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Well I'll start this one off.. Not sure tho. if this would be a AOTW, OR BOTW?????
I'm not even sure its what it "looks" to be!
To me..... at first glance, it looks to be a Rivarossi turntable..... POWERED! BUT, then this is what I got to the whole thing, nothing more.... SO, anyone with any info on this, I'd be GREATRFUL in hearing about (or reading about it in this case) on what this truly is, BUT with that Rivarossi, OR AHM motor, I thought for $2.00 it was worth the loss if nothing else!
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Posted - November 24 2013 : 6:39:57 PM
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I'm gonna GUESS, based on what I can see - it is indeed a turntable minus the base, track section and the shack or shanty that goes over the motor.
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Posted - November 24 2013 : 6:46:33 PM
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Well.. I know its a turntable.... the question is, by whom!
The motor is what caught my eye! that's an oldish AHM or Rivarossi motor, what looks to have been used in the 0-4-0's or even the 0-6-0's.......Runs pretty well too I might add. Its interesting that the gear that "powers" the movement, is a "cog system" that would catch the ties in the pit rail "ties" as the ties would be the Cog system, opposite counterpart...... Like a rack and pinion set up....
Interesting design to say the least!
~John
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Posted - November 24 2013 : 7:02:01 PM
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Well John WHATEVER it is, was definitely worth the $2
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Posted - November 24 2013 : 7:19:46 PM
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yeah I thought so! I seen it the second I walked through the door......to the Vendor area.....was like yep that's going with me.... My friend that I was with said "Not even going to talk them down, was like nahhhh....I got a pretty good idea its worth 2 bucks!"
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Posted - November 24 2013 : 7:25:04 PM
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Might as well throw something out while I'm here - a Hallmark Church from the "Sarah Plain and Tall" series in 1994 I think. You see this set of buildings in almost every other flea market and antique store, at least it seems so! But it's not a bad model and also happens to be HO scale 
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Posted - November 24 2013 : 7:33:23 PM
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Jerry,
Who made that ? That really is a nice Church.....Nice detail too, I would venture a guess to say you done some painting on it tho!
~John
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Posted - November 24 2013 : 8:35:46 PM
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With what is left of the turntable, all that is useable is the mechanism and the railings. Yes it is a Riverossi turntable. It is a indexing turntable and does align with a specific track. It also supplies power to that track. I have one.
Rivarossi #5014.
here is what it says about the turntable. And I quote:
Instruzioni per l'installazione, l'uso La Manutenzione Della Piattaforma Girevole Automatica " Yep that says it all.
frank
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Posted - November 24 2013 : 8:44:27 PM
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quote:Jerry,
Who made that ? That really is a nice Church.....Nice detail too, I would venture a guess to say you done some painting on it tho!
Originally posted by EM-1Â -Â November 24 2013Â :Â 7:33:23 PM
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EM - believe it or not Hallmark Cards made that church  . Came as part of a set of 4-5 other buildings: a couple houses, a general store, not sure what all else at the moment. Based on some kind of Christmas movie they did. Good part is that yes, they are pretty decent buildings, and the right scale - the only problem was that they all had some degree of Christmas decorations on them. So...yes I did some careful painting and a little bit of weathering to get away from the "Christmasy" look and to make them a little more realistic. That church fit the space on my layout perfectly
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Posted - November 24 2013 : 9:04:39 PM
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Here is the turntable.
 
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Posted - November 24 2013 : 11:43:35 PM
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Jerry,
That's cool tho!!! Hallmark.. interesting to even think they were HO scale!
Frank, that's a NICE one you have there.........any degree on use of it? Looks as tho only a fraction of the circle is used for tracks coming off to go to a Roundhouse! OR are my eyes deceiving me?
~John
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Posted - November 25 2013 : 12:36:07 AM
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John,
Here's a picture of it from the 63 AHM catalog with the Rivarossi roundhouse. Everything in the photo is Rivarossi.
http://www.hoseeker.org/ahminformation/ahmcatalog1963page01.jpg
Interesting how their advertising an economy Consolidation. I've never seen one without valve gear.
