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Post by ron045 on Jul 21, 2024 12:04:57 GMT
I'm building a small passenger/freight area and wanted to get some ideas on scratch building some lights on the platform. Not sure if I should go with plain or fancy. I modified these (some Christmas village lights) and re-wired them with LED. What a PITA. I don't want to do this again.  I also made these from a modified plastic telephone pole, Christmas lights and a button washer. I wired in series so the wire going from pole to pole is really carrying electricity. These were fun, but not sure they are appropriate for a platform.   Then I thought about just buying these cheap lights from flea bay and just calling it a day.   O Scale Lights
So, how are you lighting your passenger/freight platforms? Please share. Thanks! Ron |
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Post by bob on Jul 21, 2024 12:25:41 GMT
I used some brass LED lights from wehonest on my diesel service platform and am very happy with them. There are a lot of options.
Bob Bartizek
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Jul 21, 2024 13:22:18 GMT
Well, a couple of thoughts: - First, a modified Marx platform on the el trolley line:  The platform, which I salvaged from a Marx "Sound O' Power" set, rests on a sub-platform I built to house the trolley stop works. As received, it was apparently missing two of the roof supports, so, using the holes already in the platform as a guide, I created vertical columns from texture file-printed cardstock and topped them with two pre-wired LEDs, using small sections of old translucent plastic hose to serve as 'fixtures'. - Second (even though it's not on a passenger platform), I added another pre-wired LED light to an Atlas operating oil pump, using a short length of aluminum tubing and topping it with a small block of translucent white foam to serve as a diffuser. Although not anticipated, when I happened to use a lighted doorbell push button switch for activation, the trickle of current through the button's LED is enough to dimly light the added LED as well at all times, which brightens with a button push/pump activation: - Third, as it happens, I just bought a dozen streetlights much like you mentioned, though in HO scale to approximate (in O scale) the size of the light posts on the Cambridge Creek bridge prototype, a model of which I am currently scratch building:   Mine came by slow boat, and appear to be the right size for my projected use; other than needing to add a greenish coat to the (now black) base to better match the original, I hope to use them pretty much as-is on the bridge model. |
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Post by ron045 on Jul 21, 2024 13:58:23 GMT
I used some brass LED lights from wehonest on my diesel service platform and am very happy with them. There are a lot of options.
Bob Bartizek Very nice Bob, Thanks for sharing. Better call emergency services. You have a man down.  Excellent Trolly stop Steve. I like what you did there.
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Post by thebigcrabcake on Jul 21, 2024 14:03:53 GMT
I'm building a small passenger/freight area and wanted to get some ideas on scratch building some lights on the platform. Not sure if I should go with plain or fancy. I modified these (some Christmas village lights) and re-wired them with LED. What a PITA. I don't want to do this again.
Outstanding modification Ron!
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Post by harborbelt70 on Jul 21, 2024 14:11:49 GMT
I only have a use for street/platform lighting on a couple of train stations and one other structure that I occasionally put next to the carpet layout. I saw the set of street lamps pictured above but was completely put off by having to solder the resistors in place although the lamps themselves looked good enough for my purposes. I decided that it was far easier to use LEDs from Evan Designs that come with various power module options. They and lots of other model lighting suppliers also offer various options like gooseneck lamps, bulkhead lights and similar items which I have ended up using for my purposes.
I'm no expert about soldering although I have had to do it on various circuit boards and some pretty elaborate passenger car interior lighting. Somehow the idea of soldering a resistor in place in the base of a street lamp or several of them is deeply unappealing to me!
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Post by Adam on Jul 21, 2024 15:17:44 GMT
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