Tri-ang Hornby R.405 Colour Light Signal "LED Conversion" with a variety of locos and rolling stock 

Thanks Paul. It's definitely worth a try and it's completely non-destructive. Oscar

Thanks Andrew. Oscar

Thanks John glad you enjoyed it. Take care. Oscar

Hi Paul. I know what you mean. I have always got plans to do this or that! now I've converted a few I now need to install a few more on the layout! Just need to find the time and its too hot at present! Oscar

Thanks Michael. I had converted the yard lamps first with a similar method. Although the yard lamps do benefit from one of the contacts being soldered. And I had a number of these signals in none working condition for some time. You can find the bulbs for sale occasionally but they seem to cost more than the signal sets. And when I did get a red and green bulb that worked from two separate signals and installed it on the layout the green bulb had gone by the end of the week! and that was with a nine volt supply as when reading about them in Pat Hammonds book it suggests using them with a reduced voltage Tri-ang clam 15 volts AC or DC. So there seemed nothing left to lose messing around with LEDs at 8p each and it works. The yard lamps are straightforward to convert as well. With the original bulbs in the get very hot and switch them selfs off as things heat up! or maybe this was just a way of making the bulbs last longer! I will try and cover the lamps in a video when time allows. Oscar

Thanks again Norbert. Oscar

Thanks James, glad you enjoyed it. Oscar

Thanks David. Oscar

Thanks Simon, I will look out for the video. Oscar

Thank you Kevin for the complements. And glad you are enjoying seeing the layout. I will try and get wagons with there loads in a few more videos. I have covered a few in the past and there are more to cover. But in the meantime have a glance at these videos ( links below) they may be of interest. Many thanks again for watching and taking the time to comment. Oscar ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q-srhgxkd3I.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BnlmI8T0Y2w.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4BKJoB6rsIM.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_EGELszmijM.html

Yes I've seen all your video's, and some probibly ten times,makes my eyes stick out.Thanks for the great video's on tri-ang,love watching it and can't wait for the next, ahhhhhhh.So rare to see no finger prints or marks as your items are. Thanks Kevin

Hi Paul that's great to know the name of the manufacturer who still makes these tiny bulbs. I will lookout for them but as you say this conversion seems to work and is also nondestructive and at 00.09p per LED its worth a go I think. What the housing like on the Hornby Dublo signal lights. Is it a similar construction. I do have a small collection of Hornby Dublo items but sadly none of there Colour light signals. I do have some of there electricly operated semaphore signals which I think are terrific. It's strange that Tri-ang never went down this route. I think Hornby Railways finally did some on these lines in 1973(R.400) but very crude compared to the Dublo signals and the R.086 signals could be electrically operated with the addition of one of there point motor control sets R.663 in the late 70s early 80s! Thanks Paul for watching and taking the time to comment. Oscar

Oscar Paisley brawa 3272 red 3273 brawa green brawa 3274 amber don’t know if triang did a caution signal but it may be something you could do and wire into your automatic signals

Good afternoon Andrew. Hope there was something of interest there in the video. All of the electrics on my layout are very basic. points 8 change as a pair from a single switch. And they throw together quite well. All the points motors are fed from a 16v ac outlet socket on one of the H&M Clippers I use on the layout. This feed runs via Capacitor Discharge Unit CDU. This gives them quite a kick! The CDU clams to be able to throw six points at once. I think the instructions have contemporary point motors in mind. Not all point motors are equal especially when they are 50 years old. The CDU I have was sold in a polythene bag with a Guagemaster header card. The instruction are on a piece of the paper less than A6 in size apart from claiming to throw six points there is a wiring diagram and that's is. I have been reading about and considering replacing it with a heavy duty version. I think these old point motors and heavy points would benefit. Hornby Dublo used to make rubber device to enable two switches to move together. I'm not sure this was meant for two points together though. I think maybe a point and Isolating switch. As I don't think there electrically operated points were isolating. I've seen a picture of one of these in a catalogue but never in for real. Possibly the material used disintegrating rapidly? Points No 5,7,9 and 10 also operate as pairs on the layout. Thanks again Andrew for watching and taking the time to comment. Oscar

Thanks Peter. Oscar

Good morning John I've not come across any of the bulbs being screwed in on these colour light signals from Tri-ang, all of the ones I've come across have the push in type bulbs and are held in by the back plate with a single screw through the centre of it with the wiring to the contacts on the back plate. Sounds like an interesting variation or possibly they have been modified in the past. In their original state they can be quite unreliable. Take care. Oscar

It does seem odd that they are persisting with the current one, as you say its a bit coarse. especially when they are going to so much trouble to detail their locomotive and stock at present. Oscar