Ticket Office and WHS Kiosk

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This is essentially a compact housing for keeping electronics dry on a Garden Railway setup.\nThe "WH Smith & Son" Kiosk is fully enclosed, designed to shield items from moisture, and its design is based on a classic UK Newsagents Kiosk commonly seen at train stations.\nThe Ticket Office module is an additional front that can be attached to the kiosk's sides, roof, and back. It's a creative interpretation of an old-fashioned ticket office.\nPhotos reveal the stringing in the letters more clearly than expected; however, this issue becomes less noticeable when the structure is placed in the garden.\n(updated) Instead of using a pegboard, better results can be achieved by utilizing the "NodeMCU Motor Shield", which features sensible pinouts for servos and hall sensors. Modification details for the board can be found here: https://github.com/dagnall53/ESPMQTTRocnetSound/blob/master/HARDWARE.pdf.\nIf you prefer to use a pegboard, the "peg board" electronics base has been designed to accommodate a NODEMCU (ESP8266) V3 and an "LM7805 Regulator Power Supply Module" with AC input. This setup also includes a "L9110S H-bridge Stepper Motor Dual DC motor Driver Controller Board". Using a pegboard allows for easy connection of modules using standard Dupont jumper wires, making it simple to change or reuse the wiring.\nThe V2 nodemcu board is smaller, so I have designed another pegboard that places the motor driver in the middle, leaving room inside the kiosk for the station master.\nThe boards shown are set up to drive two filament light circuits (for the station lights and the kiosk), plus two loco sensors (Hall effect switches) and two Servo drives to control points at the station. The code is available here: https://github.com/dagnall53/ESPWIFIROCNET.\nPrint Settings\nSupported Resolutions:\nLayer Thickness: 0.2mm Nozzle Diameter: 0.4mm Infill Percentage: 20% Notes: The slots in the front and back sections required larger openings than anticipated. It's possible that your printer is better optimized, resulting in looser fits for the tabs on the sides.\nTo print the roof flatly, I made a copy and secured it to a horizontal surface. This resulted in two separate roofs in the source plans; you will need supports enabled to print the overhangs on the roof successfully.\nI printed with PLA without any issues or layer shifting.\nPost-Printing Assembly\nThe kiosk is held together using Ten 1.7mm by 10mm screws. You'll need to drill pilot holes that angle into the center to prevent them from breaking through outside.\nAdditionally, I drilled two holes from the sides into the protruding roof section inside to ensure a secure connection.\nFor the Ticket Office module, I applied an off-cut of transparent plastic behind the windows and kiosk opening to keep rain out.