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@gunrunnerjohn posted:
It would be a piece of cake to make a small PCB that mimicked the Lionel one, the key is how universal a fit would it be for other brands?

Yup, and as we all know, there are square/rectangle “drumheads” also. My very unscientific measurement of 10 round ones and 4 “squareish” was 1/2” each. When I drew a close enough half inch circle and put four 3528 leds in there, I’m thinking that’s gonna be a lot of light. Would need to be dimmed down quite a bit to reduce or eliminate the glare. Resistors or something? Or use Nano/Pico/Z size led. Very difficult to work with… (click for larger image)

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