Quote from: Newportnobby on Today at 09:42:01 AMCould you scratch build something out of, say, a Pringles top?*

*other snacks chomps are available 

Yes, but he doesn't need hundreds, 'cos, y'know once you pop...

Just been listening to Black Sabbath "Back to the Beginning" on YouTube, not sure if I should post the video because of the swearing in it. The video was however professionally produced and sounded good to me. Set list War Pigs, N.I.B, Iron Man and Paranoid.

End of an era I guess but I am pleased that Ozzy (76), Tony (77), Geezer (75) and especially Bill (77) were able to bow out together after 57 years.

Tim 

I, too, considered the Peco ones for a couple I needed for Broughton but felt that the were too small.
Since all I needed was for them to look about right and to allow wagons to pass across in one route only, I cobbled some up from plasticard and some lengths of rail.



Once the ballast and ground works around them was done they look pretty fair and wagons do run across them on the desired routes.

Quote from: Steven B on Today at 09:54:38 AMDo you want the be able to drive locos over it? If you're coping a prototype location, what was used there?

Would locos have been allowed to run over them?

I've assumed not in the case of Broughton, so mine are within the isolated ends of the sidings - wagons from beyond the turntables have to be recovered using a few more wagons to reach them.

Assuming you want a flat deck table rather than a well type how about about using the base of a CD case and then cut down a CD to give you the table size you're after?

Has been done in the past but cannot remember where I read about it.

Scratch building one from a milk bottle top would give you something about the correct size going a bit smaller might be better however so possibly even a coke bottle top.

Quote from: Roy H on Today at 09:28:36 AMThanks for your comments, with reference to the Peco Wagon Turntable I guess what I should have said 'not fit for my purpose' as I'm sure they are very useful in many circumstances just not mine.

What is it that you're trying ti achieve? We'll be able to give better suggestions if we know more.

What size? Static or functional? Do you want the be able to drive locos over it? If you're coping a prototype location, what was used there?

Actually, scratch building was something that came to my mind.

Could you scratch build something out of, say, a Pringles top?*

*other snacks chomps are available 

So sorry to hear this, Chris.
Maybe we should live our lives in reverse I.e. start off old and get younger each year. We'd bow out in spectacular fashion 

Thanks for your comments, with reference to the Peco Wagon Turntable I guess what I should have said 'not fit for my purpose' as I'm sure they are very useful in many circumstances just not mine.

As in many cases my reality is/will be somewhat different from the real reality, as with the advert; I want it to do things "other can't do" or something like that.

Yer, I seem to remember seeing something somewhere sometime about an alternative wagon turntable but can't for the life me remember what, where or who

I'll see if the Faller one mentioned might do the job - I've not looked at that.

Thanks again.
Roy