn’t close.
Ghost River Valley - I’m not sure how good it would look, but you could cut back the side walls 1 inch, if you want to go all the way to the first window. You’ll have to trim the back walls a bit, too. This probably isn’t too bad a job, because the walls are pretty thin. The kit comes with downspouts for each corner, so these will distract the eye of the casual viewer from the corner brickwork itself. Still, I think you’d be better off figuring out how to fit the whole thing in. Pushing in the back walls will limit the size of engine that can go in the roundhouse, and it’s already pretty small.
Loathar - I took a look at mine, and there’s really only about a quarter-inch of clearance on either side of entrance doors. That’s not going to give you much room to play with in moving the tracks around to alter the angle. You may have to remove the doors entirely to gain a bit more width on the the entrance.