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 Posted - July 14 2012 : 9:22:23 PM
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Here is a simple customization for a Fleischmann turntable. I wanted to simulate the type of truss-bridge turntables that the Southern Pacific had in the Bay Area, so I kitbashed the trusses using Tyco bridges. These are the ones that came in the over-and-under sets, I believe.
/tyco/forum/uploaded/Redwoods/bridge_under_const.jpg
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/tyco/forum/uploaded/Redwoods/loco_on_table.jpg
Here is a link to some pictures of SP turntables:
http://wx4.org/to/foam/sp/san_fran/turn/tables.html
There was a lot of cutting and gluing, but I think the final result looks good. I simply glued the trusses to the top deck of the existing turntable bridge.
-Thomas
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Posted - July 14 2012 : 9:27:16 PM
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Nice...
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Posted - July 14 2012 : 9:39:15 PM
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dang fine job. looks great.
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Posted - July 15 2012 : 07:15:14 AM
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A creative use of Tyco parts to make something different. You call it simple but it looks complex when completed. It really matches the prototype Nice, Red!
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Edited by - Alco Fan on July 15 2012 07:16:45 AM
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Posted - July 15 2012 : 10:27:04 AM
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That really looks great Thomas!
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Posted - July 17 2012 : 5:42:05 PM
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 very nice
You gonna add the overhead thing that goes from a power pole to the turntable?
It won't fit a Big Boy hehehe
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Posted - July 17 2012 : 7:20:35 PM
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| That looks great! Very classy
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Posted - July 17 2012 : 7:57:56 PM
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Yup, I think I'll fashion the "overhead thing" out of brass. The turntable is also too small for my Bachmann GS4, but it's good for just about all my other steamers, the bulk of which are 2-8-0's or smaller.
BTW, does anyone know the correct term for the "overhead thing" that connects the bridge to power?
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Posted - July 18 2012 : 05:18:15 AM
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That overhead thing I've alway heard them called "Center Arches"...
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Posted - July 18 2012 : 12:03:41 PM
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| Sounds about right EM. - Thomas
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Posted - July 22 2012 : 9:39:54 PM
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drat came in too late for the pictures 
just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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Posted - July 23 2012 : 11:35:50 AM
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Well isn't that strange... anyway, here they are reposted:
-Thomas
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