Making good my mistakes, if possible?

[Greybeema]

I drew mine on squared paper (occasionally you see blocks of it in Aldi), stylising the turnouts.  I had already bought the switches so used them as a size guide, offsetting turnouts in the diagramme to allow the switches to fit.

Once done I traced it through onto plain paper, stuck that onto the thin ply I used for the panel tops and drilled through to fit the switches.  Reverse the drill through the paper, forwards through the ply.

I actually mounted two panels, one at each end into the mail board so as to keep it all neat..

[Bealman]

Hi Peter - the offer made above by Paul in reply #15 above seems to be most generous - I think if I were you I'd be sending the gentleman a pm!

For what it's worth, here are the two panels I referred to in my earlier post - the painted one dating back to 1987!!

Castle Eden panel (painted on wood):
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Kirkby Langdale panel (felt-tip pen and ruler on aluminium):
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Cheers,

George

[petercharlesfagg]

Hi Peter - the offer made above by Paul in reply #15 above seems to be most generous - I think if I were you I'd be sending the gentleman a pm!

For what it's worth, here are the two panels I referred to in my earlier post - the painted one dating back to 1987!!
George

George, thankyou for both your post AND the images it is just the sort of thing I am aiming for rather than the whole layout!

Inspirational!

Think the 12000 volt sign is a brilliant idea!

Warmest regards, Peter.

[Bealman]

Thanks Peter!

Actually, looking at those pics of the 1987 panel, it's interesting to see some of the push buttons are red, like they were were when installed, but others seem to have gone white, presumably from Aus UV through open garage door.... different plastic, or maybe they have been the pushbuttons getting the most action, perhaps?

A mystery!

Cheers,

George

[steve836]

You could try using a digital camera from above the layout and take many overlapping shots. I know your circumstances with regards to your railway room and don't think you could get far up above the layout to do one shot. Import the pictures into ms paint and magnify them to scale. Alternatively, give SCARM a try, I found it easy to use and there are plenty of tutorial videos. Plus it is all free.

Thankyou Malc, I will have to try your suggestion, though this is another case in point, I have never use MSpaint before!

Warmest regards, Peter.

I was in M&S the other day but the assistant said they don't do paint!