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colour light signals

Post by listerboy » Fri Jul 20, 2012 6:15 pm

Hi!

When I get round to building the KEMR I woild like to use colour light signals. I can't seem to find any kits. Has anybody else made some?

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Post by MDLR » Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:00 pm

What are colour light signals?

Come to that: what are signals??
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Post by TommyDodd » Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:31 pm

MDLR:72997 wrote:What are colour light signals?

Come to that: what are signals??
That explains your driving style, at least ;)

But seriously folks, ISTR Brandbright selling a range of American colour light (Sorry SWMBO, color light) signals by a firm called Model Power- but I can't find a trace of them online.

What I could find was... http://www.gaugemaster.com/search_resul ... ~~category
--the third one, of you don't mind it being Swiss or expensive, and...

http://www.z-stuff.net/dz1050.html which is fine if you can live with the price, the American appearance and the strange misplaced ingenuity of the operating system, which appears to be a time-interval system whereby it detects a passing train and goes to red, timing out to yellow then green after a few seconds. Clever, yes but convincing, not me guv...

Looks like you might be making your own.
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Post by Marquis DeCarabas » Sat Jul 21, 2012 11:23 am

TommyDodd:73002 wrote:http://www.z-stuff.net/dz1050.html which is fine if you can live with the price, the American appearance and the strange misplaced ingenuity of the operating system, which appears to be a time-interval system whereby it detects a passing train and goes to red, timing out to yellow then green after a few seconds. Clever, yes but convincing, not me guv...
True indeed - but I *do* like the idea. I've got bits of a Westinghouse 'B' frame that would drive those nicely... <thinks>
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Post by Johnnie2sheds » Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:26 pm

I made some searchlight signals a few years ago that were quite successful. 5mm tri colour LED and a few other bits and bobs.

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Post by grumpfuttock » Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:59 pm

Martin's Models have "AutoSIGNALS™" colour light signals listed on the website. I don't know what they are like, or what they cost but it maybe worth contacting Martin.
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