Building lights

These are coming from Atlas, due in 2Q 2014. Might look to see if you like anything.

 

Atlas Lights

I just bought 4 led lights which were gooseneck that overhang over the door for $25.00 with shipping on ebay from big-windy. I placed it over the front door of my car dealership, and it looks great. Hope this helps.

 

Mike

The Atlas ones are nice, but without dimensional data, their web page is useless.

Find Andre Garcia (AG) here on the forum. You tell him what you want and he will make it for you out of brass. Exceptional workmanship!

 

http://s115.photobucket.com/al...models/Brassdetails/

If you are handy you can make your own as I do.

Here's how:

1.Buy some "Button Covers" found in the sewing Dept. at Walmart and similar stores.

They are used as a base for a fabric covered button by a seamstress.

Anyway the dome shaped portion is perfect for the shades you want.

They come in a variety of sizes and can be painted to your choice of color.

Here's a picture of what they look like:

2.Drill a hole in the center of the dome portion sized to fit an LED or incandescent bulb/socket of your choice.

I use 5mm "Warm White" LED's but a yellow bulb would look good too.

3.Glue the LED or socket in the hole.

4.With properly sized heat shrink tubing cover the exposed wiring from the LED or socket and add to the wires a short length of bare 16 gauge bendable solid copper wire.

5.The added bare wire will give the tubing some rigidity so you can form a "gooseneck" or other shape.

6. Insert tubing into your building, secure as needed and wire as needed.

 

It will look something like this (bulb not shown):

 

 

It works for me. Give it a try.

Mark

Maybe Alan G. Can repost the "how to" he put together for me on how to make them out of the Plastruct "O" scale lampshades, some styrene tubing and a grain of wheat LED. He did an instruction post with pictures and good written detailed instructions.

I would like to see that "How To" post from Alan G as well

Frank, are those LEDs? Any idea of the item number? As usual, the scene looks terrific. 

 

Jerrman

I searched ebay with no luck for big-windy. Can you post a link or the item number you purchased?   thanks

Thanks for all the ideas! Think I will try the button trick.

 

I purchased the item on January 12 and item #161194168183. When I get home this evening I will take a photo to show you.

thanks

Dobermann this is the led light goose neck hanging over my front door on the dealership. I got 4 of these for $25 including shipping.

looks good..got with big-windy and he'll be making more o scale with varying shade sizes in a few weeks..thanks

My post for lights still exists on the forum. You should be able to get it by typing in my name with the word lights.

 

Alan Graziano

I found Alan's "How To" for his lighting fixtures HERE:

I think I remember Alex M making gooseneck lamps out of a combo of products from Plastruct.

Wathers makes an HO scale light that I have used successfully.

 

Walthwers Cornerstone Build-ups Wall Mounted Light (3-Pk) #933-1094.

We have been experimenting with this item as a prototype for a new product for us.

 

 

Alan,

What is the small bending tool in the post on building these, any idea where one might find one?

Thanks

Cincinnati Western,

It is a bending jig I purchased from a company called Micro Mark. They are located in Berkley Heights, New Jersey. It is for bending various sizes of pipe.

I saw one of the lights that Rich is looking to try to distribute in person and it really looks great. 

It will be much easier to buy them than to make the lights the way I do it.

 

Alan Graziano

Rich, will they be all incandescent? Or possibly make an LED style too? I know there are a ton of us out here that need some nice looking goose neck lamps that don't really feel like making them

The current plan is incandescent, I believe we are going with 16V bulbs, which of course can be run on lower voltages either AC or DC..  The wire leads should be around 8-10".

 

 

Why not LED?

 

Ken M

Ken, At this point incadesent, I think, is more universal and simple. The led requires, either DC and or more components.

Rich, those look great.  Any idea when they may be available for sale.  I am just beginning to start adding lights to my buildings and have application for at least 20 of these.

 

Also, I am very thankful that these will be offered as incandescent lamps.  I feel that I am in the minority but I really like the warm feel a lot of lighted buildings on a layout adds but dislike the look of LED's  They seem to give off such a harsh light.

 

As for reliability, I have installed over 300 grain of wheat bulbs in buildings over the past 8 years and never had a failure (mostly using Minutronics 12 volt smaller size).

 

It has been a pleasure to watch the wonderful job you are doing keeping the fabulous line of Korber structures on the market and some of the newer innovations you are adding.  Good luck for your continued success.

 

Happy railroading,

Don

Rich,

The lights I buy have 18-inch leads. This eliminates a lot of splicing. Try to get the leads as long as possible if you can.

 

Alan Graziano

I just rechecked the length, they are about 13" from the point the pipe would go through the outside wall to the ends of the wire

Rich,  Are lamps/bulbs a "GO" or still in the evaluation phase?

Bill,

We expect to ship these in the next month or so.   They are a go,  need to complete packaging and final pricing

I have used these on many of my models: http://grsmicroliting.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=43 . I guess they're intended for smaller scales like HO/S, but I've found they look just about the right size for O Scale.

 

Here's an example of a model I did where I used 2 of those lights under the canopy...

 

 

Thanks, Leon, that looks very nice.  I really like the green on the outside of the shade and the white inside.

 

Art

Hi, I just want to say thanks to everyone who purchased my goosenecks and to Mike Pellegrino who took the time to post a picture of my N scale gooseneck . At the moment I am not on eBay but in case anyone is still looking you can find me. When I figure out how to post a picture here I will get some up . Till then I suppose there is a PM system and I can email them to you. A brief description, The shades are a thin profile stamped aluminum in O,S,Ho,N,and Z scale inches. For O scale I have the biggest selection 6,9,12,18and 24" I have a single bend or double bend gooseneck or straight tube made of nickel brass or stainless steel. I have started to include a round wall plate as a nice finishing touch. Most people prefer to leave them in the bare metal but a nice coat of depot green with a white inner shade of white is prototypical. They are basically made to order with 6 inches of #38 magnetic wire and a 1K ohm current limiting resistor. I hope to ,,make a street light for O real soon (spare time lol) I am an N scaler don't hold it against me!  I also make a lighted welder and a few other things when I need a change of pace. Sorry for the long post but, I just wanted to finish what Mike started.
Jerry S.

 

Your welcome Big Windy the lights are great simple as that. I have one left and when I need more I will be coming to you Big Windy.

 

Mike

 

Rich,

Hopefully you will have these at York so I can pick up a few.

LEDs are available in differentclr temps, not all of them are harsh. If you get a 2700k warm LED, its the same yellowish glow as bulb.

O scale is in luck, I have the warm white led, which seems to be impossible to find in 0402 size. I could do an incandescent bulb in my light if I can find one with thin magnetic wire. I honestly haven't looked at that option. A bulb showing out the bottom would really look great. I will look and see what I can do. I have made "bulbs" with Gallery Glass ™ in 0402 LEDs and they were decent.
Jerry S.