I am in the process of building a loco depot next to my station, and, having built the shed and coaling stage, a turntable is now required. The layout is 4 mm scale.
I have not got room for a huge 70 ft or 75 ft turntable of the type produced by the trade, and so I shall probably have to build my own and motorize it.
On my previous layout, I had a smaller turntable driven by an electric motor and gear box that had to be lined up by eye and then locked in position. For the current layout I need something a lot better and I have decided on the following specification:
1. It should be based on a standard design of table used by the LNER and British Railways.
2. It needs to be a scale 60 to 65 ft diameter.
3. It should not be noisy in operation (the last one was very noisy and so an open gearbox is out).
4. Once started it should turn slowly to the required position and stop automatically in exactly the right place.
5. The power supply to the turntable track needs to be reliable. The last one picked up from the track in the well and was prone to loss of power due to dirty
wipers.
Has anybody any suggestions as to how I could buy or make such a machine?
I have not got room for a huge 70 ft or 75 ft turntable of the type produced by the trade, and so I shall probably have to build my own and motorize it.
On my previous layout, I had a smaller turntable driven by an electric motor and gear box that had to be lined up by eye and then locked in position. For the current layout I need something a lot better and I have decided on the following specification:
1. It should be based on a standard design of table used by the LNER and British Railways.
2. It needs to be a scale 60 to 65 ft diameter.
3. It should not be noisy in operation (the last one was very noisy and so an open gearbox is out).
4. Once started it should turn slowly to the required position and stop automatically in exactly the right place.
5. The power supply to the turntable track needs to be reliable. The last one picked up from the track in the well and was prone to loss of power due to dirty
wipers.
Has anybody any suggestions as to how I could buy or make such a machine?