Review platform lighting
Tidy-up lighting generally
Water tower hose
Compressor painting
A different day this week, to ensure full attendance. Geoff had finished the two platform lamps and fitted them.
The whitemetal hoops had been replaced with carefully curved brass channel sections, with the miniature LED wires glued to the outside. Just as the sign board and seating made the platform 'real', the lamps have made it even more so. The wire ends were terminated on pieces of vero-board where the resistors were mounted. Stephen adjusted a new voltage reduction unit to 12v and fitted it under the lamps. He then fitted a new slide switch in the frame under the hill behind the generator room and wired everything up.
With the workshop lights finished, the layout lighting was complete. The room lights were switched off, the window blind lowered and all the layout lights were switched on together, for the first time.
The tunnel lights were deemed to be a little bright and will be toned down. One set of miniature LED wall lights weren't working and will require investigation, but the overall effect was very pleasing. Even if the public never get to see it in the same, dark environment, the building lights do allow the detailed interiors to be viewed easily.
When the lights were on, Laurence worked on the water tower feed pipe he'd started the previous week. However, the combination of fabric wrapped around plastic tubing had proved to be too large in diameter for a NG tower (according to Geoff) and a new pipe was started.
Geoff's O&K brass 0-6-0 loco, nearing completion. With the control panel fitted to finalise the lighting, he was able to give it a test run. A few minor tweaks were noted, but it was lovely to see it running.
Lighting schedule:
Tunnel walls - Wilkinsons 3v LED warm white string cut to required length.
Workshop - 4 standard white LED's coated in wood stain.
Workshop brazier - single 3v LED from flickering tea light.
Generator building internal - 8 x 12v warm white filament lamps from old Christmas light set.
Generator building external - proprietary miniature LED wall lights (eBay).
Goods shed internal - 2 Wilkinsons 3v LED warm white from string cut to length.
Goods shed external - proprietary miniature LED wall lights (eBay).
Main building - three rooms switched separately - standard warm white LED's
We use a 19v DC laptop power supply feeding all 3 boards and adjustable step down power supply units for each 'project' - eBay - various sources. Typical supplier
Where Stephen spent a lot of the day.... in his rightful place, Laurence would say!
