Hefty german roundhouse project!

[steinjr]

Sorry - should have translated the text - machine translation sometimes mangle German.

Here is an attempt to translate it into English:

On 10-Mar-2009 at 1914 hrs, Roman writes:

"Hi People -

at long good last, I also put my 20 stall roundhouse before you. Like the car barn, the roundhouse is also made out of milled PVC hard plastics. The turntable is from Roco.

All parts was drawn in Turbo Cad, and consequently milled. The roundhouse is also equipped with practical movable doors. Furthermore, it contains a grease pit. The tracks are fastened to the base. You can see more pictures on my web page <address not given>.

Greetings,
Roman"

On 10-MAR-2009 at 1951 hrs, Roman writes:

Hi people,

Construction time (Milling time) about 4 months (it still lacks interior lighting).
Material costs beyond 300 Euro (abt $380), but worth every cent.

Greetings
Roman

On 11-MAR-2009 at 1220 hrs, in response to Pepi suggesting that he starts manufacturing parts for sale and for Märklin turntables:

It wouldn't be a problem - I have also thrown around the thought of making small series (starting packs of 3-5 stalls, with an optional grease pit).

At the moment everything is drawn and milled base on a Roco turntable with 9 degrees between tracks, but any track angles are possible, but a lot would have to be changed - in principle a new construction.

Why not ? The more you use it, the lower the production cost, and one can look into the wishes of others.

My next project is a 20-stall roundhouse from the KFJB built to an original plan from 1870 . <From googling, it appears that KFJB is the Austrian Kaiser Franz Josef Bahn - Emperor Franz Josef Railroad>.

Track angles and the building will be fitted for a Märklin turntable. I will document this thoroughly in this forum.

Greetings,
Roman

Smile,
Stein