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Show me your Roundhouse and Crane Pics - new title old thread
Posted by BigDaddy on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 3:34 PM

I am reconsidering a roundhouse, currently I have a rectangular 2 bay building.  Looking for ideas beyond Walthers and Atlas.  I don't really need a massive roundhouse, but all pics are welcome.  There are old threads on this subject, but most have been photobucketed.

Tell us who manufacturer was.

Thank

 
 

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Posted by selector on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 3:39 PM

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Posted by BigDaddy on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 3:46 PM

Nice is that an Atlas?

 

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Posted by RR_Mel on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 4:30 PM

My roundhouse is HO and made from two Korber #104 kits.  Most of my steam locomotives are biggies so I needed a deep roundhouse.  I bought two kits so that I could extend the depth to 20”.  Because of the large footprint I only have 5 stalls.
 
I goes great with my 135’ turntable (18½”) also to handle the biggies.
 
 
 
 
 
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Posted by BigDaddy on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 5:39 PM

Howard Zane roundhouse.  He has 3 of them, I don't know why I didn't take pics of all of them when I had the chance.

blow this one up big and look at the detail

 
 

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Posted by SouthPenn on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 10:05 PM

Wow, some gorgeous roundhouses.

Mine is old and been sitting and waiting on being finished. I believe it is a Heljan.

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Posted by selector on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 11:59 PM

BigDaddy

Nice is that an Atlas?

 
 

Thank-you.  Yes, I think it is.  It was a Cornerstone kit...is that right?  It didn't fit well with the Walthers 90' "Built Up" indexable turntable.  I had to set the TT back at least six inches from the pit flange lip and curve the bay tracks from the pit lip a bit.

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Posted by BigDaddy on Friday, November 24, 2017 8:17 PM

Bumping my own post.  Surely there are more than 4 turntables on this forum

 

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Posted by mlehman on Saturday, November 25, 2017 5:35 AM

Mine is made from the Cibolo Crossing Duango wall castings. Monster Models has this out as a kit now IIRC with their own castings. This older distant shot shows the location and approaches.

The framing.

The fron. The vent stacks are Grandt and the ventilators are Cibolo Crossing.

I used the Grandt roundhouse doors because they are based on those at DurangoWink

Then there are some lights (LEDS).

 

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Posted by railandsail on Saturday, November 25, 2017 7:07 AM

Here is an 'open top' one i saw recently on a gentleman's layout...

 

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Posted by richhotrain on Saturday, November 25, 2017 7:14 AM

BigDaddy

I am reconsidering a roundhouse, currently I have a rectangular 2 bay building.  Looking for ideas beyond Walthers and Atlas.  I don't really need a massive roundhouse, but all pics are welcome.   

BigDaddy

Bumping my own post.  Surely there are more than 4 turntables on this forum 

Henry, are you looking for pics of roundhouses other than Walthers and Atlas?

That may be the reason that so few pics are being posted. Most are Walthers and Atlas. Mine is a Walthers 9-bay (6-stalls plus a 3-stall add-on).

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Posted by BigDaddy on Saturday, November 25, 2017 7:31 AM

Personally I am looking for a smaller one, but pics of all roundhouses are welcome. 

 

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Posted by railandsail on Saturday, November 25, 2017 7:42 AM

BigDaddy

Personally I am looking for a smaller one, but pics of all roundhouses are welcome. 

I assume you saw that one from DrWayne, on this forum?

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, November 25, 2017 7:57 AM

I do noty have a layout right now, but I can show you the cardboard model of what the roundhouse will look like.

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The actual structure will need to be scratchbuilt.

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Posted by railandsail on Saturday, November 25, 2017 8:05 AM

This is a 3 stall one I 'stuffed' into a Atlas track plan,..

 

BTW, the turntable deck was fashioned from the Atlas 'curved cord bridge decks' mounted onto upside down Atlas deck bridges

 

There was a time I even considered making a turntable deck out of the whole curved-cord bridge.

 

Was just long enough for an HO Big Boy if I remember correctly

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Posted by BigDaddy on Saturday, November 25, 2017 8:22 AM

railandsail

I assume you saw that one from DrWayne, on this forum?

I try to read all his posts, but one does not come to mind.  Do you remember which thread?

 

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Posted by mbinsewi on Saturday, November 25, 2017 12:27 PM

At one time, I wanted to fit a small roundhouse on my layout, but I decided on making the space a transloading area.

Anyway, I did some googling around, and Voller, Heljan and Kibri also make kits.  They might be a little to "Europeanish" for what your doing, but the Kibri roundhouse is a gable end, like a big barn, and not like your typical Atlas or Walthers kit.  It still might be a little "Europey".

