O Scale UK 48ft Turntable

Turntables- O scale

Price: £99 (or £109 with operating deck)

SKU: KHT701 or KHT703

Entschuldigung, ich kann nicht mehr in die EU versenden.

The basic kit has straight decks each side. (KHT701). The operating area and vacuum motor is an optional extra at £10.00 additional on the price of the basic kit. (KHT703)

This 13½” turntable is a perfect space saver for small layouts, capable of turning many smaller locos. While essentially freelance, this 13½” turntable takes most of its design features from the turntable at Yeovil, Somerset.

Due thanks must go to Fabrice Fayolle for requesting this kit back in 2015, and for the assistance and support he gave me throughout its development. Having such a skilled modeller as a lead customer meant I went the extra mile to capture as much detail as I could within the constraints of the materials and manufacturing methods available to me. Many thanks Fabrice!

Like all of Kitwood Hill Models turntables, this is mostly birch plywood construction, only requiring glue to assemble. Soldering is restricted to the circular support rail, and wiring the track rails.

Construction is straightforward, built up in sub-assemblies, with many pictures in the instructions.

Pit features

  • The pit base is made from several layers of ply glued with their grain at 90° to give a rigid structure.
  • The pit wall has a plain birch ply backing structure that can have DIY finishes applied over it, or you can use the laser cut brick sheets that come with the kit, as shown in the picture above.
  • The pit running rail is included, along with a simple assembly jig, Its so simple even a novice builder should be able to obtain a perfect circle.

Bridge features

  • The 3mm ply bridge frame forms a rigid structure carrying wheel assemblies, top deck, and side deck framing. 
  • The wheel assemblies are designed from new for this kit to ensure they can carry the extra weight of O scale Standard Gauge locos. Delrin wheels with ball bearing races ensure free-running on the steel axles for minimum friction. CAD designed features hold the wheels exactly on the running rail.
  • The bridge has cosmetic side panel overlays, and side frames that carry the side decking and handrails. These are made as separate sub-assemblies for easy construction.
  • The handrails closely follow those at Yeovil, with the frames carrying push poles as per the larger prototype. The handrails are made from piano wire, which keeps its form securely to cope with reasonable handling of the finished model.
  • The operating area is optional. The base kit has two identical side frame and decking without the operating area and vacuum motor. If the operating area option is selected then one side is replaced with frame, decking, operating area and vacuum motor parts. These features are all very closely based upon the one at Yeovil. It includes dummy operating lever as well as the pump.
  • Bridge track: this is not included. You will need a pack of  IL702 rail chairs to hold Code 124 rail, available from all Peco stockists.  You cannot just slap a length of sleepered track along the deck – that would look hideous!

EU Kunden: Code 124 ist nicht gut für Lenz-Lokomotiven.  Sie benötigen Ihre eigenen Code 148 Stühle und Code 148 Schiene für Lenz.

Drive train features

  • Track power is taken to the rails via KHM’s well-proven robust turning-plate assembly, which also transfers the rotational torque to the bridge via the 4mm primary shaft . This pre-assembled item includes continuous PCB contact rings for the best use with DCC. If used with a DCC reversing module, DCC loco decoder power will be continuous. The track power contacts are hard-gold-plated sprung plungers of a robust kind used in the electronics industry, each rated at 6A.
  • The turntable is designed to use a GW370 powerful 12V 0.6rpm/2rpm/3rpm motor with direct drive of primary shaft turning in oil-bearing bronze bushes. The motor is not supplied in the kit, as it is readily available on ebay, priced £10-£15, but the kit does include the motor mount, shaft coupler, and the motor screws. all you need to buy is the motor.
  • GREENWOOD MODEL RAILWAY PRODUCTS. Mike Greenwood now has an adapter plate for Kitwood Hill turntables which allows you to use his turntable drive systems. This is based around a stepper motor and 3 toothed belt reduction. I have the manual control version. it is a quality-built ready-assembled unit and runs really smooth. The manual control version is with a simple push button. You will have to order the unit from Mike – £165 for the manual system as I type this. I do not stock or supply these.

Instructions:

These are available as PDFs only, sent at time of shipping. There are no printed instructions in the kit. The instructions are full of photos taking you through the assembly process. If you want to see them before ordering then please just Contact Me. No obligation, electrons are free!