01-10-2011, 01:52 PM
Harry, I don’t want to power my frogs if I can avoid it, so I don’t need switches. I was thinking about the method that is shown in the pics from MoBa when I was looking for the best way to build a manual turnout control, but as you can see in the animated pic, the movement of the control wire is rather resricted by the small switch. It is suitable for a n-scale turnout (like in the pic), but it won’t throw a hand build HO turnout and hold the points firmly to the stock rails. And apart from that, I like my turnout control better, because they are absolutely bullet proof and they are more easily mounted and adjusted. And even building them does not take too long. Today I built 8 turnout controls in just 3 hours.
Kurt