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I have an HO Diamond Scale 134' turntable that I built around 15 years ago. It looked great but was never a reliable performer. The white metal castings holding the wheels tended to bend with the weight of larger engines and I could never get a nice smooth rotation. I also found it frustrating without indexing. The uneven operation made it even more difficult to align manually. The bridge got damaged during my move 12 years ago so I lost interest in trying to make it work properly. While I was into 3-rail O gauge I picked up a partial 24" Bowser turntable with the idea of rebuilding it but I found it was a pretty klutzy design and not reliable or substantial enough to be a worthwhile project. It was one of the older ones and I have heard they have been reworked for improved performance but I was really disappointed with the one I had. Now that I'm back into HO, I am really hoping that the new Walthers Modern 130' turntable will be a reliable one. If so, I am going with it. Proper operation is the most important aspect of a turntable. Although it does need to have at the least the potential to look realistic, if it doesn't perform the function gracefully and reliably, it is worthless to me.
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