I want to have the control panel finished before I start any scenic work on the layout. I'd rather not have to keep turning it upside-down with too much built on top of it. This means that I have to crack on with the control panel.
The next stage is to solder up all the switches and LEDs. The LEDs I bought came in mounting assemblies but without ballast resistors. Each LED had a resistor soldered on, followed by wires long enough to reach to the chocolate blocks from the 25-pin connectors. The switches just had wires soldered on. By the time I'd got through this my trusty wire strippers had collapsed and I had to nip round the corner to Maplins to buy a more robust pair.
All in all, this took several weekends. I hope it works.
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