Beginner tries to strike again!
- Thread starter rcline
- Start date
thank you every one for your kind words. I still have a long way to go, but with luck, as dt1967 says, once I get rolling - look out!!
Chessie6459
Gauge Oldtimer
Great job rcline. Been looking for streetlight ideas. Would you mind posting a "daylight" version of yours to show more of the details?
LED Lamp
Thank you again for your good words every one.
Pitchwife, Someone on this site ( HO scale trains) left thier link to thier own site and it was there that I learned about the LED lamp poles. I don't remember who it was thou!
Any way here is a drawing on what I did.
I also played with several resistors ( 4.7k 1\4 watt down to 3.3K 1\4 watt) and found that the 3.3K ohm resistor worked the best for me, good and bright!! The LED's are 3.8 volts.
After I completed construction of poles I taped off the LED itself and spray painted the poles and the LED "leads" a light gray color. That was it!
I power all my goodies with a 50 amp, 0 to 15 volt DC power supply.
I have also started on the electric doors on the round house. I'm using stepper motors from old floppy disk drives and came up with a stepper motor drive program to open and close the doors and it will also control all other goodies from my train PC.
Thank you again for your good words every one.
Pitchwife, Someone on this site ( HO scale trains) left thier link to thier own site and it was there that I learned about the LED lamp poles. I don't remember who it was thou!
Any way here is a drawing on what I did.
I also played with several resistors ( 4.7k 1\4 watt down to 3.3K 1\4 watt) and found that the 3.3K ohm resistor worked the best for me, good and bright!! The LED's are 3.8 volts.
After I completed construction of poles I taped off the LED itself and spray painted the poles and the LED "leads" a light gray color. That was it!
I power all my goodies with a 50 amp, 0 to 15 volt DC power supply.
I have also started on the electric doors on the round house. I'm using stepper motors from old floppy disk drives and came up with a stepper motor drive program to open and close the doors and it will also control all other goodies from my train PC.
Good work RC!
Probably Fred, AKA dash10, AKA HO Moderator
as it looks like his design to me and a jolly good one at that. I've got one and they are great. Will definately apply the technique on my own layout!
Probably Fred, AKA dash10, AKA HO Moderator
as it looks like his design to me and a jolly good one at that. I've got one and they are great. Will definately apply the technique on my own layout!lighted transport wagon
Ok, I went all this time. I took my EMS transport wagon, ripped it apart, then added lights under the hood. I installed 4 LED's ( 1 of each - bl,rd, yel and green)that all flash simultaneously with a flash rate of 10 fps. So tell me what you think!
The second photo shows the green and yellow as both on, but thier not! :thumb:
Ok, I went all this time. I took my EMS transport wagon, ripped it apart, then added lights under the hood. I installed 4 LED's ( 1 of each - bl,rd, yel and green)that all flash simultaneously with a flash rate of 10 fps. So tell me what you think!
The second photo shows the green and yellow as both on, but thier not! :thumb:
