HO Scale Athearn SD40-2 Model Building 17 of 25 Ditch Lights

[@swiv99]

This is a great series of showing what you do to these locos..Some meticulous work there!!.....Picked up many tips from these.! The fiber optic strand inserted into the ditch light housing very cool

[@joe647544]

hey Dan love it learning alot from you in this podcast can't wait see her get painted

[@tsgmultimedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@hectorgill328]

Thank you for these detailed shows. You shed light on a subject needed.

[@tsgmultimedia]

Thanks for the compliment, and for watching!

[@BlueOvalHero]

Dan, I love your method for making LED ditchlights. Gonna have to steal your ideas. lol Great videos as always. Thank you

[@WestCoastRails]

Hi Dan....great video. Same method Ive been using and the same LEDs.

[@mgr_video_productions]

Great work Dan!

[@tsgmultimedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@tamamman]

Great Idea!

[@tsgmultimedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@201roadrage201]

Great build Dan, the 40 is coming along nicely. Do you have a parts list for all the detail parts you have added throughout the build?

[@tsgmultimedia]

Dan mentions all the parts specifically - manufacturer and part numbers - when he uses them throughout the series.

[@SGTGhost]

great video dan And John i learned a lot about ditch light, j enjoyed the video

[@tsgmultimedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@Balerio2357]

Very nice, thanks Dan. - Balerio

[@tsgmultimedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@NicoDaycon]

Finally, a video that tells me where to run the wires! Also, would it work to paint the ditch light castings before installing the leds?

[@NicoDaycon]

Alright thanks!

[@hond4srule]

Can't wait to see you make the lenses.

[@tsgmultimedia]

You might be surprised at how simple that process is. Stay tuned...

[@SoloContracting]

When you show the final episode, could you include a parts list for the entire build? Maybe that could be an episode in itself? Can't. wait to see the final model.

[@tsgmultimedia]

That sounds like a good idea but perhaps not a necessary one, since all the parts are mentioned specifically when they are used in each episode when Dan does the action for which the parts were required...?

[@hobbeekid]

Nice work Dan, I want to get away from incandescence's myself and into led's more as I've found that incandescence's burn out quickly & draw way too many amps, especially on sound decoders....

[@tsgmultimedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@jonathanbaker4936]

I use regular bulbs for lights, Is it the same process as LEDs?

[@tsgmultimedia]

Not sure I would try using bulbs with Dan's method of lighting 1) with heat shrink tubing encasing them or 2) with fiber optics ...because bulbs generate heat. With heat shrink tubing around them, that heat would be trapped, causing even more heat which could melt the tubing and/or the end of the fiber optic strand. Having a small electrical fire inside your locomotive might look interesting, but nothing good can come from that. :))

[@jonathanbaker4936]

Otherwise it is similar with bulbs.

[@atsf3780]

These are Micro-Litz LED's. I use them frequently myself and have always found great prices on them

[@atsf3780]

Another easy way to test these LED's is to just use a button cell battery. No resistor needed

[@tsgmultimedia]

Excellent - Thanks for watching!

[@TMandN]

Me too! Same as WestCoastRails! :-)

[@larrymonske8086]

Notice horses on the ditch lights .