Pimp my Multimaus!

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Hi all DCC fans!
I use the Roco Multimaus digital system, and of course I do appreciate that they have done a very ergonomic handset.
But the designer that chose the color ought to have been sent on retraining :D

Sure, the red may well be neat, but not on a controller … Looks almost a bit “so” …;)
I did this to mine today:

Dismantling it took about 5 minutes, of which three minutes were spent finding a suitable screwdriver …

I cleaned the cover with soap and water, and mixed in a little spirit to accelerate the evaporation.
Then I primed it with a black primer:

Then came the real fun :).
I wanted a personal touch, so I thought that I would have stars on the upper part of it, clouds in the middle and fire at the bottom.
I used white in my Iwata CM-B airbrush to sketch it up freehand:


The back got a little more clouds and a locomotive at the bottom (it IS a Train accessory after all…).

Then I added the colors from light to dark and I finished with some white for highlights.
This is

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Very cool!! I think you made the right decision, Graffen.

Crandell

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Interesting.

You may have started a new fad.

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That is cool, I love it.

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That is sweet! Awesome idea, and great job on the paint, looks professional.

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Pimp my Multimaus? LOL

Man, I am really out of it.

When I saw the title of the thread, I figure a hacker had descended on the forum.

I had to look it up on Google to see what it meant.

I gotta go pimp my ho… scale boxcar !

Rich

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wow, that is extremely neat. - Nevin

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PIMP who? You’re really a PIMP? there’s prostitutes here? Her name is MultiMaus? Oh, Your pimp name is Multimaus… WHere where? DO they belong here with a PIMP?[:P]

OH, I get it now…Pimp my Multimaus…as in spice up the DCC controller…I see.[I]

Well, now you’ve gone and done it.[%-)]

Everyone will want one just like it.[*-)]

Are you prepared to make many more for everyone who wants one?

Pretty cool. [8D]

Now like I said everyone will want one! [:-^]

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That is one cool controller.[Y] My NCE cover is in the mail. By the way A CPR Selkirk on the back would be great.[:)]

Brent

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I would gladly paint covers for those that want one, the best would be if it was possible to get a replacement cover to avoid waiting time [:D]

Anyone interested can contact me off list.

Regards; Michael.

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I sent some pics to Roco with a question about the possibilities to get some extra shells [8D].

I have also asked the Lenz Importer about the LH 100 shells…

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That’s incredible, and dead-gorgeous. Too bad there’s not enough surfcae in the Digitrax throttles for such a thing, or I’d be all over the offer.

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Pretty cool. [Y] I am thinking of doing something like this to some of my plain boxcars.