My Port line

[Englehart]

testing of lights for street lighting

 

able to get right voltage after multiple bust 😅

 

 

 

and experimenting with styro beads

 

the coconuts turned out to be oversize  😅

[Rev Counter]

That lighting looks really good and moody! I like the highlights and shadows it picks out on the tree and the concrete pipe sections. It adds some real atmosphere to the scenes.

[Englehart]

3 hours ago, Rev Counter said:

That lighting looks really good and moody! I like the highlights and shadows it picks out on the tree and the concrete pipe sections. It adds some real atmosphere to the scenes.

 

It gives me the Covid Lockdown vibes

 

I didn't max the voltage for the softness. sadly someone play with the powersupply and accidentally put it on 12V. all is busted at the moment 😅

[Madsing]

4 hours ago, Englehart said:

sadly someone play with the powersupply and accidentally put it on 12V. all is busted at the moment 😅

Add resistors in series with each LED. They will limit the current and prevent that from happening. Do you know how to do that? I can provide more details. 

Edited March 22, 2023 by Madsing
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[Englehart]

13 minutes ago, Madsing said:

Add resistors in series with each LED. They will limit the current and prevent that from happening. Do you know how to do that? I can provide more details. 

Yes please, i dont what value i needed for it. Im targeting it around 2-3v

[cteno4]

For 12v max supply you want an 470 ohm resistor to limit your current so it won’t blow if turned all the way up to 12v.

 

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you can also just use a fixed 12v power supply and wire in a 2k variable resistor in series with the 470 ohm fixed, limiting resistor to dim the lights individually to the desired brightness. Or save power and use a 5v fixed power supply and you only need a 100 ohm limiting resistor and can use the same 2k variable resistor to dim the led.

 

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its dangerous to use a led without a limiting resistor as it’s easy to put too much current through it with a fixed or variable power supply.

 

cheers

 

jeff

[Englehart]

39 minutes ago, cteno4 said:

For 12v max supply you want an 470 ohm resistor to limit your current so it won’t blow if turned all the way up to 12v.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/295572052782?hash=item44d1779b2e:g:lrgAAOSw1TFkFQTD&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4P8rznmhfA1OBp3fVbi1jt7yhZTj3K%2BX1FZhrqkAEZVhzwdek0Mu4L9vmaQIpU6BaNJ47eQff9l5AuHYvNMnInKBUcBeE1dNNunM4YLQXR9cbYsYpNjg%2FRlxffRPjXXMa2u88ZPsJj5p2PAfLovviqGRasp5amGs7RmTu1UWyYQchf2LAp%2Bvjxbe%2Bo0lp2PzU8WMf8V996iRKiDTCFI9h1QZGexQEVnMgQ6nS4F44HqHEHpwwq68bkqOxENYqfdPzYC8Ma8iqC1zkPCByo1D%2BF%2FnriZASsxAdobBpjEMBUE5|tkp%3ABk9SR86MpYThYQ

 

you can also just use a fixed 12v power supply and wire in a 2k variable resistor in series with the 470 ohm fixed, limiting resistor to dim the lights individually to the desired brightness. Or save power and use a 5v fixed power supply and you only need a 100 ohm limiting resistor and can use the same 2k variable resistor to dim the led.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/363819388201?hash=item54b5534d29:g:8wcAAOSwwRtcgygC&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA8LR6AFFbz62eIOPm36%2FuHylGFRx4KKk1vAshMDivGTKHXjYcrbi0PRx4h27TYaS%2FZYLwLgkrXA4pvuod3%2BxkE5X9Oc9GbgnpXRc3DXoj26UoCSBeVdSl6HVrvFyPNdQH4MLney7NWF979MZVsn3GSJWGXQlqm7GKR9VABmzA8xjWWqGcrO7ouEDavy39rK3VTxPXNpJbCWcDbrWsqKlrC4z2TcbyT2ENRR4BHiXpgvO%2B9ajWsE15eS5PWJgWEl3m9bLBc0KzuLWzWtqAUSX1wL68DIflDey5jKGo5jQznmOcF5SR00WZHrT4YjfD8qgm6w%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_Kn6oPhYQ

 

its dangerous to use a led without a limiting resistor as it’s easy to put too much current through it with a fixed or variable power supply.

 

cheers

 

jeff

Thanks will order one now 🙂

[Englehart]

first attempt on dirt parking painted...

 

still wet paint

 

[Englehart]

tested some macro mode on my phone. (need a proper macro camera 😄 ) then edited the darkness (too dark)

 

)Street view perspective

 

 

 

 

 

[Englehart]

Covered court/civic center under construction

[Englehart]

the aliexpress 

 

"z scale" people

 

painted it with my bad eyes 😅

 

Edited March 29, 2023 by Englehart

[cteno4]

I’ve used the Z scale people for children.

 

jeff

[Englehart]

1 hour ago, cteno4 said:

I’ve used the Z scale people for children.

 

jeff

 

that's a good to know

 

the problem with aliexpress figures they tend to be oversized

 

e.g. this is there supposedly N scale figures 😅

 

[cteno4]

the generic architectural figures are sort of average height at 1/150 and maybe taller average height than some countries. they are pretty close to tomytec 1/150 japanese n scale figures, maybe a tad taller on average. they are defititely taller than 1/160 n scale figures.

 

jeff

[Englehart]

1 hour ago, cteno4 said:

the generic architectural figures are sort of average height at 1/150 and maybe taller average height than some countries. they are pretty close to tomytec 1/150 japanese n scale figures, maybe a tad taller on average. they are defititely taller than 1/160 n scale figures.

 

jeff

maybe that's why 😅

 

since most pepople average at 5'8" i would the z scale would fit the bill 🙂

[Englehart]

second prototype for my crossing gates 

replicating the manual version that has weights in it

 

 

[Englehart]

gone busy with work I was able to have time "again" 😅

 

my scratch built 7-11

 

[Cat]

Very nice!

[Englehart]

Light test

 

 

i've 2x 0402 SMD leds

 

just a test will change it to cool white later on

[cteno4]

Nice! You can also put a variable resistor in line with your LEDs to set the brightness so things don’t end up glowing. LEDs at full blast are like little mini suns and way brighter point source than you have in buildings, so turning them down some can help a lot. Also if you have more than one led in a building you can do interesting things with them.

 

cheers

 

jeff

[Englehart]

done with the 2 stores and some test photo

[Englehart]

the first street is done for now.

 

 

 

[Englehart]

added cars on the street  to add some life 

other car models are on the way

 

[Englehart]

Did a small test run to check connectivity on the covered tracks

 

 

 

Edited February 19 by Englehart

[Englehart]

not much of a progress on scratchbuilding Rolling stocks. 

 

making a scrap rolling stock from downed units

 

and the inspiration