Well, I decided to forgo the panel mounts for the LEDs. I'll secure them in place with a dab of rubber cement or something on the bottom lip.
Here's the new panel graphic:
I finished cutting and drilling the panel's plastic sheets, and installed the switches. A closeup of one section looks like this:
The holes which are NOT punched in the graphic yet are for the LEDs. Each track except the main gets two LEDS near the switches - a blue one to give an at-a-glance indication of which route is selected, and a bi-color (red/green) one to indicate whether that section is occupied (red) or clear (green). The main will not store trains, so it doesn't have occupancy detectors.
Wiring is just barely started:
I plan to work on this each night for the next week or two until it's done.
Welcome to the Construction Blog for The CB&Q in Wyoming! Here I'll update, on a more frequent basis than on my website (http://www.thecbandqinwyoming.com) construction of my layout.
About Me
- Mark B.
- Allendale, SC
- I grew up in Wyoming, mostly living in areas served by the railroads I model. I remember standing at the window in our Cody Wyoming home, staring at night at the old Husky refinery across town. I remember the bridge across the creek and under the tracks between Powell and Cody. I remember always looking for trains as we travelled through the Wind River Canyon. And I remember my mother's last home - a mobile home in Evansville next to the Burlington mainline.
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