Doing ditch lights on a MP15DC

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Well I have been working on a friends SRY Atlas MP15DC that needed ditch lights. After looking at pictures of the real unit I saw that it had odd lollipop type ditch lights on the cab end and normal housings on the nose end so this is the result.

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They are just white LEDs that I got on EBay a long time ago and have been using. I paint them with a little Tamiya Clear orange to get a golden color.

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They are Detail Associate castings that have been drilled out for the LED and assembled. I used the same ones for an ATSF SD40-2 assembling and mounting them on the deck.

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Looks real nice! I'm still amazed at how small LED's are getting. How did you solder the leads without destrying the LED?

John
 


Wow, that's some impressive work on those tall ditch lights. I might have to ask you for a few. ;)

I think Athearn Genesis, Kato, Atlas, BLI, & T55/OMI are about the only ones with pre-lit ditch lights, which makes for about every company who makes units new enough to have ditch lights...
 
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