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Homemade headlight reflector with LED - Graffen - 03-22-2018 Latest project .... A reflector with light for my narrow-gauge locomotives. The diameter of the reflector is 4 mm. The LED is 0.5 x 1 mm! The reflector I made out of aluminum from oven trays. I took a nut of the right diameter and slowly pushed the aluminum with the rounded top of the hat from a ballpoint pen. Then I rough cut the edges and filed it to shape with a needle file. I then drilled a 0.8 mm hole in the center of the reflector. I glued the LED to the backside of the reflector with epoxy. The LED is a bit too white, so it'll get a drop of Tamiya transparent orange. Then I'll take Microscale Crystal Clear and fill the reflector so it gets a lens. Re: Homemade headlight reflector with LED - doctorwayne - 03-22-2018 That turned out well. You can also get the same effect by drilling a shallow hole in the back of an MV Products polymer lense, then cementing a suitably-sized LED in the hole. The lenses are available in a wide range of sizes and colours. Wayne