The Atlantic and Southern Build Thread Continued, Part 4

[ACL1504]

Hello Tom, your cabooses are looking great. The yellow handrail painting tip is new to me and I'll have to remember that. Thanks.

Hey Jeff,

Thank you very much. One can find lots of tips on this forum.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom, those yellow handrails look very good against the red.
Really makes them pop.
Neat trick with the card.

Rick,

Thank you for the comment and for stopping by.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Those are a couple of sweet looking cabeese Tom

Ron,

Thanks my friend for the kind comment.

Tom

[ACL1504]

For the caboose marker lights, I'm using Tomar Lighted Adlake Marker Lights. They come two in a pack with two resistors and one bridge rectifier. There is also a small coil of wire. The wire is to stiff so I just put the wire in file 13.




NOTE: If you are using DCC, don't use the bridge rectifier. The track power on a DCC system is AC power and a non DCC, or DC layout is DC power. I just put the rectifier in the electronics part bin.

[ACL1504]

The Kadee trucks are prewired for the lighting. There is a red dot on each to let you know which side is the electrical pick up side.



If you want to install an interior light, here is what I used - A 12v lamp and 150 Ohm resistor. You can use a 100 Ohm resistor as well. The resistor makes the lamp look a little less bright.



I installed the trucks on the bottom of my brass caboose.

[ACL1504]

I used a #42 metal drill bit and drilled a hole in the side of the brass caboose.



The #42 is the correct size as it is a perfect hole for fitting the marker lights into the caboose.

[ACL1504]

This next photo shows how the marker fits in/on the caboose side. This is an old photo from the 2016 thread on installing marker lights.



The Tomar marker lights are black metal and need to be painted yellow prior to installation.

[ACL1504]

I used Floquil Reefer Yellow for the handrails. For the marker lights I used a darker yellow. I painted the four marker lights with UP Armor Yellow.





The are three lenses on the marker lights. One rear, one front and one side. Don't worry if you get paint on one of the red lens. When dry, use a small Q-tip dipped into thinner and remove the paint from the lens.

[ACL1504]

Tomorrow I'll go over the wiring process I used to light the interior and markers.

Here is the wiring diagram, crude as it is.

[Jim Donovan]

Hi Tom;

Just following along. I have not tried improving any rolling stock so am finding this really interesting. I think I will try to duplicate something similar once I understand the whole process, thanks.

Jim

[Rick]

ACLTom, even though you make it look simple, that's something I wouldn't try to do.

[PRR Modeler]

Great how to Tom. I think I'm going to give it a try.

[deemery]

Tom, the symbol above the word "ohm" in your sketch:  Is that an (incandescent) light bulb?

dave

[ACL1504]

Hi Tom;

Just following along. I have not tried improving any rolling stock so am finding this really interesting. I think I will try to duplicate something similar once I understand the whole process, thanks.

Jim

Jim,

Happy to have you along on the journey. It is just as simple as it shows.

Tom

[ACL1504]

ACLTom, even though you make it look simple, that's something I wouldn't try to do.

Rick,

Thanks and yes, it is simple and easy. It is just a matter of doing it. 

Tom