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Re: The Coolest Picture
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Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:07:09 GMT
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John,
Great looking subway station!
Sorry if I missed it, but what LED's did you use? Did you stay with a 9V
system, or how techy was the electrical system made? I tried finding some
stuff a while back to do an internal lighting scene, and couldn't find
anything that would work at the local Radio Shack.
Any ideas/help from you or others would be appreciated.
Ray
SPLTC
----- Original Message -----
From: "John" <John@TCLTC.org>
To: <lugnet.trains@lugnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: The Coolest Picture
> In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach wrote:
> > In lugnet.trains, Mike Walsh wrote:
> > > J-2 -
> > >
> > > What is the element that you use for the roof of the structure in this
> > > picture? I don't recognize it.
> > >
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=573710
> > >
> > > Mike
> >
> > It's a big Belville or Scala plate, I think.
> >
> > JohnG, GMLTC
>
> Thanks to Eric for the compliments. Some comments:
>
> This is a pic of the TCLTC's subway. First, some credit where it is due. • I
> first saw LEDs used in the GMLTC subway by John Gerlach and liked them [a • lot],
> but struggled with the non-purity idea, but the fact is that even 50 LEGO • lights
> didn't do the trick, and so I acquiesced and let Ross have at it. He did • all of
> the wiring and soldering. The only brick mutilation that occured (Lar;-) • is
> that I had to drill a hole into the basebricks for the wires to reach the
> lights. I actually built the subway itself; you can see some of the • stages of
> building in that folder. Mike: the roof consists of 2 Scala baseplates
> (base{bricks} I should say). I bound them together pretty well and they • lift
> out as one piece to allow access to inside the subway. Finally, credit • for the
> pic itself goes to my daughter, Natalie. She stuck our digital camera • {inside}
> the subway and got that shot. I never would have thought of that, and as • Eric
> noted, it turned out pretty cool!
>
> Ross and I have been very productive this past month building the layout; • I am
> hoping to finish up a few things and take a lot of pics that I'm thinking • will
> blow folks away!
>
> [JOHN]
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| (...) Well, since you asked "John", in the GMLTC you might get three different responses... *grin* For the GMLTC subway platforms: (URL) used some 3volt white LEDs I got through a local electronics store. You can find them on the web, too. I bought (...) (21 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Thanks, Ray! Funny you should mention Radio Shack, because that is where I got the white 5mm LEDs. I wouldn't recommend using those, however; they are a costly $5 each, and I believe that they can be obtained online for about half that price (...) (21 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks to Eric for the compliments. Some comments: This is a pic of the TCLTC's subway. First, some credit where it is due. I first saw LEDs used in the GMLTC subway by John Gerlach and liked them a lot, but struggled with the non-purity idea, (...) (21 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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