Adding working lights to firetruck?

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northernwoodw

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Does anyone have experience adding working lights to a fire truck or police car. Are kits sold to do it and i would assume the level of difficulty would be high?
Any help as i have a building on fire in my layout.

Ken
 
I bought 2 sets of altenating strobes off of Ebay about a year ago & installed them in 2 large Fire Trucks that I had bought at WM(1/87th). It was a Challenge to take the metal trucks apart, but, FUN. I then put the trucks sticking out the front doors of the FireStation & hooked them up to a small DC Transformer. I get a lot of oohs & aahs from visitors. Especially retired Firemen.:D
 


Hi northernwoodw,

I model in HO scale and I got some police cars and ambulances and fire trucks in 1/87 scale from the states. I have put flashing lights in the police cars and also the ambulances, fire trucks next. I first started out by making a simple alternating flasher for the first police car it works great then I thought times have changed and the light bars on emergency vehicles have changed, so I made a circuit up that flashes the red light twice then the blue one twice and keeps alternating like that, they look a lot better, and with the ambulances seeing how they have so many lights around the vehicle I made an alternating flasher for the sides and back and front. The fire trucks should be a lot easier to setup as they are bigger and I should be able to use a bigger led, 2mm that is, so that's my next project.
 
Emergency lights

Today at the Dalton, Ohio Train and Toy Show, over 400 tables, I spotted a company that does this stuff. Try this link:

Lights4Models.com

614-296-8691 I believe it's Columbus, Ohio area. No name on the card.

Wayne
 
Hi Wayne,

Thanks for the link, however they are way way too expensive, almost a joke, for 5 leds they want $15, and for a single led they want $3.50, that's non flashing, 3mm or 5mm or smd or 1.8mm, prices the same for flashing leds, they only know two prices $15.00 & $3.50.
 
peroni said:
Hi Wayne,

Thanks for the link, however they are way way too expensive, almost a joke, for 5 leds they want $15, and for a single led they want $3.50, that's non flashing, 3mm or 5mm or smd or 1.8mm, prices the same for flashing leds, they only know two prices $15.00 & $3.50.
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I have some 3 & 5mm Flashing Red or Yellow LED's, but they aren't strobes.
If you want some PM me w/your address.
 
Go on Ebay & check out these 2 sellers that I buy from all the time(from China).
Cliffordjames2006 & his Ebay store is; Transistor parts Wholesale

& another one is; WeHonest_US

It usually only takes about a week to get stuff from them & I have been buying from them for about 4 years.
 
Hi Larry,

Thanks for your kind offer, but I am not in need of any leds as I have plenty, I was just referring to an earlier post about
Lights4Models.com prices. I know Lu from wehonest and have been dealing with him for years. I just wanted to thank you Larry for your kind offer, many thanks.
 


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