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Making Lionel Switches a bit less obtrusive

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Making Lionel Switches a bit less obtrusive
Posted by Frank53 on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 10:20 PM
Post war Lionel switches are just big:



I sent a work crew out to see what they could do:



They managed to take the edge of with a neat little fence to take away some of the bulk of the switches and teh rotating switch lanterns will still show nicely.

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Posted by wrmcclellan on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 11:26 PM
Frank - [:D] - I like it!

Regards, Roy

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Posted by Frank53 on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 11:41 PM
Three $0.25 strips of balsa and a little paint. Probably got a buck and an hour's worth of work in it, including time for the glue to dry.

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