HO Exhibition Layout Build

Gary wrote:

Thanks Gary. I have just finished paining the inside of the pan tech and I also managed to remove some of the heat shrink to fit a bigger resistor to the tail lights - much better balance between headlights and tail lights now. I'll put up some more pics later this week.

Ian

 

Hi Again!

Just a quick update this time to show off the corrected lighting in the truck - I put a bigger resistor in the circuit for the tail lights and re-positioned the white LED and fibre optics to make the headlights a bit brighter. Now I'm starting to wonder if I can do something with optic fibre to put some stars in the sky.

Ian

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Reidy wrote:

Thanks Reidy.

I just might do that - gotta find the right little person first though.

Ian

 

Toto wrote:

Thanks Toto

 

SMR CHRIS wrote:

Thanks Chris - now I just have to find the right figure to use.

 

paul_l wrote:

Thanks Paul. The lights will only be used for night time running so the brightness shouldn't be a problem.

 

HI Everyone!

This layout now has a name! Garland.

Why Garland you ask? Well, the loco that started this project is a Santa Fe GP30. The Santa Fe used to be the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe is the name of the big musical number at the start of a movie called The Harvey Girls. This movie stared Judy Garland (one of my favourite actresses) so Garland it is.

Anyway, I made a video of some switching tonight with the lights set for a dusk time of day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COTaM_m9Ilw&t=45s

I hope I have attached this link correctly.

Ian

Oh, I'm not sure how to do so could one of the moderators please change the name of this thread to 'Garland - HO Layout' ?

Ian

 

SMR CHRIS wrote:

Thanks Chris.

 

Gary wrote:

Thanks Gary

 

Ron wrote:

Thanks Ron