Shoofly free-moN module - 9
“front,” so I installed a Fast Tracks Bullfrog underneath, using
a piece of 0.080” styrene caulked to the foam to create a firm
base plate for the Bullfrog. I didn’t want turnout control rods
and knobs to extend beyond the fascia, so I used stiff music
wire for rods, attached a thick styrene pad at the ends, and
then secured the rods a few inches before the fascia with a
metal corner brace jerry-rigged with an aluminum tube. (11)
A printed symbol of a harp switch stand is secured to the outer
fascia to indicate where one may slip some fingers underneath
to push or pull on the styrene pad to throw the turnout points.
11
11: I prefer manual turnout control, so I assembled
and installed a Fast Tracks Bullfrog with homemade
control rods made out of music wire. Given the 50”
layout height and the 24”-or-less module width, the
control rods are actually unnecessary as we’ve found
it’s easier to just reach underneath from either side
and throw the Bullfrog itself.
MRH-Feb 2013
