Moving headlight

[MPSmith]

I just purchased a Bachmann 2-8-0 with DCC and want to move the headlight from the boiler front to the boiler top to match a prototype I will be modelling.  Any suggestions on how to accomplish this task?

[hotrainlover]

On my 2-8-2 Loco, I purchased a Brass Tender light from Walthers.  I then painted the "Housing", installed it to the top of the tender.  I put the Grain of wheat bulb in the housing with the ORIGINAL wires attatched back down under the housing( drilled 2 holes first).  Once the paint was dry, I weathered the light with dullcoat spray.  This way I could use the original circuits.  When I put in a decoder, all I had to do was insert the decoder in the 8 pin connector.  Lighting was therefore already, ready!

PS
I think the housing was Detail Graphics...  But I cannot remember for sure

[Yampa Bob]

Might have been "Details West" or "Details Associates".

Bob

[hotrainlover]

Bob,
Yes you are rght is was detail west...

Thanks...

[MPSmith]

Good idea buying another light.  The one installed doesn't look like it will bend in the right places to mount on the boiler top.