Warren Branch

[Stubby47]

Use a pin to make some holes in some thin, dark card.

Use a hole punch, centering the hole on the pinprick.

Cut each punched circle along a radius ( outer edge to centre).

Re-glue the circle into a slight cone.

Poke the led cable through.

[chuffinghell]

58 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

 

That's not like you...

 

Oh hang on...

 

I think that it might work. Can you control the brightness?

It kind of works 

 

 

I’ll have to see if painting it black helps

[MrWolf]

Black as primer, dark gloss green over that. That ought to show it who's boss. Plus it will look like vitreous enamel.

[SR71]

I think these might be what you are aiming for. I think the LED they use is what you have.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-x-OO-HO-gauge-LED-wall-ceiling-lights-Model-street-Railway-lamp-posts-R50-/152069928187?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286

 

I've not installed mine yet but I was impressed like you when I tested then on a battery.

[chuffinghell]

1 hour ago, SR71 said:

I think these might be what you are aiming for. I think the LED they use is what you have.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-x-OO-HO-gauge-LED-wall-ceiling-lights-Model-street-Railway-lamp-posts-R50-/152069928187?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286

 

I've not installed mine yet but I was impressed like you when I tested then on a battery.

I have seen those but I thought they would take a while to arrive coming from China

[SR71]

32 minutes ago, chuffinghell said:

I have seen those but I thought they would take a while to arrive coming from China

I don't remember them taking that long - 1.5 weeks maybe - but it was a while ago so can't be certain. Of course I may have just been lucky.

[chuffinghell]

I didn't want to over complicate the interior lighting, I was quite happy to attach LED's to the wall either side of the double doors

 

I need to give it some thought

[Alister_G]

3 hours ago, chuffinghell said:

I didn't want to over complicate the interior lighting, I was quite happy to attach LED's to the wall either side of the double doors

 

I need to give it some thought

 

Remember that at the period you are modelling they would most likely be a couple of oil lamps - it is unlikely that the goods shed was wired with electrickery or fed with gas - so when placing them, think about how the staff would get at them to light them and put them out.

 

Al.

Edited April 22, 2021 by Alister_G

[chuffinghell]

4 minutes ago, Alister_G said:

 

Remember that at the period you are modelling they would be most likely a couple of oil lamps - it is unlikely that the goods shed was wired with electrickery or fed with gas - so when placing them, think about how the staff would get at them to light them and put them out.

 

Al.

Thanks Al

I’d not considered that, I just assumed they would have had gas in the mid thirties

 

Edited April 22, 2021 by chuffinghell

[Alister_G]

To be honest I'm not sure, but would a rural goods shed really have a gas supply? A bit of research is indicated...

 

Al.

[chuffinghell]

7 minutes ago, Alister_G said:

To be honest I'm not sure, but would a rural goods shed really have a gas supply? A bit of research is indicated...

 

Al.

 

You know me Al, I'm just making it up as I go along 

 

[Alister_G]

Well this is a fascinating read:

 

https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/railway-goods-shed-and-warehouse-in-england/the-railway-goods-shed-and-warehouse/

 

It seems to suggest most lighting was natural, so I don't know what they did in winter...

 

Al.

[chuffinghell]

8 minutes ago, Alister_G said:

Well this is a fascinating read:

 

https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/railway-goods-shed-and-warehouse-in-england/the-railway-goods-shed-and-warehouse/

 

Thanks Al

 

Most useful

 

"relied on skylights for lighting these buildings"

 

8 minutes ago, Alister_G said:

....so I don't know what they did in winter...

 

Al.

 

 

 

Candles and wooly jumpers 

 

Edited April 22, 2021 by chuffinghell

[chuffinghell]

You know what I might not bother with internal lighting but I will still put one or two lamps in the yard

 

 

[Alister_G]

4 minutes ago, chuffinghell said:

You know what I might not bother with internal lighting but I will still put one or two lamps in the yard

 

 

 

Rule One says the Stationmaster at Warren was very forward thinking, and persuaded the GWR to wire up his goods shed...

 

Al.

[AlfaZagato]

Consider: does Warren warrant a Cordon?  Do you want to maybe add a gasworks to the layout?

[57xx]

On 20/04/2021 at 19:51, chuffinghell said:

 

 

That crane Warrents a small servo underneath the decking to rotate it...

[MAP66]

4 hours ago, chuffinghell said:

You know what I might not bother with internal lighting but I will still put one or two lamps in the yard

 

 

Maybe you could still introduce lighting into the goods shed by way of a GWR type hand lamp (see image below) which could be wired up with one of those tiny LEDS you have and either stood on top of a crate or hung from a hook on the wall. It could make a great cameo scene with a couple of workers unloading a wagon at dusk. You could use a pre-wired loco lamp which are available in 4mm scale or drill out a plastic type lamp (like the one below) and use glue and glaze for the lens and fit your own LED behind the lens. The loco lamps are slightly different to the hand lamps but at this scale it’s not that noticeable.  If I ever get the chance to build a layout of my own, this is what I had in mind for lighting the interior of the goods shed. I am even considering installing fibre optic lighting into the hand lamp the GWR guard is holding, this has been achieved by other modellers but unable to recall where I saw it. Forgot to mention, I won’t be offended if any of my above suggestions are not of interest, it’s your layout and your rules but just wanted to share what else is possible for lighting.

 

[chuffinghell]

@MAP66 great ideas but I don’t know if I could do it justice

 

I don’t want to over think or over complicate things, just a couple of LEDs on the inside of the wall you don’t see will give the effect I’m after

 

I'm still thinking about it though

 

If the roof wasn’t removable I’d just stick them on the roof 

 

Edited April 22, 2021 by chuffinghell

[chuffinghell]

I think everyone was right about this....

 

 

....maybe doesn’t look quite right so I’m going to put it here instead

 

 

[MrWolf]

I think that I have solved your lighting problem.

Put these posters up and tell everyone that you are operating under blackout conditions because some idiot left a bus on that bridge...

 

 

[chuffinghell]

I’ve stuck an led in the corner by the side of the inner platform

 

 

 

The effect is quite nice much brighter on the photo than it actually is but I don’t know how to rectify that (I’m crap at taking photos)

 

Doing this mean the wires are already out of sight and virtually invisible when not illuminated, just in case photos are taken from over head

 

Edited April 23, 2021 by chuffinghell

[Alister_G]

Excuse the pun, but that's brilliant! The fact that it's low down gives a great effect on the walls, really atmospheric.

 

Al

[chuffinghell]

Just taken another using time-lapse then taking a screenshot....

 

 

...this is closer to how it looks in real life, I’m planning on putting another at the other end

 

Edited April 22, 2021 by chuffinghell

[chuffinghell]

1 minute ago, Alister_G said:

Excuse the pun, but that's brilliant! The fact that it's low down gives a great effect on the walls, really atmospheric.

 

Al

I thought about what you said regarding lighting having to be at a level that could be reached plus @MAP66 suggestion of a lamp light made me think that the light would be thrown out and upward