Homemade headlight reflector with LED

[Graff]

Latest project ....
A reflector with light for my narrow-gauge locomotives.
The diameter of the reflector is 4 mm.
The LED is 0.5 x 1 mm!
The reflector I made out of aluminum from oven trays.
I took a nut of the right diameter and slowly pushed the aluminum with the rounded top of the hat from a ballpoint pen.
Then I rough cut the edges and filed it to shape with a needle file.
I then drilled a 0.8 mm hole in the center of the reflector.
I glued the LED to the backside of the reflector with epoxy.
The LED is a bit too white, so it'll get a drop of Tamiya transparent orange.
Then I'll take Microscale Crystal Clear and fill the reflector so it gets a lens.

 

[Greg@mnrr]

Interesting project Graff. The idea of using paint to change the hue of the LED followed by the Crystal Clear should be effective.

I have a locomotive that has older LED's with the blueish tint and would like to change their coloring and may try this technique.

Thanks for sharing.

Greg