FANTASTIC LED Lighting for Model Railroad Layouts

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I installed some fantastic LED lighting for model railroad layouts to brighten up some dark, hard to light areas and I love the results. Let me show you how I did it in this video. I used 12V, 5,000K LED light strips to bring needed light to these dim areas. They worked great and were really easy to install.
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@RonsTrainsNThings Год назад

See how I installed LED lights for my main layout lighting here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X2OuT1IE-hc.html

@grantv2313 8 месяцев назад

This is one of the best channels on RU-vid for tips. I don’t subscribe to many channels but hit the bell on this one . Thanks.

@RonsTrainsNThings 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much, and welcome.

@JoeG-firehousewhiskey Год назад

Very nice. I like the hot glue idea to pin down the wires

@RonsTrainsNThings Год назад

I don't know how a pro would evaluate it, but it just works. 🤣

@odeooo16 Год назад

Glad to see new video's coming out more regularly again!!

@robertlewis7237 Год назад

THANK YOU FOR VIDEO

@vincenthuying98 Год назад

Dear Ron, for your church scene, you could also add a piece of led strip behind the small valence of the light fixture you made. Because of the vertical mounting that will allow for the light to flood more toward the backdrop. Cool idea for those valence fixtures. Sure makes a lot of difference. Definitely will look for the low temperature hot glue! Cheerio

@laurentcnc6662 Год назад

Great Job with simple things ;-) !

@randydobson1863 Год назад

hello ron's its is randy and i like yours is cool thanks and led lighting super cool ron's thanks friends randy

@daleshipman7139 Год назад

You just solved my problem! Thanks for the great video!

@RonsTrainsNThings Год назад

Glad I could help.

@johnbanicki7232 Год назад

Thanks for the tip. Great way to get additional lighting.

@leisureshoot Год назад

for the church scene, adding lights to the vertical face of the valance would probably work well and require less wiring changes.

@StormySkyRailProductions Год назад

Good ideas and tips Ron, sure enjoyed this one! (Dave).

@jhoodfysh Год назад

I agree, this was a great video. thank you for sharing.

@schadowolf Год назад

Great video and tips for led lighting!

@N-Scale Год назад

Looking very good Ron !!!!

@RonsTrainsNThings Год назад

Thanks, Mike. 👍🏼👍🏼

@chadportenga7858 Год назад

I've thought of using strip led lights, too. However, I'm toying with the idea to use lights that are adjustable in color so that I can adjust them for sunrise, sunset, daytime, or nighttime.

@RonsTrainsNThings Год назад

If you are wanting to set your layout for night time or other times of day during operations that is a great idea. Personally, I don't do night time operations so I saved the extra money of the adjustable color LEDs, but again if you want those types of lighting that is a great way to go.

@Nebarus Год назад

Hi Ron, I enjoy following your layout work and useful tips. One question though; Why dont you use RGB smart lights, allowing you to mix you own night, dawn, day and dusk light settings and control it entirely from an App? (Perhaps apart from the cost issue) Greetings from Denmark :)

@chadportenga7858 Год назад

I have been considering this myself, when I get to that point, for exactly the same reasons you mentioned. Heck, you can even connect them to an Alexa device and create routines to dim them like a sunset!

@RonsTrainsNThings Год назад

If you are interested in night ops or the sunset sunrise look, the RGB lights are a great way to do that. Personally, that's not a goal of mine. I only really operate under full daylight so yes I saved the money for the RGB lights. Again, if you're wanting those types of looks for ops or photography the RGB adjustable lights are the way to go.

@Nealeb1970 Год назад

Those LED strips are a brilliant invention, great to fit into any space that is limited in height. I'm even planning on using them in some of my passenger coaches. I'd love to know who started this strange rumour that you need to wipe the glue to spread it, I promise you the glue will spread over the entire surface once you clamp and screw/nail it. Have a damp rag handy to wipe the excess off, easy. But your choice of course, love how the layout is progressig

@RonsTrainsNThings Год назад

It's more about making sure you don't have too much glue. A thick layer of glue between surfaces actually weakens the glue joint.

@Nealeb1970 Год назад

@@RonsTrainsNThings And that is certainly true with a thick glue such as Contact adhesive, but thin stuff such as PVA isn't a problem as it squeezes out and you're only left with a thin layer of glue once clamped. When gluing wide pieces such as 2 1" x 4" to make a 2" x 4" or even 2 pieces of ply together spreading it out is ok, but it's really only necessary with thick glues, especially if you are using contact adhesive to glue a veneer to chipboard or ply (say for a kitchen benchtop) which you need to do to get right to the edges so they don't lift up. But as I said, it's not a criticism, just 1 less step

@sparkslightingable Год назад

You can add a slight wedge under the light to angle it a bit toward the back to more evenly wash. I've done that to great effect

@RonsTrainsNThings Год назад

You certainly could, but it may diminish the amount of light on items along the front edge.

@sparkslightingable Год назад

@@RonsTrainsNThings True. If you kept it at or under 30 degrees it won't dimish the front edge light much but even out the lighting toward the back.

@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204 Год назад

GOOD VID

@Rhinexing Год назад

Great video, Ron! I think your lighting solution is not only a great idea, but it looks very professional. I was wondering... do you have plans to do a final wrap-up video for the car dealership in Bowie? I remember enjoying that particular series (I just watched those two videos again this morning) when they first were uploaded. In a weird coincidence, right before you shared those videos, I was planning to use the same structure for a car dealership kitbash. My layout is set in 1970, & I plan on it being an AMC dealership.

@RonsTrainsNThings Год назад

I do plan to do that video when I finish the build. The details have been sitting in a box for 2 years. When I started my layout expansion and moved Bowie it got postponed. The hold up is the driveway which I keep putting off until I build Bowie.

@Rhinexing Год назад

@RonsTrainsNThings thanks for the response. Just know that I can't wait to see how it turns out.