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 Good Morning,Zoe, make that a hot black tea for me, please. I am coming down with something nasty, my nose is runny my throat is sore. Must have gotten it while watching trains the other day, when it was nice, but cold outside. So it will be a day on the sofa, neatly propped up and covered with a blanket to stay warm.Yesterday saw me spending a lot of time in the internet, searching for a solution how to control the turnouts on my layout. I cannot afford any switch motor and wiring is also not really my cup of tea. I still have an issue with soldering - just too dangerous for me - you know, burned fingers [:D] As I have only about 4" between the track level and the door forming the base of the layout, I was looking for an inexpensive manual turnout control. Those Bluepoint controls are too big and to expensive, in fact, more expensive than a motor. After a long search, I found a way employing bowden cables and connectors in the R/C airplane modeling sector to be a suitable substitute, bringing down the cost of a turnout control to less than $ 2 -another boost to my "modeling on a shoestring budget" venue. Well, I´ll be heading for the sofa - you all have a good one!
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