Re Atlas turntable

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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As I am using my HO gauge track which is already in place from a prevous layout, and am converting to On30 scale, I was wondering if any body out there has ever lengthened the size of the Atlas turntable to accomodate larger engines, it would have to be from the existing 9" to about 10-11".

If it not possible to do then I will have to sell it with rest of my stuff, but I would not be able to afford a larger one as I cannot understand some of the prices of turntables, I guess I would have to install a wye some where, if it is possible could you give me some hints as how to enlarge the table

Thank you

bill Webb

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Check in the layout forum here – there was a discussion not long ago about using an Atlas turntable as the base for a larger turntable. The gist of it is that you use the Atlas turntable as the base, and put a scratch-built or other bridge on top of it. There’s links in that discussion to websites that demonstrate this idea.