I am blown away by the size of those LED's, they're so tiny but put out a lot of light! Excellent job, keep the pics coming. I'm sure I can speak for everyone when I say "WE WANT MORE!"

Thanks guys! Here's another one, with the first row of hanging lamps installed. Only the first two connected though, and temporary hooked up to a 9V battery for testing. All four lamps in each row will be connected in series, with the wires running on top of the stringers towards the rear wall:



Svein

Svein: are those 9V LEDs? I thought LEDs were 1.5V and those dont look big enough for a resistor.

BR60103 Wrote:Svein: are those 9V LEDs? I thought LEDs were 1.5V and those dont look big enough for a resistor.

David; The yellow-white LEDs we use are 3.3V 20mA (see specs here: http://ngineering.com/micro_yw_led_specs.htm). We also bought a LED tester that clips onto a 9V battery (http://ngineering.com/other_cool_tools.htm, #2 from the top) for testing the LEDs before installing them. When everything is in place, it will be powered by an 18V supply through a distribution board (http://ngineering.com/dist_board_layout.htm).

I'm a total novice when it comes to working with LEDs, but I'm reading and learning as we go

Svein

All the LEDs for the roundhouse are in place and hooked up, and Vigdis has just started on the interior detailing:





After the roof is put on, only the machine shop remains, then the building can be placed on the layout.

Svein

That is wonderful ! The atmosphere is to real.
... and you say it is without details... I hold my breath for the details.

I as speechless as Nike.
Charlie

That's an interesting shot of an engine house interior, someone should build a model of that ! :oops: :oops:

Oh !! Wait a minute !! That IS a model :o

Beautifully done

After posting the last pics, we got some comments on a Norwegian forum that the posts were floating in the air above the roundhouse floor. Not by much, but enough to be visible in close-up low angle shots. Both Vigdis and I knew this, but that particular issue was one of the hardest things to get just right (with 25 posts on an uneven floor, each had to be fitted individually), and Vigdis had pretty much settled on the issue and moved on. Anyway, after those comments, she has now spent the last three weeks spackling and sanding the floor, and extended the posts and sanded them down again, to the point that she's pretty fed up with the entire roundhouse by now. Not to mention that the lamps didn't stand up to the handling and was damaged, so she ripped them out and has to do them all over again.

For reference, here's a close-up of the largest gap (back post on center divider wall):



To keep the spirit up, she indulged herself and ordered another engine, and today an exiting package arrived :



Svein

I am very sorry to read that. I think it is very important to do your layout the way you/she likes it. A comment might lead to some modification or rework but never more than you/she really likes and enjoys. If you/she strive for perfection it must be your definition of perfection!
Good luck and do not take this posting to serious, it is only a posting

ps. I like the 456 medicine

Please don't be sorry Reinhard. We both agreed that the comment was perfectly valid, especially when it's concerning something she wasn't satisifed with herself. And raising the bar was her own decision, better to do it now than regret it later

I am sorry to say this, but here is my opinion. The posts may not touch the floor, but someone spent a lot of time to find something to point out as wrong. I had an acquaintance like that once, and he wonders why he isn't welcome anywhere anymore. People like that make my *** tired.
She knew there was something she wasn't happy with, but posted it for others to enjoy. If you want flaws pointed out that's one thing, but to critisize her wonderful work because a few posts didn't touch the floor is asinine

Charlie, who couldn't even walk on the ground Vigdis has trod on.