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Layout control panels
Alan:
Things have been awfully quiet on the RP forum lately. If it is okay with Bill, I would like to present some model railroad eye candy I have been working on.
I'm not one that cares to control anything more than trains with my HC. For layout accessories I prefer conventional fascia control panels. Here are 15 of my 16 panels ready for installation. I am building panel 16 at the moment.
G8B4Life:
It's been awful quite on your blog as well Alan ;) I was starting to suspect that there was more "spring cleaning" going on up north than I thought.
The control panels look good and should complement the railroad quite nicely.
- Tim
darryl.trains:
Some people just have all the talent for sure. Very nice work to say the least. Cheers, the old fardt in Arid-zona
Antoine L.:
The LK&O is really a source of inspiration for me Alan.
Keep up the great work. I'm currently building my layout and finished my first module using almost all your techniques. Instead of Tortoises I use Bill's switch machines from PDC.ca. I am using all your techniques, including the small dowels to hold the wires, haha.
I won't have an accessory bus because it gets expensive and all, but at some point I could add one.
Thansk for sharing your knowledge to everyone.
Antoine
Alan:
--- Quote from: G8B4Life on May 25, 2017, 10:24:30 PM ---It's been awful quite on your blog as well Alan ;) I was starting to suspect that there was more "spring cleaning" going on up north than I thought.
The control panels look good and should complement the railroad quite nicely.
- Tim
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Tim, I post to the blog when I reach a significant progress point or when the subject matter changes. I have been constructing control panels for a long time but am still not finished. A post will be forthcoming when I complete the last one as that will be a significant progress point. And yes, with the arrival of spring, all of the usual fair weather duties and recreational activities are in full swing. Really cuts into railroad fun time but not in a bad way.
Thanks for the compliment. What do you think of their look on a dusty chalkboard dark gray (near black) colored fascia?
--- Quote from: darryl.trains on May 25, 2017, 11:46:40 PM ---Some people just have all the talent for sure. Very nice work to say the least. Cheers, the old fardt in Arid-zona
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No talent required. It's all about persistence. I just keep at it until the picture in my head becomes a tangible object that I am not embarrassed of. Means I toss aside a lot of tried and failed attempts along the way but eventually come up with something that works and is repeatable. Then it becomes simply lather-rinse-repeat.
--- Quote from: Antoine L. on May 26, 2017, 08:44:15 AM ---The LK&O is really a source of inspiration for me Alan.
Keep up the great work. I'm currently building my layout and finished my first module using almost all your techniques. Instead of Tortoises I use Bill's switch machines from PDC.ca. I am using all your techniques, including the small dowels to hold the wires, haha.
I won't have an accessory bus because it gets expensive and all, but at some point I could add one.
Thansk for sharing your knowledge to everyone.
Antoine
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Makes me feel good you are able to use some of my ideas. The dowel bus holders have worked out swell for me. Bulletproof connections, infinitely expandable, virtually no voltage drop, and constructed for just pennies. How can you beat that!
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