Plinth ideas for DENON PD-80 DD turntable

I'm absolutely loving this thread especially given that I am eventually gonna get round to finishing off two plinth projects for a: 

Sony TTS 8000
JVC QL10 (TT101)

I have effectively two designs in mind.

I have thus far made two 'aerolam' style planks using aluminium plate sandwiching aluminium honeycomb

I unfortunately messed up a aluminium Panzerholz sandwich (I do have another plank)

My intention was to make a plinth using:

Top plate aerolam sandwich
Subchassis aluminium Panzerholz chassis
corian side cheeks (bright orange to look like the PSx9)
lexan supports from top plate to sub-chassis 

My other thought was to try and either emulate 

A. Townshend Rock reference - Bitumen, plaster of Paris (and anything else you know goes into it)
or
B. Sony TB2000 style - don't know if I can make a bulk mould compound.

I am getting the TT101 serviced but thankfully have a QL10 base - I'm wondering if that plinth is actually any good.

Love to hear your views.

I am getting the TT101 serviced but thankfully have a QL10 base - I'm wondering if that plinth is actually any good.

@lohanimal Interesting, who's responsible for servicing ?
I have two TT101 

Searched for TT101 plinth ideas i've come across interesting project of our audiogon fella, this is how it looks like in his blog: 

1) TT-101 with one tonearm 
2) TT-101 in ring plinth with two tonearms, here is a different view
3) TT-101 in ring plinth on isolation platform with two tonearm pods. 
I think the ring is slate ? 

Recently discovered two granith cylinders at home that can be used for toneam pods. And my pneumatic AT616 feet to support up to 60kg already here. 

@chakster 

Hi Chakster

I have that page saved as a favourite - I am not who the owner of that web sight is but he is a man of both great wealth and taste :) 

I used Wilkinsons I the UK - boy are they slooooooooowwwwww. That said I am awaiting delivery.

going a bit off topic - I am intrigued whether the new SP10 is better than the original mark 3

There's something so addictive about these DD's.

The chap who created the Direct Drive Museum and others on this forum say that all the DD's of the 70's era sound quite similar and are all  effectively cut from the same sound cloth.

All said the chap on the Vintageknob rates the JVC highest.

Anyway I digress

Have you settled on a design, or are you buying a plinth?

@lohanimal  Hey, regarding my Denon DP-80 i am happy and surprised by the quality and weight of the original Denon DK-300 plinth (about 15kg) with dust cover. This design is great. I will stick to this plinth for some time for sure. 

As for the Victor TT-101 project i'm thinking about custom made solution in the future. It would be nice to read your comments after you will get you TT-101 from UK, i hope Andy at Wilkinson can train on various TT-101 

back to denon:

First picture of my Denon DP-80 system.
The drive is not screwed in DK-300 yet, the DA-401 arm is not mounted on the armboard yet, but everything looks nice together. 

The armboard on dk-300 plinth is exact same color as the plinth itself, so any other armboard (different material and different color) is probably not a good idea in terms of design. I was thinking about spare metal armboard for the future.