I've received my first order of BullFrog turnout controls from Fast Tracks. I've started with acquiring five controls and I built up four of them and installed them as seen in these photos. This solution definitely has no issues with keeping the points in the proper position!
In this first view are three controls built and installed in the traditional standing position.
The first thing I should note is that the wire that goes through layout board to the turnout is not the wire that came with the kit. The kit wires are too large in diameter to fit through the loop on the turnout so I decided to use the wire that I salvaged from the other turnout control attempt instead. Even with the smaller gauge wire, the tension on the points is quite good.
For some of the controls, you can see the cable rod connection to the control unit - pushing or pulling the rod through the plastic sleeve operates the control and eventually these cables will lead to the side of the layout and terminated with knobs. Also visible is the electrical switch that is used to route the power to the points.
The fourth control that I built and installed was done in the horizontal mounting position. Here it is shown in the neutral position with the track points not aligned either left or right. I did use the larger gauge wire from the kit going between the control and the separate lever mechanism seen on the right but again the wire going through to the turnout is the thinner wire from before. This mounting solution provides a lower profile arrangement but I didn't choose to use this configuration for that particular reason - rather, I'm using it because it has the effect of reversing the relationship between the push/pull cable operation and the push/pull operation of the turnout - more on this later. (Note: still visible is the hole with the yellow Teflon sleeve in the layout from the old control solution.)
At this point, I'm fairly comfortable with this solution to move forward and order the other controls needed to cover all of the turnouts on the module. Of course, there are still some challenges to address ...