05-22-2011, 07:03 PM
Finally some progress to report. 
After a few failed attempts and a lot of head-scratching and
, I finally found a good way to manually control my Peco turnouts from the fascia. I had read lots of posts here and elsewhere before I found the solution.
Drill a hole next to the tie:
Using a large paperclip straightened out, make this hook in the end of it. Don't use the ribbed paperclips - I found out that when you bend the clip at the ribs it breaks!
Now push it into the hole and rotate until the hook fits in the tie:
Underneath the layout bend the wire some more so that there is some extra leverage for pushing/pulling:
I used a dowel as a pushrod and a piece of plastic rod (actually a straw) with a hole drilled in it for the wire. The dowel is hot glued into the plastic rod and the wire is bend over itself for a secure connection:
After a few failed attempts and a lot of head-scratching and
, I finally found a good way to manually control my Peco turnouts from the fascia. I had read lots of posts here and elsewhere before I found the solution.Drill a hole next to the tie:
Using a large paperclip straightened out, make this hook in the end of it. Don't use the ribbed paperclips - I found out that when you bend the clip at the ribs it breaks!
Now push it into the hole and rotate until the hook fits in the tie:
Underneath the layout bend the wire some more so that there is some extra leverage for pushing/pulling:
I used a dowel as a pushrod and a piece of plastic rod (actually a straw) with a hole drilled in it for the wire. The dowel is hot glued into the plastic rod and the wire is bend over itself for a secure connection:
Marc
Bar Extension - 5' x 2.5' N-scale layout plus two decks of shelf layout
Bar Extension - 5' x 2.5' N-scale layout plus two decks of shelf layout