Album: 11/7/2011 update

View of the new turntable looking southwest. I made the following modifications to the Walthers kit:

- Removed the pit walls, since the prototype turntable is an above-ground type.
- Fabricated a rounded power arch and added conduit and a junction box beneath the power collector at the top. Also added the V-shaped details seen in the photos. Anyone know what those are?
- Scratchbuilt a new open-air operator's cabinet.
- Modified the handrails, removing one railing and a number of stanchions from each side and adding rounded ends and a new section around the operator's cabinet.
- Weathered the deck using Bragdon powders, and then roughed it up and blended the powders using a wire brush attachment in my Dremel tool.
By: Joe Atkinson

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View of the new turntable looking southwest. I made the following modifications to the Walthers kit: - Removed the pit walls, since the prototype turntable is an above-ground type. - Fabricated a rounded power arch and added conduit and a junction box beneath the power collector at the top. Also added the V-shaped details seen in the photos. Anyone know what those are? - Scratchbuilt a new open-air operator's cabinet. - Modified the handrails, removing one railing and a number of stanchions from each side and adding rounded ends and a new section around the operator's cabinet. - Weathered the deck using Bragdon powders, and then roughed it up and blended the powders using a wire brush attachment in my Dremel tool.
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