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Walthers "New" Turntables - Discovery
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<p>[quote user="R. T. POTEET"]<br />. . . . . . . . . . and your problem is?<br /><br />It seems safe to me that considering the measurements you describe that you are either going to have to fill or sand to get things to work.<br /><br />[/quote]</p><p>No problem -- just reporting the facts. </p><p>Actually I am not going to do either. I am going to lower the turntable. A small amount of sanding of the layout base under the lip of the turntable will bring the lip down to match the Walthers/Shinohara track.</p><p>I have a lot of Walthers track left over from a previous layout that I plan to use in this area. Using Walthers track saves me a lot of ballast in an engine service are such as this where almost everything is buried in ballast and cinders.</p><p>0.020 difference in tie height X 980 square inches in the service/turntable/roundhouse area = 20 cubic inches of ballast saved.</p><p>Thanks,<br />-John</p><p> </p>
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