Control Panel Build - The Escarpment
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- New content continues - this video covers the last of the 8 Escarpment Control Panels!
This replaces the series circuit blunder that was made. This build now incorporate a parallel circuit.
For behind the scenes content and updates on the Coal Loader project, the link to my Escarpment Facebook Group is:
/ theescarpment
All the build and track planning has been undertaken in Anyrail 6, for the Escarpment construction. This is an HO Australian model train layout build loosely based on the Illawarra South Coast line.
September 2023 Model Railway Build Update - The Escarpment
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Hi everyone, this video is the build of the working control panel lol..enjoy!!
Very much like your style...
Thank you so much 😊
Very good!
Appreciate your feedback and thanks for watching!
@ This is my 2nd layout, the 1st was on a 4x8 plywood @ the age of 13-14. I am curious as to how you keep the layout clean, without dust laying on everything?
Hi Harry. Any time where dust is generated from working on something that I can't do outside, I vacuum after the activity. At the end of the day, you just need to vacuum on a regular basis..cheers
Aweome work Jason!!! Well done! Cheers Onno.
Thanks for watching onno!
Jason, great job showing the construction of the panels. They look awesome on the layout. Thanks for sharing. Ken
Thanks for watching Ken!
Again, well done Jason. All the wiring of your Panels is great work. All the best Mike. Looking forward to a running day of the Escarpment. Great Layout.
Thanks for the feedback Mike, not too far away now. Just a few more bugs to work through..cheers
Nice work!
Thanks for the feedback!
As always Jason, a fantastic job of showing us how you do things and the attention to detail it takes to make it look soooo good. Keep up the GREAT! work.
Thanks for the comments. Appreciate the feedback..regards
excellent Jason
Thanks Chris!
Excellent. Thank you for the how to.
You are welcome! Cheers
Ah! Much better results than the series panel. We learn as we go - but you make it look expert and professional, as if you planned the learning part as a lesson for us all🤔 Thank you for sharing this video, Professor. Beautiful work!😊 And gotta love that epic music at the end! 🚂Lawrence
Thanks for the feedback, Lawrence. Given the amount of rework that was done, I can safely report it wasn't planned lol. Watch this space..more bugs to report and fix..cheers
That 😮had to be tricky to soldier those wires 😮 nice how to video
Hi Kerley, I've been soldering for many years, so it is just a technique.a Nothing tricky about it. Thanking for the feedback..cheers
Interesting to see how to wire up the control panels. I am not sure why, but seeing you sitting in what is only one part of your layout, with so much space around you, gave a real impression, for me at least, just how big it is. That really is quite some achievement. Stephen
Thanks Stephen, I do sit back at times and look back at the journey and how far I have come. I do, at times, forget the achievements along the way..regards
Awesome. Good info. Hi from NZ
I'm glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for watching..cheers
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Great Jason!
Excellent work!
Thanks for instruction, I appreciate you video for model railroad!
You are very welcome! Cheers
I see you’ve added separate switches for point 12 and 13. In reality they should be connected to the same switch, as you otherwise could have switch 12 pointing at point 13, but point not ready to receive traffic (straight instead of diverging)
Yeah, you could say that for a number of switches. But the system is manual, and that was the way I intended it to be. People will just need to have their wits about them when operating..cheers
Very informative Jason. The outcome looks excellent - very neat work. Just a quick question please, where did you get the clamps from that were holding the frame together? Thanks again for posting your great work.
Thanks for watching Craig! I believe I got them from eBay. But your local hardware store should stock them as well..regards
Now doesn't that simplify things. I've been dreading the ... " Wiring " like the plague but having shown and explained like this is terrific. Thanks heaps.
Thanks for the feedback, Chris. I'm glad it helped in some way..cheers
Wouldn't advise using that copper tape as a power bus. It's only meant for short sections or as antennas and shielding. You'll get too much voltage drop along it and that will depend on the current in use at the time. Also no need for the two resistors on each pair of leds, one resistor on one side (doesn't matter which side) would achieve exactly the same result.
Thanks Paul, yeah a had a stack of those resistors, but you are right. Fortunately, 2 of those resistors gave me the dimming I was after, but I should have mentioned that.
Good point with the voltage drops. I will test that while it is still on the workbench. I do have some voltage drops across the control panels, which seems to be the gauge of the bus line being too small for the longer runs..cheers
Tested and I have no voltage drops across the panel, so good news there
Won't it been easier to cut a lip around the edge for your display to sit in than adding all that wood?
Really like your display and great idea.
Great idea! There are lots of ways to approach this job, and this was just my approach..regards
Jason,
Your build outs are excellent. I have been scouring RUclips for 2 years for help with my HO train building and your ideas are in a class of their own.
I have adopted your technique of wiring my Tortoise switch machines in parallel with my indicator panel and have added bipolar LEDS to each track of a turnout on my control panel so that you have RED/GREEN indicators changing color to show which track is open (green) and which is closed (red). A little bit more wiring, but is a helpful indicator.
I still have lots of DPDT switches to wire, so would you be willing to share with me the contact information for the custom PCB company you used. I would assume they have your design on file. Did you use standard miniature DPDT switches or PCB design (Love My Switches web site) ? long or short lugs for PCB. Thanks, Ben
Hi Ben, thanks for the feedback. It was much appreciated. I was going down the path of bicolour LEDs, then changed my mind for no particular reason. I do like the concept, though.
The PCB company does own the PCBs. They just do the printing. I had to pay someone to design the actual files I wanted for the mini DPDT. Are you in Australia or elsewhere in the world? Cheers
Hi Jason,
Would you be able to help me with my wiring/control panel set up?
I have 9 stalls with 13 sectional tracks, machine shop and mainline. I have pictures of it and a drawing. Unfortunately, it looks like RUclips wouldn't allow me to attach them here for you to see.
Hi Benjamin, what sort of help are you looking for? My video shows how I did them..cheers
You can reach out via Messenger, that allows pictures to be attached
@@JasonWood_Escarpment
Hi Jason,
What messenger are you talking about? I don't see a messenger for RUclips.
Sorry, I should have said Facebook messenger