Homemade headlight reflector with LED

[M Graff]

Latest project ....

A reflector with light for my narrow-gauge locomotives.

The diameter of the reflector is 4 mm.

The LED is 0.5 x 1 mm!

The reflector is made out of aluminum from oven trays.

I took a nut of the right diameter and slowly pushed the aluminum with the rounded top of the hat from a ballpoint pen.

Then I rough cut the edges and filed it to shape with a needle file.

I then drilled a 0.8 mm hole in the center of the reflector.

I glued the LED to the backside of the reflector with epoxy.

The LED is a bit too white, so it'll get a drop of Tamiya transparent orange.

Then I'll take Microscale Crystal Clear and fill the reflector so it gets a lens.