Nice work.

Thanks!

Very nice!  Any tips or tricks to the install?

No tricks but instructions are good from Evan Designs with the kits. My first was a police car with all the flashing lights and this one a simple sedan with headlights and tail lights. Interesting to note, both vehicles are dodge diplomat sedans. Choosing a suitable vehicle is 80% of the battle, making sure there is a way to get to the lights you want to Illuminate and also be able to hide the wires. Light kits are pretty cheep and worth a try! Have fun!

Very nice to see, evans lights are easy to install and have used them in williams engines and also some tenders.

@stangtrain posted:

I just installed lights in my taxi using a kit from (forum sponsor) Evan Designs. My second installation, so far:

Very nice work! I've used their LED's, in various sizes, on many of my projects.

That is cool looking. I would love to have lights in my SuperStreets vehicles...they're powered via the Streets track but no lights, unfortunately.

I have used Evans Design LEDs to light up both police cars and fire trucks. One trick I use to light up taillights which are small is to use Lionel part 2332-34 running light. I drill small hole and insert running light and then glue LED behind it.  I have recently did this to a few different model cars and it works well. I will be selling these cars at the local train show in April. I've also included photo of GG1 with LED lit running lights.

Very nice work guys. Evans lights has been my go to place for LED and lighting eguipment.

Okay, this is getting addictive! I just completed another light installation, this time in a die cast Amtrak police car. The 2 kits I used are these:

This installation required drilling holes through the headlight and tail light areas and gluing in the LEDs using the recommended GE silicone adhesive:

While I was at it, I added 2 policemen:

Here’s the finished product in place on the layout:

@SIRT posted:

           Evans has some great items! Will be ordering another batch this year.

Steve, nice work'.. Evan Designs are wonderful people and great products'.. I have used their Model Builder software for over 100 structures for sub walls etc.  I lost count of how many light products I've used'...

I love what you have done with your I95 signs'... Excellent'..

Today I added another lighted vehicle to the layout. Here is the 1949 Cadillac before lights turned “on” :

And now with the lights “on” this nice family can see where to go in the dark:

@stangtrain posted:

And now with the lights “on” this nice family can see where to go in the dark:

They can't go far, the wire will stop them.

"They can't go far, the wire will stop them. "

Funny - but maybe this was the first generation of electric cars - just came with a long extension cord, LOL!!

Here’s the newly lighted car on the layout:

I may need to reduce the voltage going to the car. Now 10 volts, maybe I’ll try 8 instead.

And still another of my vehicles "sees the light":

Before adding headlights:

With headlights added:

And yet another today gets lights! This time a little Fiat that we bought at a drug store in Italy quite a few years ago:

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

They can't go far, the wire will stop them.

Probably still better and safer than those EV'S that burn up!🔥🚒🚑🚓

The Porsche was just crying for lights, so since I had an extra pair of taillights from a kit, I had to do it. While I had it opened, I added a driver and passenger. The Corvette next to it also got a driver. I am out of lights so time to take a break!

Next up is my ice cream truck:

Now that it has lights and music, it is attracting a crowd!

The sound module came from ITT Products and is installed below the layout. I made a speaker enclosure from a little plastic eye drop container:

And still another gets to see the light, or at least a pair of tail lights. A tight fit, but the little Toyota Rav4 was a good candidate:

Okay, so maybe I'm showing some addictive behavior, but I think this is a good thing and I am having loads of fun and it is amazing how much better these vehicles look with lights. Here's the latest: