Fire Breathing Hiro - (Fire Box)

**Super** · **Super** 03-23-2019, 07:03 AM Track Engineer

Very well done Mike. I have also wanted to try a flickering firebox too.

Off The Rails · Off The Rails 03-23-2019, 03:59 PM Posting Freak

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.

Powerful Gordon Mike · Powerful Gordon Mike 03-24-2019, 01:49 AM Member

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

Off The Rails · Off The Rails 03-24-2019, 02:10 AM Posting Freak

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! Big Grin

**Super** · **Super** 03-24-2019, 03:46 AM Track Engineer

Now you don't see something like that everyday. Great work Mike. Is that Firebox light a flasher or flickerer?

Powerful Gordon Mike · Powerful Gordon Mike 03-24-2019, 04:17 PM Member

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.

**Super** · **Super** 03-25-2019, 02:29 AM Track Engineer

Oh...there are two lights in the cab?

Powerful Gordon Mike · Powerful Gordon Mike 03-25-2019, 03:13 AM Member

They are flashers. One is yellow the other is red.

**Super** · **Super** 03-25-2019, 03:20 AM Track Engineer

Now I see it. Is there a post in the middle of the cab and you have a light on either side of it?

Powerful Gordon Mike · Powerful Gordon Mike 03-25-2019, 09:44 AM Member

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