#RAILROAD TASKBOARD HOW TO#
#RAILROAD TASKBOARD UPDATE#

Since these kits are no longer made and the ones on E-bay are very high in price, I decided to try and design an build one.ĭave suggests using electronics for animating the table. I believe it resembles the roundhouse of John Allens G&D lines. Here's South River Modelworks block roundhouse. Here's a link to John Siekirks page which shows a wall from his roundhouse he is building. Now that I have the information I can design the roundhouse.

#RAILROAD TASKBOARD HOW TO#

What I was looking for was information on dimensions and how to lay out a turntable and roundhouse. I've got quite the collection of MR's and RMC's from the late 60's. I knew that there were articles in the model magazines, I just had to locate them. I like the looks of block style walls on roundhouses. I know it will be all good things to come! Unless you jump around with other projects from time to time, of irons in the fire, this will consume a lot of your construction time. And, if nothing else, it is going to be a very technical operation in progress. This is going to be an interesting journey from the sound of it all. By tomorrow I should be able to get it out of the form. Right now I’ve got some plaster cooking in a form. I’m going to see if I can make a master using this technique. I’ve been tossing around an idea that’s been written up in the model magazines several times, and that’s using crumpled foil to make rock formations. He’s in the process of building a rather large roundhouse.

I’ve also been following John Siekirk railroad adventures on the Modelers Forum as a non member. I came to the conclusion that I’ll use the kits for my HOn3 gauge section of the layout. What I didn’t like about the kit’s was that western railroad look. I was going to use the SSL kits as a template to build an HO roundhouse. Then last month I obtained two Scale Structures Limited Sterling, Colorado’s Roundhouses. So I think I’ve got all the info on designing and building a block/brick roundhouse. In the April 1967 issue of Model Railroader is an MR Clinic on layout a roundhouse. In the February 1972 issue is an article by Spike Trail on how to plan a roundhouse. Dakota round house and 90 foot turntable built in the 1900’s. Also in the March issue are plans for the Aberdeen S. In the March issue he shows how to build the turntable. In the February 1972 and the March 1972 issue Joe Kunzelmann shows construction of a free lance roundhouse based on the early style roundhouses. I’ve been going through my old Model Railroader magazines looking for articles on designing or the design of roundhouses.

#RAILROAD TASKBOARD UPDATE#

A bit of an update on my research for building a freelance roundhouse.

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