03-17-2010, 02:53 PM
Thanks Galen, I hadn't thought of the brackets being large, but you are right!
I was at a craft store looking for something I could use as a light fixture for lighting the interior rooms. I was hoping I might find something in the dollhouse section of the store. I didn't, but found these:
For 2 bucks I thought I'd see what I could do with them. I cut a piece of .030 styrene to make a ceiling for one of the rooms, used a drill bit to make a hole for the light. I placed one of the frosted stones (or whatever they are!) in the hole, it looks like this:
I taped the stone on top of the ceiling and then taped a grain of wheat type bulb to the center of the flat of the stone, like this:
I don't have a photo to show you how well this worked to light the interior. Because I have not yet routed wiring for the lamps I used alligator clips and did not have the roof on the bldg. But I put the station on the lower (and darker) lower level of the layout and I could easily see the light was even and well lit, and you can not see the source of light when looking thru the windows. I'll be working on wallpaper and walls and benches for awhile, when that is done (and luggage too!) I will run the wiring and install the ceilings. The scenes in the rooms look nice thru the windows, but I haven't been able to get photos that do it justice. Well, I've used auto mode on the camera, I'll have to see if there is a macro or something.
I was at a craft store looking for something I could use as a light fixture for lighting the interior rooms. I was hoping I might find something in the dollhouse section of the store. I didn't, but found these:
For 2 bucks I thought I'd see what I could do with them. I cut a piece of .030 styrene to make a ceiling for one of the rooms, used a drill bit to make a hole for the light. I placed one of the frosted stones (or whatever they are!) in the hole, it looks like this:
I taped the stone on top of the ceiling and then taped a grain of wheat type bulb to the center of the flat of the stone, like this:
I don't have a photo to show you how well this worked to light the interior. Because I have not yet routed wiring for the lamps I used alligator clips and did not have the roof on the bldg. But I put the station on the lower (and darker) lower level of the layout and I could easily see the light was even and well lit, and you can not see the source of light when looking thru the windows. I'll be working on wallpaper and walls and benches for awhile, when that is done (and luggage too!) I will run the wiring and install the ceilings. The scenes in the rooms look nice thru the windows, but I haven't been able to get photos that do it justice. Well, I've used auto mode on the camera, I'll have to see if there is a macro or something.