Had a bit of a grumble about dummies (ground position signals for the posh) in an earlier post. In a kind of desperation, there being no picture of what you are getting, I ordered a pair of BR(M) kits from Wizard/MSE. This was on the basis that apparently the Midland Region ones were BR standard and the MSE signals I built are really nice.

So, this is what you get, and very nice it is too. They do seem massive after OO! Yes, these are what I wanted. And it says on the packet they can be made to work - easily done by drilling a hole through the, er, bit sticking out of left-hand side of the casting, which you are going to have to do anyway to mount the, er, circley thing - arm?

While eyeing up drilling the hole got to wondering if it would work drilling a hole, about 0.7mm (I can't see the writing on the drill bit these days!), through the two lenses (dimple on the front of the casting and corresponding one at the back) and then drilling a hole up through the bottom for an LED. I was rather surprised, after being out of the loop for a while, that 1mm x 0.7mm x 0.5 ready wired, with resistor for 12V dc, LEDS are a thing. So I ordered some warm white ones. I went for warm white since these are oil lit.

Starting with a pilot hole of somethingverysmall diameter made with the pin vice, I drilled, slowly, with the rechargeable at 0.7mm until about half way through, and then repeated from other side. This was so that if the angle was a bit off they could still meet in the middle rather than come out of the side of the lamp. Daylight through the hole is Good News. I also did the hole for arm hinge, but I did this by hand with the pin vice as mistakes would write the lamp off. Also - hold the lamp unit and stand by the lamp, not the frame. The frame is not at all rigid and will bend easily.

Rather than attempt drilling the LED hole with the support attached, I chopped the lamp off. This might sound drastic, but provision is made in the casting as it can also make a 2-stack version for which you need to do this. You'll have to take my word for it, as I forgot to take photos, but he LED hole worked and is at 1mm diameter awaiting the arrival of the LEDs to get the final size. I love it when a plan comes together. The bank manager's not going to be quite so impressed when the bill for the servos and controller card come it. This will be later though, the dummies will be installed and wired initially, but the servos can come later. Hurry up LEDs.

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