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And the final pic until I build the signals and paint the structure.
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Placed the signal bridge on the layout just to see the color. ( Didn’t feel like crawling under the layout to get to its permanent spot ) Looks decent but a little too lite. Going to hit it with some Southern Pacific gray with the air brush. Then finish up with a little weathering.
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Completed! Very pleased! My only concern is that the 1/2 watt 470 ohm resistors that I used get hot. I’m guessing all my other one do too, I just never noticed.

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They get hot. The power supply I’m using for my lights and signals is a 2 amp ac power supply that I converted to dc. It puts out 16 volt dc
As far as I know, resistor's shouldn't get hot, you may want to dial it down a touch, 2amp is also a lot of power just for a set of lights, unless your powering all your lights from the same power supply, bulbs/LEDs will be just as bright at 12v, and unless the lights your using are rated at 16v, their unlikely to last very long.
 


Yes, I have a specific power supply just for lights, signals and a few electric switch machines.
I would still try dialing it down to 12v, if you can, (you could try installing a buck if you can't) last thing you need is burnt out wiring, someone else might have a suggestion as to why your resistors are getting hot, but that's the only reason I can think of.
 




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