It took about a week of on-and-off work, but there are now operating streetlights along lower Ocean Blvd (shown in the picture), Mortimer Road, and Museum Avenue, as well as the car stop in the Mortimer Park Loop.
The streetlights are Model Power product number 495, with a couple of their double-header units, #496s, thrown into the mix. They're not all that realistic straight from the package, but when the bases are removed, and they're repainted, they aren't too bad. I've also used 495s for the custom poles that will carry the streetcar overhead wire.
That pole on wheels near the top of the picture is a rolling gauge I made out of a set of freight car trucks and a styrene tube. It's to help set the height of the overhead wire.
Fine work, and a pleasing result. What sort of power supply are you using?
ReplyDeleteThe lights are powered by 2 old laptop wall chargers (output of 12vdc and 2.5A); one for the north side and one for the south.
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ReplyDeleteProbably you know this already, but the Danish firm of Heljan released a range of US themed H0 kits in de seventies, among them the Molasses factory (B370) and busy bees department store (B810)
And I really enjoyed your Model buildings of E.L Moore, nice to know the origins of some of my favorite Pola kits .
Thanks for the kind words about the book. I hadn't heard that Heljan released those ELM kits too, but I'm not surprised because it seems like in the '70s and '80s the kits were released by quite a few brands. If I ever do a second edition, I should add a section, or at least a table, about all the repops and brandings of the ELM kits.
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