Stadium lights

[TuscoTodd]

[BRP32]

Wow does that look nice Dave!

I need some of them around my Ho track I think!!!!

It takes night racing to a whole new level!!!!

[Wolseley Hornet]

David, the lights look terrific!

They will certainly add to the atmosphere when you get the whole track lit.

Bibbster's suggestion for diffusing the light by gentle sanding of the LED sounds good.

I wondered if slightly changing the colour by a wash with paint would also help. In photos of the real thing, the light seems to have a yellowish tinge, even though you know the floodlights used are brilliant beyond your wildest dreams.I guess the reason is that the light is diffused by exhaust fumes, and possibly even the evening mist, both of which are absent from model tracks, so the white light looks too white.

Please don't think I'm nitpicking,though, the lights look great!

David.

[RichD]

Here is my HO track with lights. There are a couple of strings of blue LED Christmas lights on the ceiling to simulate moonlight. The track is normally a road course, four of the light poles have to be removed to make way for the infield portion.

[btaylor]

NICE!

Bob

[ourwayband]

Great job on the lights!!I'll have to try this on the digital..Would make for some cool night racing..

Rusty

[OldDogMotorsports]

how about tha guys handle at the bay??

[HomeRacingWorld]

Bump for reference.

[HomeRacingWorld]

Still a very easy and inexpensive option.

[RazorJon]

yeah those tracks all look good, thx Shotgun

just to make you feel better about wiring my carrera track has 16 jumpers per lane

[waaytoomuchintothis]

For lighting on my "bayou" road course, I'll use these LED sets in brass or aluminum tubing and a waffle washer to look like 1950s "pie pan" overhead lights. They were a waffly disk reflector behind a clear bulb. The top of the waffle plate was green porcelain, the bulb side was white. People used to re-use them on their barns after that kind of light was retired from service as street lamps. I'm working on bald cypress trees now, and I am collecting goodies all along, like pelicans, alligators, shrimp boat, pirogue, etc.

[nhdungeonracer]

Thanks for the details on this Shotgun. Just ordered my lights... :D