Autobus Prime wrote: nb:Here's an idea - don't conceal the switch. Build a light-switch factory next to it, build a frame on the wall around it, and add some wording like "DON'T BE TURNED OFF - USE MONOCO SWITCHES", or something like it, converting the switch into a giant advertising sign.
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Here's an idea - don't conceal the switch. Build a light-switch factory next to it, build a frame on the wall around it, and add some wording like "DON'T BE TURNED OFF - USE MONOCO SWITCHES", or something like it, converting the switch into a giant advertising sign.
See? If you ask enough people, SOMEONE will be an outside the box thinker and will have the perfect simple solution.
Dave
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Great idea Autobus Prime! I really like that one. Almost makes me wish I had a switch in my backdrop so I could try it.
Hal
What a neat idea to use the thing as advertisement! If you cannot stop something from happening, make it a sales feature!
Another alternative: bore a small hole in the sw handle and connect it to an automotive choke cable that can be reached somewhere else; or.. just replace the sw or its light with a motion-sensitive one.
Build a billboard sign around the lightswitch advertizing a circus. Buy a toy elephant and cut the trunk off. Glue the elephant's trunk over the swith handle, and voila! - a complete disguise with a 3D billboard.
P.S. Don't forget to paint the rest of the elephant on the sign.
- Harry
Paint a face on the switch and paint a dress too, and put some fake flames comming out the window and it will look like the towering inferno in HO scale!!! Maybe some firemen with one of those trampaline looking things down below. Come on guys, lets get the creative juices flowing!
This thread needed some sillyness!
Bob
vdoubleyou wrote: Paint a face on the switch and paint a dress too, and put some fake flames comming out the window and it will look like the towering inferno in HO scale!!! Maybe some firemen with one of those trampaline looking things down below. Come on guys, lets get the creative juices flowing!This thread needed some sillyness!Bob
vw:
Silly? You want silly?
Make a Green Giant billboard out of it. Paint the top half of the Jolly Green Giant on the top half of the light switch. Paint the bottom half of the Jolly Green Giant on the bottom half of the light switch. And...
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Autobus Prime wrote: vdoubleyou wrote: Paint a face on the switch and paint a dress too, and put some fake flames comming out the window and it will look like the towering inferno in HO scale!!! Maybe some firemen with one of those trampaline looking things down below. Come on guys, lets get the creative juices flowing!This thread needed some sillyness!Bobvw:Silly? You want silly?Make a Green Giant billboard out of it. Paint the top half of the Jolly Green Giant on the top half of the light switch. Paint the bottom half of the Jolly Green Giant on the bottom half of the light switch. And...
And be sure to put a raincoat on the Jolly Green Giant.
Autobus Prime wrote: nb: Here's an idea - don't conceal the switch. Build a light-switch factory next to it, build a frame on the wall around it, and add some wording like "DON'T BE TURNED OFF - USE MONOCO SWITCHES", or something like it, converting the switch into a giant advertising sign.
Now thats thinking.
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Hi,
As others have mentioned, paint the switch/toggle to blend in with the background building. That's an easy fix and probably as good as anything else.
That reminds me of when I began layout construction in a large spare bedroom, which has one long horizontal window (above layout level). I picked up a custom set of sky blue metal mini blinds, and painted the window frame a similar blue with clouds, etc that blended into the walls backdrop. It wasn't cheap, but its been there doing a fine job for 15 years!
ENJOY,
Mobilman44
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nbrodar wrote: As it happens, the main light switch from my layout room, is on the wall behind Lampson Yard.
Oh, I get it! The LIGHT SWITCH is behind "Lamps On" yard! Har!
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