[Ryan]

Hello,

I'm looking for a nice electric turntable for my new layout. I've already looked at the site from Fleischmann and Roco, but Fleischmann's turntables has got a little building on it, and that is not gauge 00, but H0, so I'm more looking for some English turntables. Hornby has got a nice turntable, but I'll think my Class 60 is bigger than the turntable.

Roco's turntable is to small.

So if there somebody with some nice tips and information about electric turntables, he's welcome.

Another question:

I'm looking for a locoshed to park my loco's in it, like Germany has got, you can drive from the turntable into the locoshed.

Thanks a lot!

Ryan

 

[Peter Armond]

Ryan,

Why would you want to put a diesel with a cab at each end on a turntable?? If your Class 60 is a Hornby it is a good 10-15mm shorter than their longest steam loco all of which fit onto the Hornby turntable.

I initially installed a Peco but there were two problems, first the bridge seemed to float, after several attempts it improved slightly but there was still a 1 to 2mm drop to the joining tracks. I fitted a Frizinghall motor but no matter how slow it went I only succeeded in aligning tracks about 60% of the time and there was no hope of my 5 year old grandson getting it to align exactly. I looked at the Fleischmann but discounted it on the basis of the weight and cost of getting it to this part of the world. Freight would have added a lot to what is already an expensive item.

So I have finished up with the Hornby. Despite the "toy" appearance on the box it actually does not look too bad when hacked around and weathered.

I have not finished the loco yard yet but have installed the hornby turntable, hacked off the plastic edging and wired it for DCC operation. I used some balsa wood scribed to look like planks then painted with wood stain and weathered with "coal" marks etc and used in between the track and to the side of the track on the bridge. The fencing I have scrapped a little and put a slight bend in a few of the horizontal bars to look well used. The well was painted Tar colour sprinkled with talc before it dried. Other parts have been painted with a combination of matt greys and Humbrol gun metal. The raised area where the little hut is now has a card top and painted to resemble weathered concrete. Have not decided whether to keep the existing hut or scratch build another but the existing one with a bit of weathering looks a lot better than it did.

The whole lot is sunk about 15mm into the baseboard so the joining tracks are all on the same level as the bridge. If left in the original state on a flat baseboard there is an unrealistic slope up to the bridge. I have 6 tracks leaving the turntable, one still to do. With 4 of these I have used the small pieces of track which Hornby supply, with the support under one end cut off. With the 5th I have aligned Peco Code 75 right up to the bridge.

At present operation is still analogue but I may fit a chip later and have it under DCC control.

On the whole I am pleased. Tracks line correctly every time. On the negative side the bridge stops at every exit point including those not in use and the motor is a little noisy but not as noisy as the Frizinghall one. The other down side is that the exit tracks are built for set track geometry so if you want a couple of parallel tracks to go into say an engine shed you are going to have set track "6 foot ways". I overcame that but having a large radius Y point leading straight from one of the exits.

As mentioned I still have much to do to finish off the loco yard, but will take some photos and post once it is complete.

 

[Ryan]

Hello,

I wan't to put a diesel with cabs on both sides, because on one side of the locomotive, I placed that realistic front. (I'll hope you understand what I mean

) So you can't put a coupling on it.

So if I understand it correctly, you've got Hornby's turntable, but it stops on every exit?
Because I'll don't wan't that, I'll just wan't a turntable wich turns to the right exit in one time.
And to make it DCC, you must put a chip on the downside of your turntable? (Cause I'll don't think you'll place the chip on the upside.

)

Hmmm...I've looked for the peco turntable, and now I'm on the website of Frizinghall Models & railways, but I'll see the Fleischmann's turntable and they says it is in gauge H0/00, so there are not much differents between them I'll think.
But does it need a chip to?

Thanks a lot!

Ryan

 

[Dennis David]

I would really like to see it. I am using a Fleischmann N-Scale turntable on my layout with 16 stalls. Not sure if I will use DCC on it since at has electronic control already. The round house is made of 8 kits by Faller. The service area uses Faller, Kibri, Volmer and Arnold kits.

