Mimic Boards

[Richard]

Well, I took the plunge and am making my own mimic board using 2.5 by 1.0 cm soft wood from B&Q and some 3mm hardboard I had hanging around.

I made the track plan on light coloured graph paper, added the lines with black felt tip, printed the numbers and cut them out and stuck them on the paper with Pritt. I then photocopied the whole, tippexed out shadows and other extraneous marks, photocopied it again and then laminated the final result.

Now I have to stick the plan to the surface and drill the holes for the LEDs and switches.

[RogerB]

Well done, that’s as good as any I’ve seen. R-

[teedoubleudee]

That looks very good.

[Brian]

looking good.
Do take it careful when drilling holes as its all too easy to tear the paper or laminations, I speak from previous experience and have the Tee Shirt too

[Richard]

Now with added switches and LEDs. But not yet connected up so I don’t know if it actually works!

[RogerB]

Well, it looks very neat whatever the outcome. R-

[teedoubleudee]

Of course it will work, keep the faith. Look v good.

[Richard]

It works, and all the points and crossings routes are aligned with the mimic board lights.
For those interested I’ve been using Cobalt iP Analog and Omega Switch pack with LEDs.

[darkscot]

That is looking good. I need to get around to a mimic board sooner or later. In previous layouts I used the 'electric pencil' type of control and never bothered with LEDs, but I will probably go for the LEDs this time.

[RogerB]

Good job Richard, that looks very good indeed. R-