I do use that technique on new installations. If you don't loose the
LED in the process, it makes for a nice bright headlight. I think plain
old clear plastic rod would work fine also--just contour and polish the
end. Additionally you can use Plexiglass rod that is also contoured.
Fire the end with a torch and it will make a near perfectly clear lens
surface.
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
On 11/14/11 7:51 PM, scale S only wrote:
>
> I have seen it done with incandescent bulbs -- very effective. I don’t
> see why could not be done with LEDs, and probably more reliably
> because there is no heat to speak of. I will be giving it a try when
> decoders start going into my locos.
>
> Have fun!
> Bill Winans
> ------------------------------
>
> Bill or anyone else, Have you tried drilling out an MV lens and
> installing a golden white LED into it? I thought I had read of this
> being done some years ago. I'm not sure if it was an LED that was used
> or a regular bulb.
> >
> Bud Rindfleisch
>
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