Thanks for the info. Since the things I've built up to now are simple N Scale structures, I haven't worried too much about interior rooms. I just have light coming out the windows. I have tried making some lighted signs, some with better luck than others.
I still use just two wires to each structure, and then branch off inside the building. I may try some copper tape or brass rods.
I still have a week of building before I get to the lighting on my latest project, but I may try somethingl like that.
Thanks. You guys do such professional looking projects, it gives something to aim for. My buildings still look pretty amateurish.
York1 John
I use incandescent bulbs,cause its simple. I use telephone wire, cause I have a mess of it, cheap/simple.
I solder the bulb leads to the phone wire thats long enought to reach below the layout. Before installation. All my ceilings and roofs are removeable, I use alum.tape [what the heating guys use for duckwork] and tape light to ceiling/roof. Route the wire where ever it fits and down . With a foam table ,simple to poke a hole. wires are then hooked up to a lighting buss
Nice work everyone.
I work in HO. I usually put interior ceilings and walls in my structures, so there is usually some wire route that is invisible from any of the doors or windows. I use a few incandescent grain-of-wheat bulbs, usually suspended from the ceiling, for each building. I am not entering contests, just making structures for my layout, so simpler is better for me.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
I used copper tape to run the power along the beams. Once everything was all soldered up I just painted over it and the tape look like the side of the beam.
This is a mockup I did to see how things would work. I used chip resisters and you can see them on the beam.
I built this holder out of a paint edger that cost $1.00. I use it to solder the lights and resisters.
Here is the finished project.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
I scratch-build N Scale buildings. I have been working at this for under two years, so I am still learning.
I normally put lights onto the buildings, some inside, some outside.
My difficulty is soldering, insulating, securing, etc., the wires and resistors without damaging everything or pulling things apart.
I've thought about getting two pieces of copper, gluing them to the floor somewhere, and then soldering all the wires to them. Is this what anyone else does? Does anyone have a better suggestion?