up/down right/left

Hi all. I'm a fairly newbie to electronics and absolutly new to the board.

I'd like to control a directional light up/down R/L remotely. Not IR or RW just w/ a joystick or whatever.
Does Ratshack (or other) have a modular unit that I could get? Or even a kit would work. It'd be fun to build it. Any ideas?
Thanks
rnr

I am not sure what your question is... but couldn't you use momentary contact switches to do it?