Colorado Midland 4-Stall Roundhouse Kit Model Masterpieces Ltd. #114 This is an HO/HOn3 Scale Craftsman model kit. This kit is a 1980s version of the Colorado Midland Roundhouse from Model Masterpieces Ltd. The #114 main kit has 4 stalls and available (NOT included) pairs of extra stalls for as many stalls that you would like. The Model Masterpieces kits feature plaster walls, wood beams, and molded plastic parts. The kits are inspected to be complete and no visible cracks or breaks. The parts are still sealed and complete Instructions are included. The Model Masterpieces kits include full size templates for placing on your layout and spacing it properly from turntable. These are great kits and ready to be assembled. History of the Colorado Midland Railway The Colorado Midland Railroad was once meant to be a serious competitor to the Rio Grande in conquering the Great Divide and constructing the first transcontinental standard gauge railroad through Colorado. However due to several problems it only succeeded in becoming a close second and eventually faltered. What remains are memories of yet another spectacular Colorado Mountain Railroad and remains of two long tunnels and the roundhouse that serves as a pottery barn. Construction of this kit will require use of normal modeling tools. Soldering may also be required if the instructions are followed in building this kit as an operating table. BE SURE to use only a resin core solder or flux, not acid core. Have available before, starting a good quality wood /glue, liquid plastic cement, 5 minute epoxy and one of ' the “super glues'' (referred to as CA/ACC in the instructions.). Carefully read the instructions and study the drawings before starting assembly. Carefully remove the styrene parts from the plastic sprues. Note that each mold set forms one side of the turntable bridge. Remove flash from the styrene and metal parts. Pre-stain all lumber with Doctor Ben’s Weathering Stains before starting assembly. Need a Turntable Pit? Information from the Kit Instructions: Preparing the Turntable Pit Each of these pits are cast in a very high and stable resin. This is done so that you will not have to worry about things warping and twisting around long after you have installed this pit into your layout. Still, the pit that you have received may (probably) have some tiny voids that were bubbles as result of the casting process. Typically, we pressurize our castings to pretty my void out these pockets. Unfortunately, the size of this pit does not fit our pressure pot, so there are a couple of things that you can do to remedy this situation. First, a tiny clump of grass/weeds picked up with small pointy tweezers and a dab of super glue pointed into the void makes it disappear right away! Another idea is to use a small Dremel bit and a dental pick to make the pockets more ragged like the split granite and aged over time and chunks have fallen off. These two ideas are what I prefer to do. If you are looking for that relatively new look (and what layout full of un-weathered buildings & rolling stock isn’t) a small dab of Squadron White putty or Testors Puddy with a small spatula will make quick work of the gaps. If you are not into those fancy puttys/puddys might we suggest using some paintable caulking or wood filler from the Big Box store instead? Installation Instructions: This Doctor Ben’s Fine Scale Turntable Pit is fairly simple to install. Cut a 12” square hole where you would like the pit positioned in your layout; build up some framing; test the fit of the pit and get all the wiring ready to hook up. Begin priming and weathering as per the Doctor Ben’s “How-To #1: Turning Toys into Models” booklet. Install circular piece of track (a two-gallon bucket will help you curve the metal track) and test fit (a few strategically placed pilot holes with track nails as locating pins aids this process well) and cement into place with some 5-minute epoxy. Weathering will hide any epoxy that seeps out. The dimensions of this Turntable Pit are 12" square overall with the pit dimensions of 9.125" diameter by 15/16" to the floor of the pit. The rail lip that you see in the image is 0.093" high by about 5/16" wide. the individual 3/32" BBBs are staggered as not to overlap joints. |
Are you ready to do some weathering? The following is an abbreviate version of the modeling & weathering techniques included in the Doctor Ben's "How-To #1: The Art of Turning Toys into Models". |
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Find the following turntable kits in our store that may be used with this turntable pit: Sequoia Models 65' HO Standard Turntable Kit #4009 Sequoia Models 65' HOn3 NG Turntable Kit #4008 Both of the above turntables rotate on a "spyder" center |
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