08-27-2009, 05:57 PM
I brush painted The top of the semaphores, and need to come up with a way to reproduce the colored aspects. At first I wanted to light them with a led, but could not find one small enough to fit inside the motor housing. I'll see what I can come up with.
Now it's time to test out an idea I had. I took a scrap of brass, painted it black ,and then painted a red and a green dot on it. I'll put a dab of clear Testers glue on the dots and hopefully it will look like a glass lens. If it does I'll do the same to the signals. I also added the white stripe at the end of the signal.
The glue idea worked out just fine.When they are dry I'll glue them in place with some carpenters glue so that the bond is not to permanent.
While that sets up I'll put some ground foam down.
Now it's time to test out an idea I had. I took a scrap of brass, painted it black ,and then painted a red and a green dot on it. I'll put a dab of clear Testers glue on the dots and hopefully it will look like a glass lens. If it does I'll do the same to the signals. I also added the white stripe at the end of the signal.
The glue idea worked out just fine.When they are dry I'll glue them in place with some carpenters glue so that the bond is not to permanent.
While that sets up I'll put some ground foam down.
My other car is a locomotive, ARHS restoration crew