Lights for Buildings

There's a seller on ebay named "locomotive joe" that sells nice ones.  He also has a website here.  I've bought several and am very pleased with them.

-Dustin

Try Walthers  HO lamps. I have used . Very nice. Dave G.

Also, Woodland Scenics recently announced some new ones that will be available in June 2016 per their website here.

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Check out our bendable LED lighting on the website.  Pan-style lighting.

Patrick:

Being a cheapster, I have had excellent luck getting the old shade look from used glue tubes.  You could use the top of a styrene cement tube or even better, as I do, a used Duco Cement tube.

I redrill the Dispenser portion and insert a grain of wheat bulb.  I have attached a couple of poor pictures that should give you the idea.  I paint mine and add some decorative striping.  They end-up looking quite nice.  Mine hang down straight, but you could also bend some brass or aluminum tubing if you wanted to make a self supporting light.   

They look really cool on the layout and feed them with less voltage than they are rated for so they will last longer and won't end up being a focal point.  The grain of wheat bulb look just like real lamp globes.  I'm not sure you would get the same effect with LED's.

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Excellent, Tom. 

Filed away for future reference.

Cheers

I looked for the lights on the OGRR website and could not find the lights in buildings details or wire.  Where should I look?

thanks

Sandy, not OGRR, but OGREmodeling.com.  Shows at Springfield, Mass.  York TCA. And Pittsburgh Fort Pitt meets, and Allentown Spring Thaw.  I did not get your message until this morning...sorry.

Built these with Model Power LED's and washers. The washers are for #6 drywall screws. I ran a screw through the back and got the hood shape I was going for.

Bob

RSJB18 posted:

Built these with Model Power LED's and washers. The washers are for #6 drywall screws. I ran a screw through the back and got the hood shape I was going for.

Bob

 

Bob, that is a great idea!!  You could also go one step further and remove the black base and glue the bulb to the washer from the top then mount it anywhere there is an eave.

Paul

Serows1 posted:

RSJB18 posted:

Built these with Model Power LED's and washers. The washers are for #6 drywall screws. I ran a screw through the back and got the hood shape I was going for.

Bob

 

Bob, that is a great idea!!  You could also go one step further and remove the black base and glue the bulb to the washer from the top then mount it anywhere there is an eave.

Paul

Thanks Paul,

I was going to take them apart but the resistor is hidden inside. For what I was doing with them the black part works. Only other drawback is they are cool white LED's. I painted the whole thing silver to match.

Here they are installed in my freight depot.

Bob

The OGRE lights are very nice and come with the bridge rectifier/resistor pack.  Very easy to use.