35 wires!!! :shock:  Pity it didn't work out, would have been something special.


Gotta love that old style semaphore signalling I'm planning to use :roll: ;-) :lol::lol::lol:

 

Thanks Marty. Well actualy another change of plan produced this…..






Now just to put thinks into perspective here the leds on the signals are 1.8mm dia! The display its self is no bigger than the top of a pencil. It uses 35 strands of plastic fiber optic tube and is made up of 5 rows of 7. The left hand row needs lifting slightly and some of the dots dont show up as well but close up it is definatly the letter M and the other is a B. I still have to paint it and add the back plates and mesh. It took somthing like 4 hours to get this far so it will be a one off!! :thud

 

 After all that work Dave, You've made it upside down :pedal

You've made it upside down

:roll: 

With the positioning of the signals im thinking of mounting platform 1 & 2 signals side by side under the bridge

 
;-)

Lets hope you dont drop it mate, 4 hours work could go down the pan as well if you move those wires too much when you put it into its location, be a shame that would hey :twisted:

Phill

Dave that looks great! I'll take half a dozen.

 Mike

Only half a dozen, Mike ?
 I would ask for a bakers dozen - cheaper at half the price!

the question is… will the operator be able to read the signal indication without getting out a magnifying glass?

Great work Dave, that is something special.

Not being completley happy with the route indicator it got rebuilt into the mk2!! For the rebuild I omitted some of the fibers that were not needed. The display was again made the same way the diffrence this time was where a light was not needed I only used a piece of fiber as a spacer and cut the rest off. The fibers were also glued with super glue. The finished display was 100x better that the first attempt I just wish I took some pics as someware during the finishing process it all went wrong again. Taking it to bits this morning I relised that as the super glue set it made the fibers brittle and stopped the light shining through. So now im working on mk3! For this I have done away with the fibers and fitted two boxes one above the other with a 3mm led in each. Stencels will be fitted over the front to give a B or M as required. Anyway heres some pics of the mk2 before it got rebuilt again!!!

 

Dave it looks like you been bit by the dreaded optic bug…
but i bet you are really enjoying yourself, fun eh ?

:doublethumb;-):lol::lol::lol::lol::cool:

Its all your fault!!! :lol:

Right here we go mk3……




Wish I did this in the first place would have saved two days!! Right im going to finish it off now before I spend the rest of the day on the forum. ;-)

They look ok mate, mindue seem a bit off line that left side best you try again,

Phill

There's no doubt about the letters now Dave, first class.

Super Job Dave it looks extremely clear now they will look great when they are on the layout.

Phill

You cheeky sod we can tell you are feeling better now i think Dave should send you down a load of soldering he needs done as a sentance for your cheek:lol::lol:

cheers Brian

Bring it on Brian, as you can see from my sig on the top left of my pic i am expert at it, :thumbs

Phill

Wonder when a good time would be to mention there should be a separate indicator for each signal? :pathead

Looking good Dave - we can hand signalling construction over to you for the modules then?:roll:

The saga of the signals continues…….

Wonder when a good time would be to mention there should be a separate indicator for each signal?

Modelers licence Chris!!! :pedal

Just glad that these are installed as they had to be taken apart again when one of the yellow leds accidently went pop due to the wire coming into contact with the supply minus one resistor!!!  Still have to add the mesh once I have painted the back of the white leds black.

It looks just the part Dave & thank heavans for Modellers Licence. Question - how did you do the letters please? I know a LED with a stencil so how did you make the stencil is what I mean? ( I gotta be careful on how I ask questions- can't seen to be a dunce ya know!)

Never fails to amaze me,the ingeniuity of people on this forum!!!
Amazing stuff.I must consider using fibre optics for station lamps/inside signal box,etc.
    …….Now actually getting it to work is another thing altogether;-)

Cheers,John.B.

Now THERE'S an idea John, should make wiring up a station lamp in N gauge a lot easier. Bravo.
Nice progression from one option to the next Dave.