Today was spent scratch building a newer version of a G-Type/Tri-Light, triple head mast signal.
I purchased some heads from Showcase Miniatures, these have great detail and are really good prototype versions.
I found some 1.8mm light tubes that fitted the cast lens case perfectly, I glued the 0603 LED’s directly to the light pipes, and fed the magnet wire through the bottom of the lens casing.
These kits also come with cast mounting brackets too, I soldered the bracket to a modified Tomar signal mast. I’m redoing these as they’re right on the fascia edge and I wanted more detail in them.
I also came up with a method of connecting the mast magnet wires to the wires that connect to the Digitrax TSMK & SE8C.
This will allow me to disconnect masts & signal bridges from the scenic area of the layout, without disconnecting the wires from the detection system wiring.
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