Lord Street Depot

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  1. SMR CHRIS

    SMR CHRIS Staff Member Moderator

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    Looking great Kim the exhibiting of LSD is going to make an impact well and truly.
    It has a great presence now with all the big structures.

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  2. Kimbo

    Kimbo Staff Member Moderator

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    Thanks Chris, Yes I hope so, time to move on to the other end now for a change and get some bits finished off.
    ps how are you doing? are you back home now?
     
  3. jakesdad13

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    Looking good:thumbup:.

    Pete.
     
  4. StevePower

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    Kim what a great looking layout you have produced for the show. I don't know if I'll be in town for it but I will try to get a trip that has me there.I am passing through tomorrow afternoon, for about 40 minutes.
    I am so impressed with what you have created. The warehouse is amazing, the vehicles look like the real thing. That LED lighting is just the ticket. I need that type of lighting on my layout, I'll just put that on the list of shrinking / growing list of things to do.
    Well done mate!Cheers Steve
     
  5. Kimbo

    Kimbo Staff Member Moderator

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    [​IMG]My son wants a "90" This is the only one he will get from me !!!! This was the RAC Dinky version before it was repainted. Just needs some weathering now.

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    Loading bay lights working. Looks like its Beer O'clock

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    Top floor now has lighting and some detailing inside with a couple of workers. The yard lamp was scratch built using 3x 5mm LED's. This uses a plug in system so that it can easily be removed from the layout for transport
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    Cruel close up of the interior
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    Yard lamp.

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    Cruel close up of the windows
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    The street lamp is a white metal / copper kit from Duncan Models UK.Lighting still to be added to the other part of the warehouse.
    Kim
     
  6. Gary

    Gary Wants more time for modelling.... Staff Member Administrator

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    Sweet ! :thumbs:
    Your layout is getting better and better as time goes by. The lighting is a great touch and I do like your yard lamp, very nice. Can you please post up a picture of your yard lamp in 'daylight'.

    Cheers, Gary.
     
  7. SMR CHRIS

    SMR CHRIS Staff Member Moderator

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    Shining bright Kim did I read right, dose the sign inside the warehouse say. "Beware of the wife!" How did you get that past the authority's or are you living dangerously waiting for it to be seen:avatar::avatar::avatar:
     
  8. leadie69

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    Very impressive lighting. I plan to do something similar on my ho exhibition layout.

    Ian
     
  9. Kimbo

    Kimbo Staff Member Moderator

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    Hi Chris, yes, no problems.............. the hospital food has made a nice change this last week :thumbs:
    Hi Ian. Lighting does make a huge difference. These pictures where taken with the main layout lights turned off, not something that will be easy to replicate at the show unless they put me in a dark corner.

    Hi Gary, as requested. Lamp before painting and after with the main lights on.
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    Plastic rod with Peco ladder added. Small round plastic rod to make ladder stand off's
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    3x 5mm LED's soldered to brass washer which is then soldered to a small section of brass square rod. This then has a wire soldered inside the tube. Shades are the larger screw fitting caps. Top cap is a smaller version (Mitre Ten) The live legs of the LED's are soldered together with a wire inside the top cap and then the cap is clipped into place to hide it. Resistor is hidden inside the tube (1K)
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    Circle of plasticard, and some brass wire to form the maintenance platform
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    Jaycar sell small phone jacks which I've used all over the layout to plug in the building lights.
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    again, like alot of items at the moment, there will be some paint and weathering effects applied.
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    If I get chance I think a second one will look good a bit further up the yard.
    The idea for this came from this great web site.
    http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/lnwrml2188a.htm.

    Thanks for the comments, Kim
     
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  10. Gary

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    Thanks Kim, the lamp looks great in daylight ass it does at night ! :thumbs:

    Is the brass insert part of the electrical continuity, (soldered to the outer ring of the plug) with a sheathed wire up the middle of it, soldered to the pin in the centre of the plug ?

    Cheers, Gary.
     
