I am far from the layout at the moment and much of my material is also not with me, so it is difficult to maintain entries in a consistent manner.

However I can relate an ongoing saga with motorizing the Peco turntable kit. I am now reasonably satisfied after buying two kits, two inexpensive motor kits and then replacing the latter with a more robust design using Meccano spares. The motor is DCC controlled and the last time I was in France I was able to test it and it is almost ready to consider a working accessory!

But for this post, an introduction to the kit itself and some minor criticisms of the design and robustness of the kit.

The plastic tray on which the turntable sits is too flexible. I have tried all sorts of strengthening tactics and have abandoned them all in favor of a separate plywood base for the motor, gears etc. this works well but requires a lot of preparation or modification to the underlying baseboard and frame.

The plastic bush attached to the turntable is prone to breakage.

The pickups need to be installed very carefully, the sprung plungers click during operation. And if course the dead zone rule must be obeyed.

Peco do not supply enough plates for fixing around the rim for track connections. I use code 75 and had to adapt some of the code 100s to fit.

The handrails should not be fitted until last. I plan to fit scratch built rails using brass wire, etc.

And most modern LMS turntables were vacuum operated so the turntable needs modifying anyway, at least in my case.

But to be fair, the kit is the best option out there for British modellers. Next up, some motor options.