Korber Round House & Millhouse Turntable

In my Opinion, This is a Really Beautiful Job, a Super Scene, and a great Focal Point for Viewing. Great looking Finish on the Korber Roundhouse, Beautiful job on the MillHouse Tutntable..I GIVE IT A WOW!

Pete,

  I love the entire scene, you've done some very nice work. The roundhouse and turntable are top notch products.

Thanks,

Alex

Me too Pete....I agree with my friends above, you did a beautiful job.  Now that you have time on your hands, how about taking a trip to my place and get my roundhouse and turntable project done...I have only been working on it for two years!!

Alan

Very nice looking scene Pete.

Pete, Looks very nice. Congrats!!!

Thanks for the kind words! I find after 30 years of law enforcement that this hobby has a very calming effect except when.....lol......I have an electrical problem or a troublesome switch on my layout!

Pete, Thank you for the kind words. Great job on the whole scene. You really move fast for the amount of time that has past since you received your turntable.

Pete,

Good job buddy

I was wondering how big it was when I spotted the control unit in the lower right hand corner.  Man that thing is HUGE

Pete,

Wonderful work!

You have done a great job with two great products.

It does take up some real estate and thats not even the 34 inch one.  I went with the 28"

due to the size constraint of my layout.  It really is a well made turntable and the Korber roundhouse is equally nice.

Pete

You can handle a lot of engines on a TT that is 28".  This older Diamond Scale has 26 1/2" of bridge track.
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Another concern with the Korber 304 and smaller TT's is the fan pattern of the tracks. It works well with (4) stalls as pictured but the outside (2) tracks, centered in the doors are not centered in the bays. They are closer to the side walls.  Add a couple more stalls and the problem is more pronounced.  A larger Korber 304, (6) stalls and more, works best with a 30 to 34" TT. with out curving the tracks.  Rich has design information on the Korber website.  Additional information related to older Bowser TT's

True....but as Rich indicated on his website, the further you place the roundhouse from the turntable, even in a 3-4 stall kit, the less you need to bend the tracks.  I believe 16 inches from roundhouse to turntable is optimal for no bending of track, if you have the room.  But as Mike CT posted consult the diagram on Rich's website.   Rich even provides a nice template in the kit so you can get an idea how much room you need.

Pete

With the Diamond Scale TT this is the track layout with about 12" between the edge of the TT and the doors of the Korber 304 house.   Note the left track parallels the outside wall and is not in the center of the bay, wider gap between windows.  Tracks are set straight from the center of the TT and center of the door opening. 

The next track to the left has a bend in it.

 Both Rich and Al will work with you on this.  Keep in mind the combination of a TT and RH is a fair amount of space and there is some planning involved. The diorama pictured at the beginning of this thread is an excellent example of how to put an RH and TT in a small space.   Mike CT 

Pete,

That is a very nice scene that you made.  I have limited space and will most likely go for the smallest TT----the Millhouse TT looks great.   What is the footprint for this scene,front to back?

On my layout the length of the approaching track,TT size,and engine house length are somewhat limited.  I would like to be able to approximate what you did.

Norm

Hi Norm

i just measured out the dimensions of my Korber RH for you.  It is as follows:

If you order the extra stall like I did, the dimensions of the RH increase to 40" wide x 30" long.  I utilized gar grave flex track inside the RH. 

The length of track from the RH door openings to the Millhouse TT is 8 inches......(that distance can be reduced further but you will need to bend the track further inside the RH). The TT is 28"

The whole layout has been placed on a 75" long x 52" wide 3/4 " plywood board. 

Note the Millhouse TT wall is 1 1/2" high..."using 3/4 " plywood I needed to use 3/4" wood shims To make it flush to the top of the layout.

Hope this helps

Pete

Thank you .  I think that the smallest Millhose TT will work for me along with Korber RH.

Norm

Norm:

What are you doing up at 2:30 AM.     Turntable project most be very important?

TT/ RH space pictured  is 7ft X 5ft. 

Best wishes with your project.

Mike