@kj356 posted:Have been looking for a good LED light for the caboose or observation style old style oil lamps that have different colored light lens front, side and back. The LED's again are to directional whereas the Grain of Wheat bulbs give an even spread of light to all sides.
Is there a GOW bulb small enough for this purpose? Below is a photo of a project where I added caboose marker lights to the rear of a Lionel Business Car, which was fitted with them during a UP 150th anniversary excursion. The marker lights are scale brass and far too small to fit a bulb inside. I used Evan Designs Z size flat LEDs, which are tiny and very bright. Mounted slightly recessed in the side of the marker next to the car body, they illuminate all three lenses in it pretty well - in this case with a slightly muted effect as I suppose you might get with an oil lamp. (That was unintentional because this is the car I mentioned above where the marker lights are wired to the overhead LED strip, to which the drumhead lights and tail light are also connected in the stock assembly. The interior is only as bright as it is because there are several separate track-powered LEDs to light fixtures on the compartment walls and a couple of other lamps.)
