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Posted by Texas Zepher on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 6:56 PM
 samgolden wrote:
I read somewhere, to apply a thin yellow paint on the White Led's to tone down the Bluish color.
Better than paint, try the stain used by people who do stain-glass window work.
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Posted by tstage on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 5:32 PM

 simon1966 wrote:
If you use the sunny white LED's you get more of a yellow tinge to the light which is IMO more pleasing to the eye.

DB, 

I agree.  If you are using them in GP7s, use the golden-white LEDs.  They have that yellowish tint that you find on steamers and earlier diesels.  I use nothing but LEDs for my headlights.

 MisterBeasley wrote:
Try turning out all the lights and running a train with a nice bright headlight.  I love watching the shadows of the structures and towers move around the room as the train goes by.

Yea, is that cool, or what!! Smile [:)]Thumbs Up [tup]  It makes you feel like you're actually on the train itself, as it moves around the layout.

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Posted by samgolden on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 5:26 PM

Hi:  I read somewhere, to apply a thin yellow paint on the White Led's to tone down the Bluish color.  It works, but you have to experiment as to how much paint to put on. If you try this I hope it works for you.  It did for me, I used cheap craft paint from A.C. Moore.

Sam 

 

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 6:38 AM

Yeah, I like the Golden White LEDs for headlights.  They cost a bit more than the plain white ones, but the difference is worth a few cents as long as you're going to the effort of replacing old light bulbs.

Try turning out all the lights and running a train with a nice bright headlight.  I love watching the shadows of the structures and towers move around the room as the train goes by.

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Posted by simon1966 on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 6:30 AM
If you use the sunny white LED's you get more of a yellow tinge to the light which is IMO more pleasing to the eye.

Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum

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Wow what a difference!!!!
Posted by dr.bones on Monday, April 9, 2007 10:37 PM

I just decided and did change the Lights (ricebulb) on a BB GP7 for  some LED Brite whites, the difference is extrmely noticible. The only thing that I'm not to pleased is the blueish tone  that comes with ths color of light, but they seem like halogen lamps on a diseil !!!!!

The only reason that i decided to do this is because there was a post a few days back saying it  was easy, and it was.

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