Indeed I do Dave.

Vince, Curt, Paul and Mark thank you very much. I appreciate your continued interest.

Dave- I disagree current limiters are a "better" choice. CL1 and CL2's output a consistent 20ma, therefore the LED is at full brightness. I don't want that. I would still have to add a resistor after the limiter to reduce the brightness to realistic levels.

Additionally, there's price....in bulk, limiters are approx. $.50- 1.00 ea.,  resistors are .02 ea. This project uses 32 LEDS.

Bill Santore (Microlumina) and I have discussed this matter, and he agreed the "resistor only" works fine & only requires more math. Online resistor calculators are available, but during my 40 year career in electronics maintenance, I used this equation: P = I^2_R. 

I threaded and glued 0603 LEDS thru the tubes with their leads exposed. I already have mounted solder points with copper tape at the ready.



Now with the lights soldered in and dressed, I can't choose the value appropriate resistors, until I get a count on the total for the entire project. This will be left open till then.



Front and back smooth masonry walls will hide the electronics. This is .020" styrene glued to a card backer.



My own diamond shingles, cut with the pinking scissors, will be used for a small roof on this piece. Cut on the curve, and only very short pieces to maintain alignment.



I need 8 Tuscan style columns, which are 7/32" styrene tube, .030" sheet cut into 2 different size squares, and a .02" "ring".



Columns painted and attached, except for one where I will pass the power wires up from a column and attach to the distribution section.



Nearly finished , many touch ups necessary....



Till next time...a Labelle Co. Interurban car

Paul, Jerry and Curt, thank you for your positive comments.

Decorative brick arches lie directly in back of the Christmas tree in North Pole Square..

See a still from the movie here:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338348/mediaviewer/rm3683486720/

They form a semi-circle and connect two sets of buildings. I must condense mine to fit the space. I drew up a plan...



Transferred those dimensions to .05 chipboard and cut out two side pieces, and two curved sections.



I used an ellipse template to guide my pencil and cut lines on .010" styrene for the smooth masonry. I'll cut the .02" thick JTT Scenery brick sheet to fit as well.  6 x 6 square styrene is used as "divider" trim.



I created the curved trim by pre-bending the styrene over a small diameter drill bit shank.



All pieces were filed down smooth.



For lighting, I installed small styrene tubes to contain each LED and its wires to reach the upcoming interconnect points. Each will shine down over the center of the arches....Here testing....



I set both of these walls under weights for 2 days to form the curve I'll need. They only bounced back a little.



After I glued together both the front and back walls, the gap needed to be filled with modelers paste. I added a beige directly to the paste. It will be painted a lighter, similar color.



Till next time...more arch work...

Yes Karl, we discussed our names back on page 2 of this thread.

Thank you Eric!

Appreciate your interest Karl, thank you !

Very nice work Bob!

Thank you Jeff!

Thank you Doug!

Thank you all very much Dave, John, Mark, Curt, Greg, Vince, Jerry, George, Paul and Jan!

I truly appreciate all your positive comments and attention! A few more things to build yet...but this big one is finally out of the way!

I installed the 3D railings on the main balcony. For some extra illumination, I also added 2 globe sconce lights on either side of the arch.



The building is just about finished...some minor touch ups needed..



A darkened room test fire of all the lighting...it is always meant to be close to midnight for this model... a relief to get this far.....



Next task is the begin a "pedestal" base for the just completed structure.
3/32" balsa is cut to fit in a general shape around the building perimeter. Two pieces were butted together for the required depth.



Supporting frame with 1/2" high x 1/4" thick balsa strips.



Now glued down and trimmed back.



A very thin skim coat of joint compound all around to depict smooth masonry. I'll set this aside for later when I build the actual diorama base...
But first I need some separate decorative brick arches, and a railroad coach car...



Till next time....

Karl and Tom, thank you very much!

Thank you Eric and Mark! Appreciate your posts...

Much more to do ......