10-13-2012, 08:58 AM
Sent you a PM EM-1.
The next thing on the to do list is to finish wiring the head light and get it mounted.
With a light mounted at the top of the smoke box like this there isn't a whole lot that you can do to hide the wires, I will just try to make then as inconspicuous as possible. In order to get power to the LED I needed to drill a hole just behind where it would mount.
I also drilled out the back of a PRR style light from Cal-Scale #190-477 to make room for the LED.
I reused the same mounting bracket from the original models and mounted the PRR lamp to it after removing the old one from it. Note the small tab at the rear of the bracket, that will be used to hold it to the new firebox.
I located the spot where the lamp would go on the top of the fire box, drilled a small hole in that spot and worked it into shape with a small file. I kept checking it for fit with the new headlight, and stopped when it was a tight fit. I also had to remove the rivet on either side of my mounting hole to get it to sit just right.
With all this done I striped some insulation from some phone wire ans slid it over the leads on the LED to keep it from shorting out against each other or the headlight casting.
The next thing on the to do list is to finish wiring the head light and get it mounted.
With a light mounted at the top of the smoke box like this there isn't a whole lot that you can do to hide the wires, I will just try to make then as inconspicuous as possible. In order to get power to the LED I needed to drill a hole just behind where it would mount.
I also drilled out the back of a PRR style light from Cal-Scale #190-477 to make room for the LED.
I reused the same mounting bracket from the original models and mounted the PRR lamp to it after removing the old one from it. Note the small tab at the rear of the bracket, that will be used to hold it to the new firebox.
I located the spot where the lamp would go on the top of the fire box, drilled a small hole in that spot and worked it into shape with a small file. I kept checking it for fit with the new headlight, and stopped when it was a tight fit. I also had to remove the rivet on either side of my mounting hole to get it to sit just right.
With all this done I striped some insulation from some phone wire ans slid it over the leads on the LED to keep it from shorting out against each other or the headlight casting.
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