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Cool idea, but before you dive in, let me tell you of my experience[:(!]. About 3 years ago I decided to make the ditch lights on my Kato dash9 really function. I thought it would be easy! I purchased a decoder that would do the effect for me, took the engine apart and removed the light piping that normally provides additional lighting power from the headlights to the ditch lights. After installing 12v GOR bulbs, I powered her up and sent it for a ride. They worked great! But one problem. They got so damned hot they started to melt the stock Kato fixtures![V] Imagine my horror to find a 90 dollar engine starting to melt!![:0] The fix came in the form of brass tubing and putty to reshape the lights, and playing with resistors to get the voltage to a happy medium between brightness and heat. Problem solved and lesson learned. Just cuz the instructions say it will work right, don't mean it will! [:D] Thank goodness 99% of the fleet is pre-ditch light!! (1994?)
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