Yūrakuchō

[Kamome442]

Thank you jeff,

You are spot on, the front face is etched metal painted black. The case that covers the wires is 3D printed in resin:

 

The 3D print has to be very fine to create enough room inside for the wires. the back wall is 0.2mm To stop light bleed I lined the case with tinfoil. 

I wanted to keep the depth of the finished light under 1mm. I had to use 0201 LED's however they only make them in white or warm white. 

Therefore I painted strips of paper clear red and clear green as a mask. Then I used a drop of resin to secure a white LED behind each opening. 

Finally I filled the case with a 2 part epoxy and pressed it on the back.

[cteno4]

Excellent as always Joe. I like the old red and green paper bits! 
 

going to sell some kits?
 

jeff

[Kamome442]

3 hours ago, cteno4 said:

going to sell some kits?

 

I am happy to sell the bits if there is demand. They are not exactly easy, I will take some step by step pictures the next time I make one.

Hopefully when I have made a few more it will get easier. If so I am considering making a small batch of completed lights to sell.

 

I did get around to printing the 7-eleven store:

 

How it looks in position:

 

I also had a chance to print the club next door:

 

Finally I made up another simple little jig for this weeks project:

[Kamome442]

 

More Lights 

 

I am going to be working on these lights this week.

 

 

They will be made using different diameters of brass tube. The jig above was for making the lights. 

Edited July 29 by Kamome442

[Kamome442]

Taking on a Side Quest

 

I didn't get as much done this week as I had planned. This was mostly because I volunteered to build a 1:24 scale kit of my uncles car.

It was a nice change to build something that didn't have to design first! I have to say it was an interesting experience to work in a larger scale, it is much easier to put parts together however much harder to get a perfect finish when you are painting. 

Sadly he arrived a day earlier than I expected to collect it so I only managed to take a quick snap of the finished model:

 

I did get around to building the next set of lights:

 

Testing they still work after poking wires through little holes:

 

I just need to paint and install them.

The next project will be some stubby lights to fit under the bridges and building a bunch of traffic lights.

 

Joe

Edited August 10 by Kamome442

[Junech]

Looking really nice! Good job!

 

There is a small thing before you finish your lamps. the is a small attachment to the lamps that you didn't model. I don't know if you missed it or did it on purpose, just wanted to point it out before it is too late to change. Maybe gluing some thin paper around the top as well to get that bump where the top lamp is attached?

 

 

 

[Kamome442]

Lovely attention to detail @Junech you are welcome back anytime 🤣

All the lights along the street have these, I am not sure what they are maybe a light sensor. Fear not, I will be including them, I am not 100% sure how to attach them at the moment the little bar that sticks out is going to be under 0.2mm. I might try using a little piece of rigging elastic.

[Junech]

My guess would be a light sensor too. And I just mentioned it because you said only the paint job is left xD

 

For the attachment:

How about a single wire of a stranded wire? I think some of those could be around 0.15mm and you may have it left from wiring your layout. The bonus is that you could soder that to the mast as well.

[Kamome442]

10 hours ago, Junech said:

And I just mentioned it because you said only the paint job is left xD

Too right! I would rather someone pointed out something I missing than didn't. 

 

10 hours ago, Junech said:

For the attachment:

How about a single wire of a stranded wire? I think some of those could be around 0.15mm and you may have it left from wiring your layout. The bonus is that you could soder that to the mast as well.

 

0.15mm would be pretty much spot on. I hadn't considered soldering it to the mast, it would be very secure. I would need to practice my soldering skills I haven't done it for a while. 

[cteno4]

Joe,

 

hey you might like this stuff. Super fine 0.1mm stainless wire! It’s nice as it’s stiff for any longer stretches and holds a bend well. I can pop some in an envelope for you to play with.

 

jeff

[Kamome442]

2 hours ago, cteno4 said:

Joe,

 

hey you might like this stuff. Super fine 0.1mm stainless wire! It’s nice as it’s stiff for any longer stretches and holds a bend well. I can pop some in an envelope for you to play with.

 

jeff

Ooh that looks interesting! I could certainly fins some uses for that. Thank you jeff

 

[Kamome442]

Another week and another hole cut into the baseboard! Cut into the side this time, just to keep thing fresh 🙃

This was to install the housing for lights along the street. Once done I was able to test fit the new lights.

 

I had to wait till the evening to get the full effect.

 

A little progress on the lights under the bridges