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Train Shed lighting

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Posted by Jeff1952 on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 11:43 AM

WOW! I'm not even gonna ask how long that has taken!

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Posted by BATMAN on Thursday, August 15, 2019 12:39 PM

I think every modeler should endure the torture of LED micro surgery to get his lighting merrit badge. This mockup worked well for me and I am almost complete in the installation of 30 of these in my roundhouse.

Brent

"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."

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Posted by RR_Mel on Thursday, August 15, 2019 8:48 AM

Jeff
 
“Where there is a will there is a way”
 
I use micro connectors between roofs and walls and walls and the base.  Early on I made my own connectors using K&S brass tubing and brass rods.
 
 
By using connectors you can wire the lighting any way you want.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mel
 
 
My Model Railroad   
 
Bakersfield, California
 
I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
 
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Train Shed lighting
Posted by Jeff1952 on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 11:29 PM

Work progresses on the Walthers Milwaukee Road Train Shed kit in which I'll be showcasing my passenger streamliners at rest. I used a full kit, and half-again from a second shed kit, so it occupies a lot of real estate. I don't plan to glue the thing down, in case I need to lift it off for cleaning or maintenance. That being said, my original plan was to install Woodland Scenics Just Plug lighting out of sight beneath the roofing or along the supporting structure. But the wiring would be "challenging" to arrange and still have the roof structure and supporting columns "lift off". My question... would it look "okay" to use Just Plug arched Street Lights along the platforms to illuminate the boarding areas? I've seen it done on several other layouts and thought it looked fine. Just wondered if its protypically unforgivable?

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