I,m on developing the shed area and am going to use the Dapol turntable just as a scenic feature as it is surface mounted what was used in the inner ring was it concrete or gravel or either?

brian

from old photos i have seen both seem to have been used in fact i remember a photo of the one that used to be at ranalagh bridge here is a piccy on the link below Brian

http://www.nrm.org.uk/exhibitions/photo/large/ranelagh.asp

cheers brian

hi Brian, i had one of those on my old layout,i put ballast grit in the middle
it looked fine.

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Thanks for that just wasn,t sure as Owen remarks the ballast grit would look ok you havn,t by any chance got a photo of it  from your old layout Owen ?

yes i have mate and i tried to post it but it seems it is the wrong format,
i am searching photobucket as of now.

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found it …

That's a jpg file according to it's properties and will load fine into the Gallery.

Bob yes sir it is, but i tried to upload from my photo gallery on my compy
that is when i found it wrong , this one is on photobucket and they convert for you.

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Nice one Owen that will give me some good idea of what it will look like:doublethumb.
How did you lay the rails on the table ?

thanks Brian, the rails i had trouble making them stick so i used "plastic
rivets", inother words i drilled the sleepers and deck then put 2mm
plastic rod through and used my soldering iron to melt the ends,
lasted for 20yrs so i can recomend it. only 3 ,one at each end one in the middle.

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Thanks Owen I will keep that in mind for when I fit the rails:thumbs

Hi Diesel,

I built a Peco turntable and wondered what to put in the bottom. I found photo's of both so I opted for finescale grey gravel well weathered. It seemed to look better than the concrete. I'm afraid I'm a month off getting back home to Spain so can't post a photo till end September. If you haven't moved forward by then, let me know and I'll stick one up.

Les

Thanks Les that would be good .

Les It would a shame for you to miss the festival of railway modelling . the east of England showground  oct 17 and 18 . Novice and i will go there again . Better than warley Good show ,a pleasent lounge bar ,a proper restaraunt (no bendy card plates )  Could you not stretch to that date?     Come to think of it ,its fairly central we could have a y m r meet up there if its within reasonable distance from any member .

Hi Reg,

I am back in Spain at the end of September for a rest after this mammoth job here for which I have had precious little time off. I am however coming back to the UK again just for one week on 16 October. Given that I will need a day to recover from jet lag (ha ha) I could make the Sunday (18th) and would love to come. Let's set it up.:thumbs

Les

Not sure if these help but here is my Dapol turntable, Ive used it for On30 but the basic kit is still there to see











John

Thanks rjr they will help :doublethumbI see you have modified yours slightly how did you get the rail to bend in a circle ?

Have completed the turntable but the setting dont look right I know it is surface mounted but I dont think it would have a ramp leading up to it it still needs setting into the baseboard like rjr,s and maybe Owen could tell me how he did his .

Brian,the dapol table was originally designed to be used with the old
hornby/triang track with the foam underlay,this put it all level.
to make it level now i drew a circle using the corner of the table
as my guide, then it`s a case of useing a jigsaw to cut the circle out of the baseboard
( or a router ) then fitting it all back again,i did make four adjustable lugs to rest it on so i could level it up underneath,just wood squares with a screw threw.
all sounds a faff written here but the whole lot only took me about an hr.

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That,s what I thought Owen ah well some major surgery needed but thats for another day I,m on with another part of layout at moment .