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Posted by hornblower on Monday, November 27, 2017 1:56 PM

Don't forget scratchbuilding as an alternative!  I recently completed the shell of a new 3-stall roundhouse for my layout (still needs a few details).  The base building is made of .040" sheet styrene. The siding is printed on paper using Evans Design software, applied to the styrene using double sided tape and weathered with artist's pastels.  The roofing is 220 grit sandpaper applied to the styrene roof using spray adhesive, then weathered with pastels and an alcohol thinned black wash.  Window castings are from Tichy Train Group.  The greatest advantages to scratchbuilding are that you can make a building that can't be found on anyone else's layout plus you can create a building that fits your layout style, era and space. You don't have to lay your tracks to fit someone else's building!

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Posted by BATMAN on Monday, November 27, 2017 2:21 PM

I don't have much to show as my RH is currently topless. I just thought I would mention that I placed my TT and RH on a removable piece of foam that I lift out and take into my office to work on. The electrics just unplug. Come moving day I will be able to move the unit as a whole and place it in the new layout.

  

Crandell, what colour is that on your RH doors? I like it.Thumbs Up

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Posted by BigDaddy on Monday, November 27, 2017 3:10 PM

Scratchbuilding is definitely in the running.  The double stick tape doesn't create ridges underneath or is the whole wall double stick tape?

 

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Posted by selector on Monday, November 27, 2017 5:18 PM

I hate to admit it, Brent, but I just dirtied up the plastic the way it came in the kit.  I liked it as well, so the plastic, factory-tinted, is what you see, grimed up. 

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Posted by Pruitt on Monday, November 27, 2017 6:32 PM

This was my big roundhouse in the very early stages of construction. It's a Walthers Modern Roundhouse with three add-on kits for a total of 12 stalls. Three were to be extended. The plan was to extensively modify the walls to more closely match the NP Laurel MT roundhouse.

Sorry about the off-color photo.

Work on the roundhouse stopped when I had to disassemble the layout because of a family tragedy. It will be completed after I retire and permanently relocate.

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Posted by railandsail on Monday, November 27, 2017 7:04 PM

BigDaddy

 

 
railandsail

I assume you saw that one from DrWayne, on this forum?

 

I try to read all his posts, but one does not come to mind.  Do you remember which thread?

 
 

I don't know how to reference an individual posting on this forum. So i will try this one attempt to load a pic of his, but he has many more. I'll write him a note to see if he can post more.

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Posted by doctorwayne on Monday, November 27, 2017 10:57 PM

BigDaddy

railandsail

I assume you saw that one from DrWayne, on this forum?

 

 
So many nicely-done ones (and good-looking turntables, too) have already been shown, that I'm a little embarrassed to show mine.

This one, still in the state shown, is on the upper level of the layout...

It's built from a Korber three-stall kit, with two additional stalls. I shortened four of the stalls as shown, then the fifth one even more, to accommodate a track running around and behind it .  The track leads to a lift-out over the entry aisle to the layout room, and beyond that, the north end staging yard on the other side of the aisle.  The walls and floor were assembled using JB Weld and machine screws, so the entire structure, including the track up to the turntable pit, is one assembly.
My locomotives will all fit into the longer stalls, and the shorter one is good enough for Moguls and Ten-Wheelers.

There are faux inspection pits, and I'll eventually get around to finishing the roof trusses.  My intention is to have a one-piece removeable roof, so that I can add some interior details - no lights, though...that's a slippery slope that I have no desire to venture upon again.



The turntable is from a Walthers kit, the 90'-er about which many have complained.  Mine was the unpowered version, but I've temporarily installed a drive motor (out of a scanner, or disc player, I think).  It works okay, but needs some refinement and a better way of indexing it - the main reason why I prefer a totally manual version.

This is my other roundhouse, or, more properly stated, was originally a Vollmer three stall roundhouse...



When I realised that there wasn't room for a roundhouse where I had planned to put it (well, the layout was built without a plan, so I simply supposed that it would fit somewhere near the turntable) I took the assembled structure apart and re-arranged its walls.  The roof is removeable and originally was lighted, too.  It had a small overhead crane inside, but that was removed, along with the lighting, when I made a few minor improvements.
Here's a view from the northwest side...

The overhead crane and runway is scratchbuilt, a composite based on several real ones.
There's another former enginehouse at this terminal, originally a Kibri (I think) single stall structure.  I built it with the two long sides facing the aisle, with a scratchbuilt lean-to (offices, change house, parts storage) on the normally unseen side.  This one's used as a combined car-repair and paint shop...

