2-8-2 - THE BUILD

[Schraddel]

Hello Gus!

This is the way how i made my lights:



There is a simple 3mm LED "Golden Sunny White". Some aluminium tube of suitable diameter, some plstic tube to fix the LED inside of the alu tube and some sheet of clear plastic (not seen in this picture).
Glueing the LED into the alu tube.
Then glueing the premount on the plain clear plastic sheet.
After drying cut the plastic sheet around the lamp, file it so it will give an smoot edge to the casing.
Now it is time to to some ornamental an detailing work.
Made a mounting socket for the light housing.
If you have to go through a metal casing made insulation for both pins from wire insulation (that are just the pieces of insulation you usually throw away)

So looks an light ready done:

This old beasty 0-6-0 is an antique Roundhouse switcher, one of my first attempts to US modelling.

Visors can easily made by grinding the alu tube to shape.
Still better is an brass or pewter casting.
In this case i drilled through the backside of the lamp housing with an 3mm drill.
Also i removed the collar of the LED.

This is the solution with brass casting and insulated LEDs pins:

Look only to the light.

Hope i could help you.

Greetings Lutz