Working on the Koban and parking lot

Well dont I have enough projects going lol. I wanted to add a parking lot to the Koban I just built and here are some mockups of the lot and the building. 

I think I'm liking the first 3 mockups out of all the ones that I've tried. 

A litle progress on the DCC-EX Command station

Today I got some new items in like the Barrel Connector and some Dupont Connectors (not pictured) 

I wired up the barrel connector and installed some wire for the programming track and the main track.

Documentation on how to wire up the command station werent that clear so I went looking for some reference pictures. 

Below is the result of my wiring. 

Cheap WiFi Throttles?

While on sScale,net I posted in the DCC section someone their homemade DCC WiFi throttle. TCS makes a WiFi throttle that costs $200 the homebrew WiFi throttle supposedly cost under $50 USD to make and it dont look too shabby either. Heres the link to his wsebsite and pictures of the throttle which I think looks cool. 

Two out of three isnt too bad DCC-EX

So far I have two out of three parts that I need for my DCC++EX DCC-EX Command Station. Im missing a bunch of other stuff I need like Dupont connecters, Power supplies, Wi-Fi shield. The pic below below is what I have so far. 

DCC++EX is old DCC-EX is the new kid on the block lol. sorry for the confusion.

My Makerfabs ESP8266 WiFi Shield shipped today woo hoo!!!1

 

Placed another order with Plaza Japan

 And finally got some decoders for a few Kato trains and some other stuff. 

DCC-EX

Ive decided to ditch temporally my NCE DCC system for DCC++EX  DCC-EX is an open source DCC system that runs on Arduino and consists Arduino, Motor Shield and a Wi-Fi Shield. With these 3 piece's you can have a low cost DCC system with Wi-Fi and al you need is a old beat up cellphone for a throttle or you can use a web browser and JMRI, Below are the main parts of the DCC-EX system. 

ESP8266 WiFi Shield

Arduino Motor Shield Rev3

Elegoo Mega R3 Board ATMega 2560

A couple of new buildings just completed

The smaller building is from Miniatuart which is a paper laser cut kit. That could be a clinic or shop but Im making it a Koban which is a Japanese Police station. The Larger building is from Outland Models and this will be a city police station. They both came out better than I expected especially the smaller building. All thats needed for both are police men, motor cycles, and signage Ive started to work on that