Wayne

 

 

 
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Posted by railandsail on Monday, November 27, 2017 11:25 PM

doctorwayne

 

 

This is my other roundhouse, or, more properly stated, was originally a Vollmer three stall roundhouse...



When I realised that there wasn't room for a roundhouse where I had planned to put it (well, the layout was built without a plan, so I simply supposed that it would fit somewhere near the turntable) I took the assembled structure apart and re-arranged its walls.  The roof is removeable and originally was lighted, too.  It had a small overhead crane inside, but that was removed, along with the lighting, when I made a few minor improvements.
Here's a view from the northwest side...

The overhead crane and runway is scratchbuilt, a composite based on several real ones.
There's another former enginehouse at this terminal, originally a Kibri (I think) single stall structure.  I built it with the two long sides facing the aisle, with a scratchbuilt lean-to (offices, change house, parts storage) on the normally unseen side.  This one's used as a combined car-repair and paint shop...

 

That's the one I was thinking of,....great adaptation !

Would you have the original photos of those that are NOT on that photobucket site? I would love to be able to save those on my computer (or printed out) for future reference??

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Posted by BigDaddy on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 2:53 AM

Thanks, I do not remember seeing those pictures before.

railandsail
Would you have the original photos of those that are NOT on that photobucket site? I would love to be able to save those on my computer (or printed out) for future reference??

On other forums, in other hobbies, copying someone's pictures or comments is looked down upon.  I am not trying to lecture you, I don't know Wayne well enough to know how he feels about that.  It looks like these came from this forum so in a sense, they are public or least meant for this forum.

If you did want to do that, Photobucket makes it a little tricky, but not impossible and you can see them without the endless popup ads.

  • Go to photobucket and wait for the flurry of popups to slow down
  • Right click on the picture and select View Image
  • You should have a new tab open with just the picture and no ads
  • Right click that picture and select Save Image
  • Open a folder that you have previously created and right click in it and select Paste

If you try to skip step 2, it saves a picture that can't be opened.

 

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Posted by railandsail on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 7:40 AM

BigDaddy

 If you did want to do that, Photobucket makes it a little tricky, but not impossible and you can see them without the endless popup ads

  • Go to photobucket and wait for the flurry of popups to slow down
  • Right click on the picture and select View Image
  • You should have a new tab open with just the picture and no ads
  • Right click that picture and select Save Image
  • Open a folder that you have previously created and right click in it and select Paste

If you try to skip step 2, it saves a picture that can't be opened.

I tried that and I thought the stream of ads would NEVER stop. Finally I got the photo and right clicked on it. It stated it was a jpg image, with no reference to Photobucket. It saved it as a IrfanView jpg image as that is my photo imaging software. But when I went to open it, I got some pop up box saying it "can't read the 'file header', unknown file format or file not found" ??

BTW, I sure wish we would return to those days when you were required to print on the photo the copyright logo, and the word copyright if the owner wanted to place restrictions on such actions.

I get inspired by model scenes I view at shows, at home tours, etc,....and for the most part I think the owners/creators of those scenes are more inclined to appreciate someone admiring their modeling work. Perhaps there are more commerical enterprizes that would look on that differently, and they should let that be known by placing a copyright logo/message on their photos.

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Posted by TrainzLuvr on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 7:50 AM

@railandsail

Regardless whether a work is copyrighted or not, if it's in the public view and you are not reselling or altering the work then publishing it as your own, I would consider it falling under "fair use" doctrine and are free to take it for personal, educational, research, parody, etc. use.

You can look up "fair use" for more clarification if you wish.

Also, I do not understand why are you not running ad blockers such as uBlock Origin, which is a must have extension for any browser (Firefox, Chrome...). You just can't surf the web without these things anymore.

With Photobucket, generally once the image finally loads, you can right click over it and select "Open Image in New Tab" (at least in my Chromium browser I have that option).

It should load just the image in another tab, and from there you can right click over it and say "Save Image As"

EDIT: I just noticed BigDaddy wrote the same instructions above...oh well, repetition is mother of all sciences. :)

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Posted by railandsail on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 8:41 AM

Its not working for me. when I hit 'save as' it has a 'photobucket reference' in the web link/photo address.....whatever bulls--.

Screw photobucket !!! I knew they were a scam from the start. I only hope Youtube doesn't go this same route.

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Posted by BigDaddy on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 9:14 AM

Are you leaving out step 2?

 

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