  11. Kimbo

    Kimbo Staff Member Moderator

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    Thanks Gary.
    Yes the square brass is first soldered to the brass washer.
    1)Put the rod in a vice and solder the washer to the top end.
    2) Drill 2 small holes in the "lamp shades" fed legs through them. Solder the short LED's legs to the washer.
    3) Solder a wire just inside the brass tube and feed into the plastic rod.
    4) File 3 small grooves on the under side of the small white concealed screw base in line with the three LED legs soldered to the washer ( this will make the plastic sit flat on the washer ready for some glue)
    5) Drill 3 small holes in the same plastic base ready to take the second leg from the LED.
    6) Glue the plastic base to the washer
    7) Solder a 1K resistor to the second wire (mine is hidden inside the plastic tube)
    8) Feed the second legs of the LED's into the plastic base. Because they are longer they will all meet up in the middle. Fed the wire up inside the brass tube and inside the plastic base and solder it all in one go. (Tip hot soldering iron, in and out quickly so that the plastic does not melt)
    9)Replace the top cap and then push the brass tube into the plastic rod.
    10) Cut the wires allowing a small amount to be able to solder on to the phone jack.
    11) screw male part of jack into plastic housing and glue into rod.
    I hope that helps explain how I built it.

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    Red wire soldered in brass tube, black wire ready to solder to long legs of LED's

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    Don't forget a resistor !!!
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    Phone jack plug is a nice tight push fit into plastic rod
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    First attempts using 5mm proto white (yellow tint) did not give the desired effect. I also tried to heat up the long legs and melt them into the plastic which didn't work out to well, hence drilling small holes works better. Wire was also to big, makes the last connections to the phone jack harder to do and the excess wire harder to push back up inside the plastic rod .
    Kim http://www.click
     
  12. SMR CHRIS

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    Thanks Kim
    Great tutorial
    With a really great result with the light :worship:

    http://www.click
     
  13. jakesdad13

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    Excellent lamps Kim, as good , if not better, than some of the commercial offerings out there, well done!

    Pete.
     
  14. Kimbo

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    Thanks Pete & Chris.

    Yep nice little project to do and quite easy to modify to your own requirements. Easy to add a fourth lamp or just make it into a twin unit.
    I've found a nice picture of a single yard lamp which I'm going to build as well
    Kim
     
  15. Gary

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    Brilliant. :thumbs: I'll take two in N gauge.... :lol:

    Cheers, Gary.
     
  16. Kimbo

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    No problems Gary, I'll start them now:facepalm:
     
  17. paul_l

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    Hi Kim

    The lights are really impressive, and I like the connectors as well, simple and effective.

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    Paul
     
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    Thanks for the pics and instructions - I need to make a couple of yard lights for the HO layout and these look great.

    Ian
     
  19. Kimbo

    Kimbo Staff Member Moderator

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    Thanks Paul, Ian for the kind comments. Look forward to see how you do your lamps Ian.
    So tonight's project was the single yard lamp that you see almost every where in photo's.A quick search on the net gives loads of pictures to work from. The "lamp shade" is a bit different...what could I use to try and replicate one......

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    Out with the Dremell and off with the top of the Vallejo paint lid.

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    5mm white LED soldered to a brass rod
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    Rod will be cut once the bends are all completed
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    Bends done with flat nose pliers. Plastic rods and strips used to detail the top. Two small holes drilled for wires (shown coming out of the top in this picture as it was easier to feed them up first, then solder to the bottom of the brass wire, then re-feed them back down the tube..)
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    Phone jack used as before. I've used the Peco ladders as I have loads in stock, but if I can find some wider brass ones then I will change them over. Small piece of brass etch to form the weather cap to the pole and some milliput to seal it all in on the sides
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    Ready for primer and a paint.
    Kim
     
  20. Toto

    Toto I'm best ignored Staff Member Founder Administrator

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    Really fantastic build. anyone would be proud to have these on their layout. such fantastic detail.
    well done Kim.
    cheers
    toto
     

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