As some of you know I have been spending far too much time in the
bathroom lately. Renovating, not as a fan! Unfortunately the only slack time I
had to work that in to was layout time. So progress has been slow.
Until today.
Next week I'll hopefully get to start tiling, if a supplier
pulls their finger out, but this weekend I got to spend some time working on my
layout at home. And control panels were the project of choice.
The most complex arrangement of control switches will go
here. The end of the layout will have three panels; west end of branch,
industrial tracks, and east end of branch.
Ready to Begin
Simple tools; a square, a pencil, and the plan...
I drew half-inch grid lines on the panel board, then plotted
the track lines. One half inch is about the minimum for two toggles switches to
be mounted side by side. Dots are for turnout control switches.
West End Branch Panel with Power Control Switch Placement
I added dots where track power switches will be placed. The
spur in the center will lead directly to another turnout on the industrial
track...
Center panel for the industrial tracks; most of this has not
been laid yet as it is code 40 hand laid!
East End of the Branch
Third panel for this location; very simple, but mostly just
keeping the fascia complete. Turnout is not powered yet, and way down in the
list.
All Three Panels In Place
I put the panels back in place as I was not ready to start
drilling them yet, and felt they were safest out of the way where they belong.
Hopefully I will get the opportunity to drill some of the holes and mount the switches that are already installed, to get them to where they need to be. Then it is on to soldering track power control switches to give me the ability to switch tracks between DC and DCC, something I have been wanting to do for a very long time!
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