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RE: Steam Along Hiro - Now With Headlight - Super - 03-23-2019
Very well done Mike. I have also wanted to try a flickering firebox too.
RE: Lighs-Camera-Hiro!!! - Now With Headlight - Off The Rails - 03-23-2019
Very cool; nice upgrade, Mike! Now I’m intrigued by the firebox mod. I recall seeing that on old Hornby engines and I’m sure other manufacturers have done it as well. Still, it’s not something you see all that often.
Fire Breathing Hiro - (Fire Box Breathing) - Powerful Gordon Mike - 03-24-2019
Ok... I went ahead an istalled LEDs in the cab of the Steam Along Hiro to simulate its fire box breathing. Take a look with link below, and tell me what you think. Thanks! PGM
https://youtu.be/Qv82uYffbqg
RE: Fire Breathing Hiro - (Fire Box Breathing) - Off The Rails - 03-24-2019
Yep, that’s a very cool mod! For some odd and evil reason, I was imagining that scaring all the pets in my house. Maybe the kids and the wife too!
RE: Custom Steam Along Hiro - Now With Headlight & Fired Boiler - Super - 03-24-2019
Now you don't see something like that everyday. Great work Mike. Is that Firebox light a flasher or flickerer?
RE: Fire Breathing Hiro - (Fire Box) - Powerful Gordon Mike - 03-24-2019
They are both blinking, the one on the right is a yellow LED, and the one on the left is a red. The hobby store had only one yellow blinking, so I had to go with a red.
RE: Fire Breathing Hiro - (Fire Box) - Super - 03-25-2019
Oh...there are two lights in the cab?
RE: Fire Breathing Hiro - (Fire Box) - Powerful Gordon Mike - 03-25-2019
They are flashers. One is yellow the other is red.
RE: Fire Breathing Hiro - (Fire Box) - Super - 03-25-2019
Now I see it. Is there a post in the middle of the cab and you have a light on either side of it?
RE: Fire Breathing Hiro - (Fire Box) - Powerful Gordon Mike - 03-25-2019
Yes, there was nothing easy about this mod. There were two post in the cab, and wouldn't you know it, they were both right next to the cab windows that I needed to cut out. So, I had to cut into the post as well. Very difficult when you are trying to make fine cuts around the window frame. Messy!
https://youtu.be/Qv82uYffbqg