Peter: Check the diameter of the headlight opening. You may be able to make a lens out of clear styrene and a 3/16" or 1/4" hole punch. Drill a small hole in the headlight casing to insert a diode for a working headlight.
Also, if you drill the small hole, say 1/16" or less, then pour in some kind of liquid to fill the cavity, then you can drill into the hardened material from the back side about 1/16" or so to simulate a headlight. There used to be an outfit that made cast lenses in several sizes. I drill out one of these as I mentioned. Maybe I can post a photo to the Files section if anyone's interested - it looks just like a headlight bulb when it's lit. Bob Nicholson _________________________________________ --- In [email protected], Peter Vanvliet <pavanvl...@...> wrote: > > Hi All, > > As stated last week, I am now actively building my Railmaster Hobbies' > RS-1 kit (it's going great so far!). My question is, which headlight > lens, or headlight-lens-solution, have any of you used on this model or > any of the S-series engine kits? The metal cast has a concave cavity. My > plan is to glue a surface-mount LED to the back of the opening of the > casting, so I need some sort of lens cover. I'm also open to the idea of > "pouring" some sort of clear liquid material in the opening that settles > and forms into a lens cover. I searched the list's archives and found > nothing that applies. > > Thank you for any help, > - Peter. > > -- > Peter Vanvliet (pavanvl...@..., or pe...@...) > Houston, Texas > > "It is easy to give up; anyone can do that..." > > http://pmrr.org/ (my model railroad - RSS feed <http://pmrr.org/rss.xml>) > http://fourthray.com/ (my company) > http://houstonsgaugers.org/ (model railroad club) > -- > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
