10-21-2012, 11:16 PM
Hello Wayne
I mhave a Van Hobbies N5-d with OFM, but it runsand s=is painted nicely, so all I am doing is the lettering, I have the decal set so this should be nice.
The loco has only a jewel for the haedlight.
I have some other brass locos needing paint, but i would like to fit them with working headlights before paint. What I would like to know is how to fit a light without destroying the gap between the back of the headlight and the front of the smokebox. The electronic circuitry is no problem, but the length of the GOW bulbs or the LED pigtails baffle me. I have magnet wire so can make the wiring unobtrusive, but i am not game to start drilling without knowing what I am doing. As your N5-d project seems to have solved this, could you let me know the type of LED you used and how you wired it so it didn't short to the brass in loco.
Paul
I mhave a Van Hobbies N5-d with OFM, but it runsand s=is painted nicely, so all I am doing is the lettering, I have the decal set so this should be nice.
The loco has only a jewel for the haedlight.
I have some other brass locos needing paint, but i would like to fit them with working headlights before paint. What I would like to know is how to fit a light without destroying the gap between the back of the headlight and the front of the smokebox. The electronic circuitry is no problem, but the length of the GOW bulbs or the LED pigtails baffle me. I have magnet wire so can make the wiring unobtrusive, but i am not game to start drilling without knowing what I am doing. As your N5-d project seems to have solved this, could you let me know the type of LED you used and how you wired it so it didn't short to the brass in loco.
Paul