Oh and Ryan I think turntables and roundhouses are really for steam locomotives and are only used for diesels when one already existed.

 

[Ryan]

Hello,

Yes, I'll know, but I'll always wanted a turntable on my layout.

Hmm...Brawa mades a "Schiebebühne", I'll don't know they are still making it. But does England use these things?

Ryan

 

[neil_s_wood]

Walthers do a good turntable. It doesn't seem to have building attached. Not a very big one anyway.

 

[Ryan]

I'm thinking about Fleischmann's Rolls Royce

. (Fleischmann's biggest turntable) That one looks great!
But on the internet I'll found a english shop and it say's it's in gauge H0/00, is it the same turntable, or does fleischmann made 2, one in H0 gauge, and a nother one in 00 gauge?
I'll already found the turntable for €220.

 

[Brian Considine]

QUOTE (Ryan @ 3 Sep 2006, 14:41) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I'm thinking about Fleischmann's Rolls Royce

. (Fleischmann's biggest turntable) That one looks great!
But on the internet I'll found a english shop and it say's it's in gauge H0/00, is it the same turntable, or does fleischmann made 2, one in H0 gauge, and a nother one in 00 gauge?
I'll already found the turntable for €220.

Hi Ryan - Fleischmann only make it in HO, however the track gauge is the same as OO at 16.5mm so it is suitable for use with OO and is in fact the same item.

It's a good bit of kit & reliable, also it will go well with your Profi Track.

best regards
Brian

 

[Ryan]

Hello,

Yes, but I'll think the differents between the turntable and the locomotive are not big. So I'll think it will be a good turntable for a 00 gauge layout, isn't it?

Ryan

 

[Peter Armond]

QUOTE So if I understand it correctly, you've got Hornby's turntable, but it stops on every exit?

Yes

QUOTE And to make it DCC, you must put a chip on the downside of your turntable? (Cause I'll don't think you'll place the chip on the upside. )

The motor is under the little house in a raised area to one side of the Turntable. As I am still using on analogue I have not chipped, but there seems plenty of room to install a chip.

 

[neil_s_wood]

Is there any real benefit to dcc control of a turntable?

 

[Dennis David]

I think if you wanted to automate it but for me I can't see a benefit I already have a little dial.

 

[Lancashire Fusilier]

The Walthers one looks very good. How would that suit a British layout - fairly realistic? Does it index though?

 

[neil_s_wood]

QUOTE (Lancashire Fusilier @ 5 Sep 2006, 17:47) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>The Walthers one looks very good. How would that suit a British layout - fairly realistic? Does it index though?
The problem there is that this particular turntable is designed to carry a big boy and so a British 00 loco would look a bit lost even though the turntable is HO scale.

 

[dwb]

>a British 00 loco would look a bit lost
Railway companies always seem to match their turntable size to their largest locos. Here's a current example

David

 

[Ryan]

Tomorrow I'm going to buy Fleischmann's Rolls Royce in Gouda, it's sells Fleischmann's turntable very cheap; €221!!

(6152)

 

[Peter Armond]

QUOTE Is there any real benefit to dcc control of a turntable?

As mentioned I have mine under analogue control using a redundant Hornby controller with the speed set at about one third and an on off switch on the control panel.

The only advantage I can see of having under DCC control is that I would not have to go to the control panel to turn it on or off, but then as points are also under analogue control I have to go to the control panel anyway!!

 

[Dennis David]

I think that's the only reason or if you want to create automatic routes that start at the roundhouse. The Fleischmann turntable already comes with a motor, indexing and a dial for a controller so DCC here is overkill in my opinion.

 

[neil_s_wood]

Thanks for that guys. I am going to get a Fleischmann turntable for my new layout and have an old analogue controller which I can use for that. I couldn't see any reall benefit to having it DCC but I thought maybe there was something I had overlooked.

 

[Dennis David]

My Fleischmann turntable comes with a controller.