A week or two I mentioned that I had bought some Lidl LED Solar Lights. At £5.99 for 5 Lamps they were pretty good value, as they were quite small I thought that I could do some Station Lights with them. So I bought 3 sets.
This post is about what I did to make them into lights. First I had been thinking about ays to deal with them, I wanted them to be roughly a foot high and thought of all sorts of madcap schemes to attach Posts to the lights. In the end the solution was blindingly simple. I had some 5mm Threaded Rod and plenty of Nuts plus Washers to match in stock. So I cut the Rod into 33.33 recurring CM Lengths. Well they were a Metre Long! I then drilled out the bottom of the Lamps to take the Rod which was Bolted on with a Nut both inside and outside of the Lamp. Pics should make that ckear.
A further nut with Washer was put on the Base to allow an Inch or Two for the base to be planted on the Layout. Magdesprung was the trickiest as this is mounte on Paving Slabs so I had to Drill a suitable Hole for the Lamps positions. I decided to have 3 for the Station and 2 on the approach road. Silberhutte got 5 on the Platforms. Sternhaus 2 and lonely Birkenmoor just one. Though I have 3 more left, I have run out of Rod so will need to get some more. Perhaps Silberhutte Yard may get these on slightly shorter posts.
Now some pics of them in place with a night shot or two.
Magdesprung 5 Lights.
Sternhaus 2 Lights.
Blown the Pic allowance nearly. Rest in next post.
I wish I had remembered that the Loco has a Cab Light. Forgot till after the photo shoot. Finally there is the issue of what to do with the Posts that I do not now need, well I just dumped them on this Flat Wagon. So with the Printing taken off they should make another Pipe Load.
JonD
This post is about what I did to make them into lights. First I had been thinking about ays to deal with them, I wanted them to be roughly a foot high and thought of all sorts of madcap schemes to attach Posts to the lights. In the end the solution was blindingly simple. I had some 5mm Threaded Rod and plenty of Nuts plus Washers to match in stock. So I cut the Rod into 33.33 recurring CM Lengths. Well they were a Metre Long! I then drilled out the bottom of the Lamps to take the Rod which was Bolted on with a Nut both inside and outside of the Lamp. Pics should make that ckear.
A further nut with Washer was put on the Base to allow an Inch or Two for the base to be planted on the Layout. Magdesprung was the trickiest as this is mounte on Paving Slabs so I had to Drill a suitable Hole for the Lamps positions. I decided to have 3 for the Station and 2 on the approach road. Silberhutte got 5 on the Platforms. Sternhaus 2 and lonely Birkenmoor just one. Though I have 3 more left, I have run out of Rod so will need to get some more. Perhaps Silberhutte Yard may get these on slightly shorter posts.
Now some pics of them in place with a night shot or two.
Magdesprung 5 Lights.
Sternhaus 2 Lights.
Blown the Pic allowance nearly. Rest in next post.
I wish I had remembered that the Loco has a Cab Light. Forgot till after the photo shoot. Finally there is the issue of what to do with the Posts that I do not now need, well I just dumped them on this Flat Wagon. So with the Printing taken off they should make another Pipe Load.
JonD
