Example of using a real control panel to operate a model


Derailed

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I am sorry this is not a train control panel, I wish it was. Anyway, a lift-span bridge was getting an upgraded control panel and the local maritime museum got the old one. They want it to control a model of the bridge. Of course the internal wiring had to be rewired, and I thought why not turn it into a wiring diorama of sorts. So this is what happened...

How it came to the museum
control panel.jpg


2_Bridge Model update_ Stripping Wiring Harness.jpg


How it looks now.
64_Console Diorama.jpg


When nobody is around, the panel looks dead, until somebody comes near it. The IR detector (bottom) triggers the console on.
64_D_Console Diorama_800.jpg
 



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