Controlpanel

Yesterday I consturcted the controlpanel in CAD.

Since I have never seen an american controlpanel before I need some help placing the controls for turning the turnouts/routing of trains. The station is reflecting a statio in the late 1950's early 1960's.

The controlpanel

The turnouts will be controlled servos

Any help will be useful.

If you are using toggle switches for control,

I would suggest drilling holes to mount them in your panel at each switch right were the two routes in the switch diverge.  Mount the toggle switches so that the handles are operating in a vertical plane, and set it up so that the handle goes to the direction the turnout is thrown.  That way your toggle switch handles also become route indicators.  In the two crossovers, one switch could control both turnouts.  In that case put the toggle switch at either of the turnouts on your diagram that denote crossovers and if it is mounted on the bottom turnout in the drawing, the toggle pointed up would indicat the switches set for crossing over, the toggle pointing down would indicate the turnout set for straight through.  If you mount the toggle on the top turnout of the crossover, mount the toggle opposite so the the handle down means crossover and the handle up indicates straight.

Weekend and yesterdays work

Last weekend my local MR club TMJK had a spring meeting. I took with me my station module and put it up for operation. There were also a workshop on scenery. I had the opportunity to do a little scenery when we started packing down the modules for transportation, because one of the guys that had brought some modules had a long journey back home. Here are some pictures:

Basic landforms finished.

Yesterday I worked a little bit after spending half a day in the labaratory testing concrete I managed to get down the foundation for the warehouse seen in first picture. This was something I had to do so that the loading doors would be in the correct height for boxcars to be loaded and unloaded. This can be seen to the right in this picture:

Rolling Stock Weathering

Nice pictures!  Thanks for sharing this.  I have to say one thing that REALLY caught my eye were the boxcar and caboose in the left edge of the frame in the 1st picture.  I don't know if this was your work but whomever weathered those cars it's one of the better representations of grime covered rolling stock I've seen. 

I find most people tend to concentrate on making cars a rusty mess and end up looking cartoonish whereas what is pictured communicates the idea that the rolling stock as seen significant mileage while not distracting from the overall scene.

~rb

Wheathering

The weathering is done by Don Smith of Industrial Models. None of the rollingstock above is mine. I am going to wheather my rollingstock myself.

Todays work

I managed to get some done today before I left for the club night at my local MR club.

Here are some pictures of todays progress.

More spackle tacked down around the track.

Picture from the other side.

Painted the part which I spackled yesterday.

Scenery on the othes side of the warehouse.

I also did some more work on the loading platform for the team track.

More work

Today I managed to get down the gravel on one part of the platform in front of the depot. I also painted the parts I spackled yesterday.

And some pictures of the painting I did today.

Tinting

Have you considered tinting the spackle instead of painting it?

Love your trackwork.

Tainting spackle

Thanks Scarpia for the comment on the trackwork.

The spackle I am using now is a finished compound from my local home depot. I don't think I'm going to taint this one, but when I have used the last of it up (not much left) I will switch to a product thats is a compound product of plaster and spackle that comes dry and I have to put in water myself. This product has a longer working time than regular plaster and is easy to taint by using colored powder in the mixture. We use this at my local club with great results.

That sounds great

That sounds great - I think the tinted mixtures give a better base color tone than painting, and I could see the advantage for your modules. If chipped when moving, the tinted spackle shouldn't be as obvious.

Cheers!

Tainting and progress

Thanks for the comment Scarpia and you're absolutly right about the spackle when it comes to chipped and thats the reason why I will change when I have used up the little rest that is left.

On last thursday I removed the formwork around the platform in front of the depot. The platform is made of a material called chamotte tainted with a coloured powder, I think it is burnt umber but not sure. That was the last thing I did before leaving for my parents during our holiday. Below is a picture of the platform