QUOTE: Originally posted by toenailridgesl Matt Ozark Miniatures has 2 different marker lights, Cat # 1028 & 1030. These can be made to work with a little drilling.
QUOTE: Originally posted by carpenter matt Not sure the technical name for them but does anybody make working lights like the ones you see on the side of cupola's? Battery power would be great. Thanks!
I bought a pair of the Tomar Industries Adlake caboose marker lights and they are pretty cool. My problem is that I want to trade out the incandescent bulbs that come with the marker lights for LED's. Apparently this is possible because Tomar sells replacement bulbs. It is not apparent to me how to remove the bulbs without major hacking. I have tried contacting Tomar but no response so far. Has anyone attempted to do this?
Toenailridges: Where does one find the Ozmin marker lights?
I hope someone can help you. Phil hasn't posted since last year and Matt hasn't posted since 06. Dont know what's happened but alot of long-timers here have gone away. The economy hasnt been kind to a great many folks.
Have fun with your trains
likelink Toenailridges: Where does one find the Ozmin marker lights?
http://www.ozarkminiatures.com/Scripts/default.asp is their site...I'll try to find the marker lights.
These are what I found:
http://www.ozarkminiatures.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=328
http://www.ozarkminiatures.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=326
http://www.ozarkminiatures.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=539
http://www.ozarkminiatures.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=126
http://www.ozarkminiatures.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=128
The marker lights on the caboose pictured below are Ozark Miniatures (1:20.3) markers. Their 1:24 markers are a little too small in my opinion.
I used Ozark #1028
They came with green and red lenses. Since the D&RGW used amber colored lenses, I also purchased Ozark #1029 (Amber Lenses)
To light them, I used Miniatronics 12 volt bulbs. They are powered by a 9 Volt battery. As mentioned above in a previous posting, you do have to drill out the marker light castings in order to light them. You also have to sand the backs of the lenses to remove the backing paper. But it is worth it in the end.
Matt from Anaheim, CA and Bayfield, COClick Here for my model train photo website
USA Trains sell the American style caboose lights and I think they are smaller than the LGB American ones.
I split the marker lights on my Aristocraft track cleaner car after removing them. I used a sharp blade to prise them apart. There is provision inside them for an LED which I placed in and then stuck the light together again. Place a resistor in the line & use a battery to power themwith on/off switch. Works well, but as most of my running is in the day time, I tried it for an experiment.
Also removed LED from my Rogers and installed new LEDs & resistor. This can be seen as you run into shadows around the track. All of my trains are battery remote, so I remove light globes & smoke units which gives much longer running time.
Installed LED's into Bachman carriages, replacing overhead lighting.
Cheers from Andrew
Sandbar & Mudcrab Railway
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