LED MARS Light

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hon30critter

Member since
July 2006
From: Bradford, Ontario
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Posted by hon30critter on Monday, March 28, 2016 4:13 AM

Mel:

I think what you have done is really spectacular!

I have personally seen the mars/gyralight effect (I'm not quite sure which) from the cab of the CP Canadian way back in 1965. Don't ask how I was able to get a ride through Northern Ontario in the middle of the night, but I'll blame it on the other kid! Smile, Wink & Grin Anyhow, seeing your video with the light projected onto a flat surface struck me as being pretty realistic.

Well done. Thanks for the 'How To'.

Dave

I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!

RR_Mel

Member since
January 2009
From: Bakersfield, CA 93308
6,526 posts

Posted by RR_Mel on Monday, March 28, 2016 11:37 AM

I’m still experimenting with my two LED MARS/Gyralite configuration. I guess that comes from my 50 years working in two-way radio communications, always trying to find a better way to do it.

I put a .040” clear plastic spacer between the two 2mm LEDs to attempt to widen the sweep. This video is with the spacer and the decoder programmed to Gyralite.

http://s358.photobucket.com/user/melvinperry/media/E7%20Gyralite-040%20spacing_zpsgoikmffw.mp4.html

http://s358.photobucket.com/user/melvinperry/media/E7%20Gyralite-040%20spacing%202_zpsg33ze7w9.mp4.html

Mel

Modeling the early to mid 1950s SP in HO scale since 1951

My Model Railroad

http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/

Bakersfield, California

I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.