Pine Creek Railroad posted:Joe,
In reality with the way the roof goes onto the body of the Tin Plate Caboose, there is a very small gap formed in the corner allowing the small lines to run outside and into the rear holes where the LED is then glued. It looks like Chris hot glued the lines where they passed thru, to stabilize and protect them, from being rubbed as the Caboose moves down the tracks.
A very nice piece of custom work, adding the LEDS.
PCRR/Dave
Dave is correct about a small space between the roof for the tiny wires going to the chip LED’s but the wire used for the chip LED’s are called “magnet” wire and appear to look like bare wire but they are insulated so if the touch they metal it’s not a problem. The spot of hot glue I put in those spots near the roof line are just to keep the wires in place. It doesn’t look that pretty but it gets the job done and you won’t see anything but the LED’s once the roof is on. Here is a better look at the wires and the different size chip’s that can be used. The chips I used for the caboose are the 3.2mm
