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  Re: Searchlight car
 
I personally would use a motor on that car to feed it up to the light/motor. If I build this, I'll probably make it a generic light car, with the searchlight in the middle, and banks of floodlights on each end. If you look at the pic, it looks like (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Searchlight car
 
Or you could use what they did with the new snow plow set and make it mechanically powered. If only there was a good way to do this with bogie cars... Anyone have ideas? Ben F (...) searchlight (...) it (...) plain (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Searchlight car
 
Here is a thought: The spotlight could not rotate 360 degrees. There would not be any way for the internal light to receive constant power without the wires getting tangled (using pure methods anyhow.). To power the light you must use a wire to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Searchlight car
 
Nick Goetz <ngoetz@iquest.net> schreef in berichtnieuws FqI9t1.FA9@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) If you make the lightbulb stationary and mount the casing on a Technic turntable, you can point the light in any direction without the wired getting (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Searchlight car
 
Agreed, Very good idea. -Nick Frank Buiting wrote in message ... <cut> (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)

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