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IMPORTANT NEWS Please check out our latest Newsletter. It contains important information about the future of MODRATEC. Newsletter 26th November 2019

Sending the right signals?
Lever Frames by MODRATEC

Photo of a MODRATEC Lever Frame

A 12-lever example of a MODRATEC Mechanically Interlocked Lever Frame. This frame has additional electrical releases on levers 4, 7 and 10.

MODRATEC has developed a system that allows virtually any railway modeller to incorporate what they have always dreamed of—realistic hands-on control of points and signals, interlocked for safety.

And even if you don't have a model railway, a fully interlocked Lever Frame makes a great executive toy!

Versatility

Each MODRATEC Mechanically Interlocked Lever Frame is customised for your specific layout requirements.

And now includes CONDITIONAL INTERLOCKING!! and EEMECK ELECTRICAL RELEASES.

Your design

... the task of making a proper frame, with tappets and sliders working in concert to prevent a conflicting move or unsafe working method being executed, has been made considerably easier thanks to MODRATEC of Australia. [RAILWAY MODELLER - Feb 2006]

Interlocking design has always seemed something of a mysterious black art. To overcome this, MODRATEC has created a design tool called SigScribe4.

You can download SigScribe4 free of charge. You use it to draw your track plan, place signals, and define routes. SigScribe4 then creates the mechanical interlocking design and simulates it so that you can test your design.

Your Lever Frame Kit

MODRATEC uses your SigScribe4 design to generate your customised Kit and Construction Manual.

Kit construction involves the application of basic workshop skills and tools. All parts are pre-drilled and tapped as required. The builder is required to file notches in interlocking tappets according to details tabulated in the Construction Manual.


NEWS

NEW ITEMS FROM THE SHOP

2014 Wall Calendar - Exploring Railways and Signals. Please see details in The MODRATEC Shop - link to the right.

Eemeck Electrical Releases for electro-mechanical interlocking functions. Please see details in The MODRATEC Shop - link to the right.

Point Motor Pulser (PMP01A) series to our product range. These are designed to operate solenoid-type point motors safely and reliably using simple on/off switching. Please see details in The MODRATEC Shop - link to the right.

We have released a new range of Auxiliary Switch Units that may be fitted to any of our Lever Frames. Please see details in The MODRATEC Shop.

MODRATEC is now offering WIT Starter Packs so that customers may have an opportunity to give wire-in-tube control a try. You get a 6-lever Premium non-interlocked Lever Frame Kit together with sufficient wire, flexible tube, clamps, joiners and Point-wit mechanisms to operate 6 sets of points. Ideal to try out in a yard. NOW AVAILABLE - 12-lever WIT Starter Pack.

We are also making available a range of basic electronic components ideally suited to railway modelling. These, together with some screw packs, are offered in convenient packaged quantities. See our new Elec, Mech Products page.

The MODRATEC Signalling Prize

Each year, at the Brisbane Model Train Show MODRATEC offers a $250.00 cash prize and certificate for the layout with the best signalling. Here is the list of winners.

Dagabar

A scene at Dagabar, where, just as in real life, signals occasionally fail and technicians ponder the cause.

Show Schedule

To see our Show Schedule, check this topic in the MODRATEC Guest Lounge.
Updated October 2015. Next show, Sydney, 3-5 October 2015. Sydney Model Railway Exhibition


Queensland Model Railway Show

24-25 October 2014 - The Workshops Rail Museum
North Street, North Ipswich


Our business name is not modratech, but we've added this note so that you can find us by search engine is you think it is. Also, if you are looking for sigscribe, you probably mean SigScribe4.

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