Yesterday, Sunday, 8/6/2023, My helper, Zora Maya Keith came to visit to get a bit more done on the layout. Though, I don't have any photos of either of us "in action" due to the fact that we were simultaneously working on different projects, I do have some photos of the results at the end of our session.
I dislike brush painting! Zora Maya said that she really liked to paint. So, she painted as much of the new transformer cabinet and 2 extra shelves that she could in the time that she had. Though the photo below is not very good because my phone camera seems to be overwhelmed by the color red, to the point of making the built-in center shelf not visible, her paint job was GREAT! The two extra shelves need a bit more paint.
While Zora Maya was painting, I was trying to rejuvenate 3 ancient Lionel O-27 remote control tracks that will be used only for uncoupling on 3 new sidings. With help from my son, Chris, we identified where to hook the wires leading to a single pole, single throw. momentary, surface mounted push-button switch to be mounted on our new control panel.
After doing what I could on the remote-control tracks, I started another project, Turning an MTH Rugged Rails, O-27, PRR Combine into a Rail Post Office car with detailed interior. First, I dismantled the coach and cut the wires to the MTH lighting system to be replaced with strip LED lighting using Gunrunner John's AC to DC converters.
I will not use the stock MTH interior. I will cover the floor below with plank wood and use figures from Model-Tech Studios with workers sorting documents into pigeon-hole cabinets with U. S. Mail sacks laying around them on the floor. Also, I will open a sliding door on the coach and have an attendant standing by the opening waiting to retrieve a sack of mail from the mail hook when the train passes the next station. So, the photo below shows the remaining parts of the coach that I need for the project prepared for the next step in the process.
More progress will be reported as it happens.