I have no switch stands, as my yard images clearly show. I had sprung for some Caboose ground throws many moons ago, and decided, once the first was erected, that it was far too large to be on the layout. Dang.
I was pondering this afternoon, while building a Kanamodel CPR style water tower, how to get switch stands without sending away for some…plus shipping. Shipping is really becoming a problem these days as it costs so much. Add brokerage fees if the shipper won’t send them by post…fuggedaboudit.
I went down stairs and started moving…stuff. I found two unused globe type old fashioned lamp posts from a styrene kit. The base and post were nearly the right size, but the globes would have to go. Okay, I had already figured out that the Caboose ground throw targets would suffice atop those posts. But the resulting stands would look weird with no handles. My eyes fell on two never-throw-anything-related-to-trains-out horn and hook couplers…with centering springs. Aha! I clipped two of them, and I had my handles. Some gluing and some paint, and, voila…
