Need small red bulbs for old crossing stop sign. Photos attached. I picked this up over the weekend at a train show and need bulbs! Anyone know where I can find them?? Thanks, Suzanne
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I would think most Local Hobby Shops that sell O gauge trains may have them. Many of our forum sponsors have them too.
A google search for 14V screw base red bulbs gives even more options:
Get some clear bulbs and spray paint them.
You can cut some X's in a cardboard box, push the threaded parts into the box, and spray the glass that is sticking up.
@SLC2053 I have a number of them. Email in profile.
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Paint does work. Maybe not as durable as the store bought ones but you won’t be handling them much.
Pete
Town and Country: https://stores.towncountryhobb...=featured&page=2
Spray paint works fine. Stick some clear ones through some newspaper and give them a couple of light coats. And before someone pipes in, yes, some people do read the newspaper.
I have always painted my own. Clear 14 V bulbs. Clean them with alcohol 91% first. I have used Testor's flat red, a couple of light coats should do. You want them to look kind of translucent, so not to heavy on the paint. Let dry a couple of days before you install them. The heat from the bulb will bake your paint on. You can do the same for green bulbs also. Have fun!
FuzzyD
If you're going to paint clear bulbs, try Tamiya Clear Red with a small brush. It's already somewhat translucent and you can add more coats the darker you want it.
Just saw some on eBay a couple of hours ago.
Isn't there a special paint for bulb's. I don't remember the name of it.
Gee, the OP asked where to buy them, and I looked them up and found the exact item, at a reasonable cost, from the acknowledged trusted source. All he needs to do is order them. No paint, no cardboard, no hand-waving, no labor, no wondering, no speculation. So many electrons gave their lives in this thread. All good information, and all well-intentioned, but I've given him the source...why all the piling on?
@Arthur P. Bloom posted:Gee, the OP asked where to buy them, and I looked them up and found the exact item, at a reasonable cost, from the acknowledged trusted source. All he needs to do is order them. No paint, no cardboard, no hand-waving, no labor, no wondering, no speculation. So many electrons gave their lives in this thread. All good information, and all well-intentioned, but I've given him the source...why all the piling on?
If someone had a bottle or red paint why would they have to buy them? Two bulbs, 1 minute max and you are done. Cost, about $0.000001
Pete
@Arthur P. Bloom posted:Gee, the OP asked where to buy them, and I looked them up and found the exact item, at a reasonable cost, from the acknowledged trusted source. All he needs to do is order them. No paint, no cardboard, no hand-waving, no labor, no wondering, no speculation. So many electrons gave their lives in this thread. All good information, and all well-intentioned, but I've given him the source...why all the piling on?
Personally, as long as it's not excessive, I see nothing wrong with giving an OP alternative information to consider in answering their question that they may not have previously thought of.
Excessive. And not better solutions. The best solution is the simple answer to "WHERE DO I BUY THEM?" not "how do I avoid buying them and try to duplicate them using many other suggestions." I did the research, which took all of 15 seconds. Not patting myself on the back. Happy to be of assistance. If it were a case of where the original product is absolutely not available, then, sure, come up with many possible solutions. I just find Forum Expansion Syndrome to be frustrating.
It's very common for posters to provide answers to a question the OP never asked, in the hopes of being "helpful".
It's also common to question the OP's sanity for asking the question he/she asked, also in the process of being "helpful".
Excessive is indeed the key word here.
Excessive or not?
Mike
Searching and finding things on the internet is an acquired skill. I have become relatively good at a very few things. That's one of them. I also want people to think I'm a great guy, so I do the search for them, and provide the answer. I have no patience for the subsequent "discussion" if all it serves to do is to obfuscate the simple answer.
Yes, my dogmatic approach can be seen as excessive, but I am a results-driven person. You want red bulbs? We got red bulbs!
Autolumination has a good selection of Lionel and related color and clear bulbs. I use them often, myself.
@Patrick1544 posted:Autolumination has a good selection of Lionel and related color and clear bulbs. I use them often, myself.
Thank you for this listing, want to try red LED bulbs in my crossing signals.
Ray
Just to add my $0.02, I bought some red bulbs (ebay) that had red glass. I needed it for one of my 450 signal bridge lights. The other light had a working red painted bulb. After I installed the red tinted glass bulb and turned them on, the red painted one was far more realistic looking than the red tinted one.
@texgeekboy posted:...the red painted one was far more realistic looking than the red tinted one.
I've always thought so too.
