I lit up a REA (Railway Express Agency) coach with LED lighting. I made my own pickups out of some scrap copper I salvaged from an old computer. I used the strip LED lighting (3 LED's per cut) with about 12 LED's, a mini full wave bridge rectifier and a 3300uF capacitor for flicker free non directional lighting. With strip LED's they have the ballast resistors already built into each 3 LED sections. I had to paint some yellow acrylic paint over the bright white LED's to tone down the lights. Now it looks like old timey yellow light. My wife said it looked more natural with the yellow lighting. Cheers from W Rusty Lane K9POW in eastern Tennessee
Hi Tom Great tutorial on adding power and lights to a train. I'll be keeping this video for an idea I have for a Knightwing plastic kit and maybe some coaches. Cheers Paul
Hi Duncan...Cheers mate :) I just try stuff out..If it works, I'll put it here. If it doesn't then nobody knows..haha. As an example, I just melted that other toy steam train trying to make it have real smoke...lol. Just don't tell anyone ;) All the best mate....Tom
Thanks very much Dave. Needs a little refinement but it's ideal for running the HSTs around the loop and I have some control over the speeds. I'll be fitting these in all my conversions. Thanks again and all the best....Tom
Bogie must be nonconductive to reverse axles. It's more complicated with older all metal frames where pickups need to be insulated from frame. Like the wire wrapping around axle. Maybe a small spring with wire soldered to it and conductive lube on axle?
Hi Ed, yes, absolutely. Thankfully, these bogies are all plastic (as they are toy conversions). For the high speed trains I have continuous wiring through each unit and I've bought some ready made spring pick-ups (the same as the ones you mentioned). These are generally used for coach lighting so I'm testing the trains with all wheel pick-ups to find out if there will be enough power supplied to run the motor. If so, this should allow for very smooth running. There's also much less friction than the wiper style pick-ups.Thanks very much for taking the time to watch and leave a comment...it's much appreciated. All the best....Tom
Hi Tom, but what about the 6v battery operated motor ? all dc power usually output around 0 to 12v on tracks ...did you change the motor or is it the same of the toy version? i wrote from italy and LE frecciarossa looks like well vs acme certainly more expensive..all the best Nicola!
Hi Nick, this is a very interesting subject. At the moment I'm using the same motor and I have no problems. I will be changing the motor at some time in the future for a better quality. I will certainly make sure the new motor is best for 12V Thanks and all the best.....Tom
Hi Tom, Have found some more cheepo bits and pieces at Trago mills. I know you like messing with it, so watch out for next video coming soon Ha ha ha ha. All the best Duncan.
I lit up a REA (Railway Express Agency) coach with LED lighting. I made my own pickups out of some scrap copper I salvaged from an old computer. I used the strip LED lighting (3 LED's per cut) with about 12 LED's, a mini full wave bridge rectifier and a 3300uF capacitor for flicker free non directional lighting. With strip LED's they have the ballast resistors already built into each 3 LED sections. I had to paint some yellow acrylic paint over the bright white LED's to tone down the lights. Now it looks like old timey yellow light. My wife said it looked more natural with the yellow lighting. Cheers from W Rusty Lane K9POW in eastern Tennessee
Hi Tom
Great tutorial on adding power and lights to a train. I'll be keeping this video for an idea I have for a Knightwing plastic kit and maybe some coaches.
Cheers Paul
Hi Paul, thanks, I'm glad you'll find it useful. The model kit sounds like a great idea. All the best....Tom
Tom, what can I say just brilliant. Your far to clever for me ha ha ha. you obviously know your electrics !!!
Well done mate.
Duncan.
Hi Duncan...Cheers mate :) I just try stuff out..If it works, I'll put it here. If it doesn't then nobody knows..haha. As an example, I just melted that other toy steam train trying to make it have real smoke...lol. Just don't tell anyone ;) All the best mate....Tom
Ha ha ha ha ha , That did make me laugh Tom, I bet you did get some real smoke ha ha ha ha.Keep em coming.
Great stuff.
Duncan
Nice job Tom...... just like the way you solve the problems.... 👌...... regards Fred
Hi Fred...Thanks very much. I'm glad you like the experiment. All the best mate :)
super skills Tom !!!..more great ideas indeed !..Bachmann and Hornby should think about talking to you... all the best,dave
Thanks very much Dave. Needs a little refinement but it's ideal for running the HSTs around the loop and I have some control over the speeds. I'll be fitting these in all my conversions. Thanks again and all the best....Tom
Interesting device!
Thank you Fabrizio
@@tomjenssen7486 Thanks for sharing!
cool and awesome
Thank you Nathan
Bogie must be nonconductive to reverse axles. It's more complicated with older all metal frames where pickups need to be insulated from frame. Like the wire wrapping around axle. Maybe a small spring with wire soldered to it and conductive lube on axle?
Hi Ed, yes, absolutely. Thankfully, these bogies are all plastic (as they are toy conversions). For the high speed trains I have continuous wiring through each unit and I've bought some ready made spring pick-ups (the same as the ones you mentioned). These are generally used for coach lighting so I'm testing the trains with all wheel pick-ups to find out if there will be enough power supplied to run the motor. If so, this should allow for very smooth running. There's also much less friction than the wiper style pick-ups.Thanks very much for taking the time to watch and leave a comment...it's much appreciated. All the best....Tom
Hi Tom, but what about the 6v battery operated motor ? all dc power usually output around 0 to 12v on tracks ...did you change the motor or is it the same of the toy version? i wrote from italy and LE frecciarossa looks like well vs acme certainly more expensive..all the best Nicola!
Hi Nick, this is a very interesting subject. At the moment I'm using the same motor and I have no problems. I will be changing the motor at some time in the future for a better quality. I will certainly make sure the new motor is best for 12V Thanks and all the best.....Tom
@@tomjenssen7486 thanks ok
Hi Tom,
Have found some more cheepo bits and pieces at Trago mills. I know you like messing with it, so watch out for next video coming soon Ha ha ha ha.
All the best
Duncan.
Haha...Sounds great mate....Looking forward to see what you got :) All the best...Tom
Hi Tom,
Just put on video, Hope you like it. Sorry no burning plasticc smoke ha ha ha ha !!!!!!!!!!
All the best
Duncan.