00 Round house

[John-1204684]

Could any one please tell me which is the best Engine shed round house to buy (5 or 6 shed)

Thanks John

[Bulleidboy]

If you can find it, the Bachmann Scenecraft Cornish Roundhouse - comes in sections - not cheap. It was an exclusive to Kernows.

[VESPA]

Have a look at Vollmer, Kibri and Faller kits from Germany. They are Continental design but you could perhaps Anglicise them a bit. They are also expensive. Maybe build one from scratch?

https://www.gaugemasterretail.com/magento/catalogsearch/result/?q=roundhouse

[Bulleidboy]

To add to what Vespa mentioned - if you Google "00 gauge roundhouse" there are a number of kits on the market.

[Simmo009]

There's a rather nice laser cut kit on Ebay which is a 3 bay, but you can buy extra bays to suit your needs.

[37lover]

You also must give consideration to the turntable you are placing to service the Roundhouse [i am assuming that is the normal installation]. The Hornby turntable for example has very coarse [wide] angles between adjacent "arms".

[Rana Temporia]

Jouef made one to go with their turntable and the different parts turn up occasionally on eBay. I think it was based on a generic French prototype but could probably be Anglicised.

[RDS]

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[CORKY.]

Bradshaw's Guide took Michael Portillo to the site of a roundhouse, that had been replaced by a rectangular building, the advantage was that long tender locos fitted within the diaganols. The Ebay roundhouse seems amazing value, and comes with a huge choice of angles and number of sections to suit different turntables, the ends are open but could be "bricked in" with model paper