Khamis, 16 September 2010
September 16, 2010 Cal-Scale Markers for my SP Articulated Locomotives
I ordered 10 pairs of Cal-Scale Modern Marker lights for my locomotives from needtrains.com. Terry delivered them very quickly. He has the best Customer Service that I've run into in many years.
They are much closer to scale than the Tomar 807s. The Cal-Scale Markers are lost wax brass castings and non illuminated, I will drill them out and install 1mm 1� volt micro-bulbs.
This is what they look like after drilling them out with a #60 drill bit.
In the picture above my AC-9 has both the Number Plates and Marker Lights are on.
The picture above shows four Cab Forwards with the Cal-Scale markers installed ready for paint.
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They are much closer to scale than the Tomar 807s. The Cal-Scale Markers are lost wax brass castings and non illuminated, I will drill them out and install 1mm 1� volt micro-bulbs.
I drilled out the lenses with a #60 drill and then enlarged the hole with a #56 drill that will be the rear of the lamp so that the micro bulb will slide in.
The two lamps on the Dime are 1mm 1� volt micro lamp that I use in the Cal-Scale markers.
I used a drop of glass stain to make the lenses.
The picture above shows four Cab Forwards with the Cal-Scale markers installed ready for paint.
Sabtu, 4 September 2010
September 4 AC-9 Number Plates
I decided to make the Number Plates for my AC-9 out of scrap acrylic so that I could illuminate them.
I cut two triangle shaped pieces of scrap acrylic and polished the edges. Then I drilled a 2mm hole in the Skyline side for the micro-bulb. To help contain the light I painted them silver first then black leaving the number window clear. I covered the window with a .015" piece of white styrene to enhance the numbers when the lamp is off. They are ready to install on the Skyline.
These two pictures show my home brew Illuminated Number Plates installed on the AC-9 Skyline.
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The number plates look good when they're lit up. The decals are from a Microscale Decal Southern Pacific Heavy Steam #87-75 set.
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I cut two triangle shaped pieces of scrap acrylic and polished the edges. Then I drilled a 2mm hole in the Skyline side for the micro-bulb. To help contain the light I painted them silver first then black leaving the number window clear. I covered the window with a .015" piece of white styrene to enhance the numbers when the lamp is off. They are ready to install on the Skyline.
These two pictures show my home brew Illuminated Number Plates installed on the AC-9 Skyline.
The number plates look good when they're lit up. The decals are from a Microscale Decal Southern Pacific Heavy Steam #87-75 set.
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