I am reconsidering a roundhouse, currently I have a rectangular 2 bay building. Looking for ideas beyond Walthers and Atlas. I don’t really need a massive roundhouse, but all pics are welcome. There are old threads on this subject, but most have been photobucketed.
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Nice is that an Atlas?
My roundhouse is HO and made from two Korber #104 kits. Most of my steam locomotives are biggies so I needed a deep roundhouse. I bought two kits so that I could extend the depth to 20”. Because of the large footprint I only have 5 stalls.
I goes great with my 135’ turntable (18½”) also to handle the biggies.
Howard Zane roundhouse. He has 3 of them, I don’t know why I didn’t take pics of all of them when I had the chance.
blow this one up big and look at the detail
Wow, some gorgeous roundhouses.
Mine is old and been sitting and waiting on being finished. I believe it is a Heljan.
Thank-you. Yes, I think it is. It was a Cornerstone kit…is that right? It didn’t fit well with the Walthers 90’ “Built Up” indexable turntable. I had to set the TT back at least six inches from the pit flange lip and curve the bay tracks from the pit lip a bit.
Bumping my own post. Surely there are more than 4 turntables on this forum
Mine is made from the Cibolo Crossing Duango wall castings. Monster Models has this out as a kit now IIRC with their own castings. This older distant shot shows the location and approaches.
The framing.
The fron. The vent stacks are Grandt and the ventilators are Cibolo Crossing.
I used the Grandt roundhouse doors because they are based on those at Durango[;)]
Then there are some lights (LEDS).
Here is an ‘open top’ one i saw recently on a gentleman’s layout…
Henry, are you looking for pics of roundhouses other than Walthers and Atlas?
That may be the reason that so few pics are being posted. Most are Walthers and Atlas. Mine is a Walthers 9-bay (6-stalls plus a 3-stall add-on).
Rich
Personally I am looking for a smaller one, but pics of all roundhouses are welcome.
I assume you saw that one from DrWayne, on this forum?
I do noty have a layout right now, but I can show you the cardboard model of what the roundhouse will look like.
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The actual structure will need to be scratchbuilt.
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This is a 3 stall one I ‘stuffed’ into a Atlas track plan,…
BTW, the turntable deck was fashioned from the Atlas ‘curved cord bridge decks’ mounted onto upside down Atlas deck bridges
There was a time I even considered making a turntable deck out of the whole curved-cord bridge.
Was just long enough for an HO Big Boy if I remember correctly
I try to read all his posts, but one does not come to mind. Do you remember which thread?
At one time, I wanted to fit a small roundhouse on my layout, but I decided on making the space a transloading area.
Anyway, I did some googling around, and Voller, Heljan and Kibri also make kits. They might be a little to “Europeanish” for what your doing, but the Kibri roundhouse is a gable end, like a big barn, and not like your typical Atlas or Walthers kit. It still might be a little “Europey”.
Mike.
Don’t forget scratchbuilding as an alternative! I recently completed the shell of a new 3-stall roundhouse for my layout (still needs a few details). The base building is made of .040" sheet styrene. The siding is printed on paper using Evans Design software, applied to the styrene using double sided tape and weathered with artist’s pastels. The roofing is 220 grit sandpaper applied to the styrene roof using spray adhesive, then weathered with pastels and an alcohol thinned black wash. Window castings are from Tichy Train Group. The greatest advantages to scratchbuilding are that you can make a building that can’t be found on anyone else’s layout plus you can create a building that fits your layout style, era and space. You don’t have to lay your tracks to fit someone else’s building!
I don’t have much to show as my RH is currently topless. I just thought I would mention that I placed my TT and RH on a removable piece of foam that I lift out and take into my office to work on. The electrics just unplug. Come moving day I will be able to move the unit as a whole and place it in the new layout.
Crandell, what colour is that on your RH doors? I like it.[tup]
Scratchbuilding is definitely in the running. The double stick tape doesn’t create ridges underneath or is the whole wall double stick tape?