GS4 wheelbase?

SmolderZ Aug 12, 2005

  1. SmolderZ

    SmolderZ TrainBoard Member

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    What wheelbase does the GS4 have? (in milimeters)

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    Marklin's turntable is 130mm - the GS4 might "just" fit...
     
  2. rray

    rray Staff Member

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    I emailed a friend who has one, if he will measure his.

    -Robert [​IMG]
     
  3. rray

    rray Staff Member

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    I just got the reply from Loren Snyder:

    So it seems the Marklin Turntable may be a little small for one of these locomotives. 160mm works out to be a scale 115' turntable to look good. I bashed an N Scale Peco turntable into a Z Scale Turntable, and as it turns out, the bridge is a scale 120'.

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    This turntable has a motor mounted underneath, but it's not indexed, so you have to fiddle with it to get proper alignment, but the track power does reverse nice on the Peco turntable as you turn a locomotive 180.

    -Robert ;)
     
  4. SmolderZ

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    To bad, 15mm short! It would've been cool if it fit but it wasn't necessary. Now I need an extra switch on my service depot [​IMG]

    The peco turntable is tempting but it looks hard to convert on the other hand :( I'll stick with the Marklin turntable.

    Thanks for everything Robert! :D
     

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