Quote from: stationmaster12 on February 20, 2014, 08:33:27 PM
Silver69,
How do you go about adding LED's to your trains? Thanks!!
Jose
Jose,
It was really easy.
I first remove the cab from the chassis.
Once removed I opened up the holes, I used a pin vise drill to make the first small hole the followed up with an electric drill to make the hole the same size at the raised light bump on the F7 cab.
Next I found clear red plastic and sanded it to the size of the hole, a taillight sprue from a model car kit worked fine. Once done it was 1/4 inch long and flat on both ends.
Next I assembled the LED's and resistors into a shape that fits into the nose of the cab, once soldered together the stayed in place by friction.
I then used CA glue (super glue) to attach the LED's to the red plastic lenses.
Next I soldered on wires to the LED assembly and connected them to the hot and ground on the train chassis and carefully replaced the cab on the chassis.
While I had the cab off I also wired the motors in series, slow speeds are now much smoother.
This was my first attempt and I think the results are great.
Good luck if you decide to give it a try
Steve