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Street Lights

Any one got a suggestion for making street lights, I have some plastic tube the size of staws which could make the upright and then thread a grain of rice bulb through, but its finding something for the top, ANY SUGGESTIONS  please.    
upnick

Hi  Dave,    

What style /era of  light  do  you want  to create ?  SMD'S    instead  of   the  rice bulbs  will   run cooler  & of  course  are  smaller.    
dave`s dangerous

upnick wrote:
Hi  Dave,    

What style /era of  light  do  you want  to create ?  SMD'S    instead  of   the  rice bulbs  will   run cooler  & of  course  are  smaller.    


Morning Nick , Just a straight forward steet light nothing fancy , what are SMD`s
dave`s dangerous




Theses are the street lights I have been using they are German but now at £33 for 5 it`s a bit expensive and the other station lights are about £8 each

This is the plastic tube I thought for the post but any suggestions for a top, and I know its time I bought a new workboard.  
upnick

Hi  Dave,    

The German  ones  are  fine  but  as  you  say expensive      


SMD's  are LED'S   but  surface  mounted versions  of  them   &  a  lot  smaller  in  my    fireplace  layout  you  can  see them   on    yard  lights  i  placed  at  the  back   there  are  two  fitted  to  each  light   in  the  video   &   dont   forget  they  are  N scale  
They did  come eady  assembled   i dont fancy  soldering  such   small    items   in a  samll  area  though  for  your  lights  they can  be done  or come  prewired   try   &  dig  out some  info   on  the prewired for you.  


This is what  SMD's look like   &  thier dimensions  

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10-ULTRA-BR...d8190dfb&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

To  make  the tops some  thin   Brass   shaped   &   filed  would  work   try with   some  plasticard  first  as  a  pattern,   just  make sure  the Brass  top cant  come into  contact  with  the electrics.

Heres the Video  of  the yard  lights  to  the  right side  of  the layout.  

dave`s dangerous

They look nice and bright, do you have to wire in sequence or have they got resistors fitted? I could use them instead of grain of rice , as they do get very hot. It is trying to get something for the top cover, I did try the plastic top off a pen but with the heat of the bulb could be dangerouse  
upnick

dave`s dangerous wrote:
They look nice and bright, do you have to wire in sequence or have they got resistors fitted? I could use them instead of grain of rice , as they do get very hot. It is trying to get something for the top cover, I did try the plastic top off a pen but with the heat of the bulb could be dangerouse  


Hi  Dave,    

The yard lights are from CR  signals  heres thier download  page    inc OO
http://www.crsignals.com/downloads.aspx

Almost  sure  Bromsgrove models  stock   Prewired   SMD's  a quick  call  should confirm  it .  

http://www.bromsgrovemodels.co.uk/brmodsindex.html


The lights  on  the  vid   where  wired  in  series   with  resistors   grain  of rice bulbs are ok    but will  give off  too  much  heat.  

Another  way  to make the tops   is to    shape a piece of   balsa  /dowel   to the  correct profile   then    a piece  of square   balsa   with  a  hole cut out  in the centre.

Using   drawing pns   attach    some  plasticard  to   the balsa   covering  the hole   heat   gently under the grill    till   the plastic   just   moves  remove   quickly  &  use   your  shaped   dowel   to   push   the   soft plastic  into   the  form  you  need  ......  trim   and  use     its  a basic  form  of   vac  moulding  very  effective   &    lots  of  copies  can  be made   with  the   jig.
dave`s dangerous

Thanks Nick both those shops seem to have all that I would like in lighting, the Cr signals seem the best but again they are not cheap, but they have ones for self assembley at £4 or just over I maight have a go at them later, but your idea of making my own is interesting, I shall have a go when I have compleated (never have) my scenary and track.  
poliss

Is it possible to turn non working lamps into working lamps such as the ones from model scene?
http://www.gaugemaster.com/prod.a...;cid=219&mid=648&style=#1
Don't know if those are hollow, but maybe others are?
dave`s dangerous

Those gas lamps look good and they are cheap at £3 for 6 wonder if I can get a led bulb inside, think I will get a pack and try ..Thanks Doug,  they will always come in handy if not.
poliss

I don't know how practical it would be to convert them if the post is solid and you had to replace it with brass tube. You might just be left with the head that's useful. It's just an idea to look for alternatives to expensive operational lamps.
dave`s dangerous

poliss wrote:
I don't know how practical it would be to convert them if the post is solid and you had to replace it with brass tube. You might just be left with the head that's useful. It's just an idea to look for alternatives to expensive operational lamps.

yes it probably would covert to just use the tops I am going to buy some along with some other things on there so will let you know when I get them  
upnick

The model  scene   ones   look   a  good   donor for   operating  lights but the clear part  is probably   a  white solid plastic   needing  something to  replace the   lamp   parts  when using an    SMD/LED.
dave`s dangerous

upnick wrote:
The model  scene   ones   look   a  good   donor for   operating  lights but the clear part  is probably   a  white solid plastic   needing  something to  replace the   lamp   parts  when using an    SMD/LED.

I have ordered some now so we will see if and when they arrive, they all seem slow these days , but the post arn`t on strike as yet are they?
dave`s dangerous

Still waiting for the street lights form gaugemaster, but has anyone come accross some zebra crossing lights (flashing) in00 gauge, C R signals seem to be more i N gauge, tried a few sights but seen nothing yet.      
upnick

dave`s dangerous wrote:
Still waiting for the street lights form gaugemaster, but has anyone come accross some zebra crossing lights (flashing) in00 gauge, C R signals seem to be more i N gauge, tried a few sights but seen nothing yet.      


Havnt  seen  any  Dave  but they  should be  even   easier to make with  flashing  LED's   in  a round  sphere  theres  lots more space   for  the  LED.
dave`s dangerous


These are the Hornby beacon crossing lights but I don`t think big enough to put a flashing LED inside , shall have to look for a bigger orange sphere , Thanks Nick Keep on the lookout

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