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Posted - November 25 2013 : 12:57:24 AM
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Nelson,
That's awesome that that part is that old! OR somewhere there of.... (Not sure how long they made those Rossi turntables.) I will however figure out how I can use that unit for what I paid for it...... but, I bet you knew that!
I say this as I don't know if I'll EVER find any more... that's the first I have EVER even seen one never mind find a complete one! I noticed the motor........first thing!
~John
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 Posted - November 25 2013 : 12:02:41 PM
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My offering this week....." the other side of the tracks"
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Posted - November 25 2013 : 12:11:49 PM
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My BOTW:
Ezra Cooper's Garage as displayed at the Western Pennsylvania Model Rail Road Museum. Paid it a visit this past weekend. I have one of these but it is tucked away in storage.
Bellow is an image of mine (a past BOTW offering):
Sean
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Posted - November 25 2013 : 2:14:56 PM
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Nice "other side of the tracks" scene!!!! LOVE the added "Bad side" to see a glimpse of the dark side people often forget to model!
Sean, the interior you show in this a garage or? GREAT looking no matter what it is, to represent....GREAT use of interior details!
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Posted - November 25 2013 : 5:04:06 PM
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Wow those are some impressive scenes!
Mike - where did you find those police cars?
Sean - that is inspirational for sure. So much detail!
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Posted - November 25 2013 : 7:57:25 PM
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| Dig the scenes. Cops hasslin' hookers and that super detailed garage. Seein' that garage and how you can see some neat stuff through the open door even without taking the roof off brings home to me how important it is to make sure you can see the details from the outside before you [maybe semi-] permanently attach them. I put this pot bellied stove in a little freight station . . . never to be seen again . . . without taking a bunch of stuff apart. Those old cop cars and that "woody" up the street and the people. Very cool. It's amazing how many people it takes to put together some of the scenes you want to be comparable to real life.
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Posted - November 27 2013 : 10:44:22 PM
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quote:Wow those are some impressive scenes!
Mike - where did you find those police cars?
Sean - that is inspirational for sure. So much detail!
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â November 25 2013Â :Â 5:04:06 PM
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Jerry:
The police car's are from I believe Lifelike,gotem a bunch of years ago...
Mike
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Posted - November 27 2013 : 11:57:10 PM
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Yep I got to thinking I had seen something like them somewhere, then it hit me I have a set of taxi cabs based on that same vehicle.
Those police cars work well with the scene
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Posted - November 30 2013 : 11:49:18 AM
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Just finished the quarters for Rescue 3 and TL 1,bldg. started out as B.Moore sewing Co. from DPM,hope you like it.
Mike
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Posted - November 30 2013 : 10:26:48 PM
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Looking great yellowiron...you have a real feel for city scenes.
Although it looks like a fire hazard on the roof of Mohawk apartments!
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Posted - December 01 2013 : 09:08:21 AM
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| hi yellowiron,great scenes,surprised you get time to enjoy the layout ken
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Posted - December 01 2013 : 3:13:26 PM
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quote:Looking great yellowiron...you have a real feel for city scenes.
Although it looks like a fire hazard on the roof of Mohawk apartments!
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â November 30 2013Â :Â 10:26:48 PM
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Damn I knew I should have had maintenance clean up that roof before the photo was taken...
Anywho,thanks for the kind words on the build....
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Posted - December 01 2013 : 3:20:29 PM
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quote:hi yellowiron,great scenes,surprised you get time to enjoy the layout ken
Originally posted by catfordken - December 01 2013 : 09:08:21 AM
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Hi Ken,thanks for the thumbs up,yeah I do get time to work on the layout on weekend's and when I have vavcation time which I did have this week for Thanksgiving,took Friday as a Vacation day and along with the weekend I gave myself a 4 day mini vacation..
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