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Bob, I illuminated the numberboards on my F-3's as follows: I took the original boards and laid them on clear styrene and the traced around them with the tip of my X-acto knife. I don't recall paying any attention as to the thickness, but .015 sounds about right as noted by a previous poster. I then carefully filed them to a press fit inside the housings. The housings are also removeable so you can do this without excessive handling of the loco body. Next, I printed the numbers I wanted on my computer printer on regular bond paper. By using Microsoft Publisher I was able to print white numbers on a black background as I desired. I used a bold faced font for clarity. I then covered one side of the clear styrene boards with double sided scotch tape and trimmed it to fit. The backing paper was peeled off and the board was pressed down on the printed numbers, the paper was trimmed and my new number boards were ready to install. A couple of 1.5v microbulbs finished the job. I run DCC so the bulbs required a resistor in the circuit. On regular DC they can be powered with a diode lighting circuit. The bulbs shine through the bond paper very realistically. It diffuses the light and gives them a nice glow. I have high praise for Stewart for making the job so easy. Hope this helps. Bill
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