I also found some sparkily beads at Walmart that do a pretty good jog of simulating a headlight, but I haven't tried to light one up, yet.
Bob Nicholson ________________________________________ --- In [email protected], "Roger Nulton" <roger.nul...@...> wrote: > > Peter and Bob, > > The commercial version of what Bob is describing is MV lenses. Walthers > carries them. I posted a shot of one in use in my AM Pacific to my Monon > Route photo album. I also have them in my diesels. Bob has a good idea for > making your own. Iâll have to try it if I donât have the appropriate MV > lens in stock. > > Roger Nulton > > From: shabbona_rr > Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 1:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Question: RS-1 Headlight Lens? > > > 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 mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com, Peter Vanvliet <pavanvliet@> 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 (pavanvliet@, or peter@) > > 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] > > > > > > > > [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/
