Helped a friend by adding some character to a very plain looking station.
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That is nice: details make all the difference, don't they?. I know many of those figures waiting on you platform. Seen on my layout too. Fantastic!
Nice job!
Peter
Nelson
You brought a plastic model to life. Well done!
Steve
Very nice.
Every time I see one of those, it is screaming, "Help me, help me..I need a kitbash,
new windows, please!, new, realistic paint, and a new two story bay down the front. Puh-eeze separate me from the herd!". I don't own one, and I like shortline, headquarters upstairs, stations, but I have enough stations.
Really adds interest to this station. Nice job.
wow, this is a fabulous piece! I need one
Thank you Carey. This is how it looks installed.
That is only one of many that I have done for his layout. If you click on my profile you will see some that came out much better with a lot more work involved. The A&W root beer stand was the most involved.
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NelsonW posted:Helped a friend by adding some character to a very plain looking station.
Who makes the lights on the outside of the station?
Nice work !!!
Great work, I just noticed the people in the 2nd floor windows!
My goodness this just shows that old threads sometimes do get read….
Matt:
The lights on the station were made by me and are very simple to make.
Material needed:
1 3mm or 5mm white led
2 #6 or #8 SCREW CUP SURFACE FINISHING WASHERS
3 small shrink tubing
4 green paint
5 #30 wire
Take the washers and place the upside down on a 3/8 nut and with a punch or larger screw reverse the taper of the washer. This will make the shade for the light. I will sometimes place the #6 washer inside the #8 to make the hole smaller. Then you just install the wired led into the shade with the shrink tubing for the top of the base. Then just paint the assembly green. I leave the underside chrome.
For the ones I made for the brewery I installed a solid piece of 14 wire to hold the shape of the mounting pipe to install on the building.
The newer style I am using now uses SMD’s but soldering them is not for the faint of heart as you need to hold them with tweezers to solder. The advantage is you no longer see the bulb in the fixture.
Either way the cost is less then less then 10 cents a light.
Thank you all for the comments it is nice to know people are still reading these posts.
Looks great! Forgive my ignorance but what is a "screw cup surface finishing washer"?
Nice layout as well.
Thanks for all the detail on the lighting! I look forward to trying my hand at it soon.
