A 2-8-0 Consolidation Locomotive is turned on this “simi” scratch-built turntable. The turntable started out as an Atlas “ready to run” model. I added the wood decking and gallows frame to detail it. In addition, I replaced the code 100 rail (comes with the kit) with Micro-Engineering’s code 70 rail. The table is powered by a 12VDC motor unit, and is operated / controlled by a DPDT toggle switch. To hide the motor, it was placed inside the motor shed shown in the background.
Once again, the level of detail brings the viewer into the scene as if they were standing there in person. Simply outstanding work. Thanks for sharing with us mere mortals.
that’s the nicest looking ‘simple’ conversion of the Atlas turntable i’ve seen . simple meaning no attempt to lower the mechanism into a pit to get the look we expect for a turntable . i understand there were some tunrtables with a flat deck like that , but i haven’t seen a picture yet
Kudos to you Bob…but I have a complaint about your picture. Its the Cigarett sign…I quit four months ago…and I enjoyed looking at you detail so much…I wanted to light up,[bow] Thanks for sharing …John
Bob you make me SICK, WITH ENVEY!!![:D][:D]
I am happy when the PAINT DOES NOT STREAK!!
This is the most Professional work I have ever seen.
Thank you for sharing and raising the bar AGAIN!
George P.
Nice stuff as usual. Just a question about the prototype. Why would they make a turntable with all that wood? Is it to stop snow getting in the pit maybe? Not a problem we have to face out here.
I had just built a gallows similar to yours, but was unsure as to whether to plank the remainder. Thanks to your inspiration, I now know what I need to do.
The only covered turntables [like the Atlas model] that I know of were used in Northern locations, so I always assumed it was to prevent snow from packing the pit and disabling the turntable. There was still one in use a few years ago in the Great Lakes area – I’ve forgotten the exact location.
The cable cars in San Francisco still use decked turntables, which are turned by hand. The decking makes it easier to get at the car while it is on the turntable and prevents riders and on-lookers from dealing with a pit (my guess as to reasons). The turntables are right in the public thoroughfare, along with the cable car tracks.
I was unhappy with the Atlas motor shed. It looked too tall in relation to other buildings, especially the sides and back. So I sanded the corregations off the bottom up to the level of the motor base and painted that area concrete gray. Now it looks like a foundation, and the motor shed looks much better.
