street lights

[bluedepot]

hi everyone,

i want to find the most realistic looking street lights, non working... i just want normal lamp posts suitable for britain in the 1980s....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/N-Gauge-White-Metal-Standard-Street-Lights-pack-9-/350537771647?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item519dadea7f

these are the only ones i've seen....  what do you think? can you suggest any others?

i notice that a lot of the ones i've seen on ebay look too continental in style...


cheers


tim

[Flakmunky]

They look pretty good and I would have gone for those had I not bought some working ones... I still haven't got round to wiring them up so these would have done fine for me.

I like them and I'm in the same era as you.

[Pengi]

Thanks for this - just bought a set myself. Hope they have more

[Pengi]

They have now sold out. If I bought the set that you were going to buy then let me know.

[BernardTPM]

I made mine years ago using 00 handrail wire, and the insulation from flex wires, a thicker bit for the base for the large ones. The head was just section of fine U shaped brass soldered to the top. They were very cheap and finer and stronger than cast lamps. A 1/4 inch tail was left at the bottom so by drilling a small hole they could simply be plugged into position.

[Tank]

They look very good Bernard.

[bluedepot]

nah dont worry about it pendy i haven't decided what to buy yet anyway....

nice lamps bernard!


tim

[BernardTPM]

Thanks guys! Point is they're pretty cheap and easy to make and much stronger than cast ones. If anyone's interested I could measure the dimensions, etc.

[joe cassidy]

Hi All.

Can anyone please recommend street lights for use with Kestrel terraced houses ?

I'm looking for Victorian gas lamps, working or non-working.

I want to avoid the pitfall of buying lamps that look too tall next too the Kestral houses so I'm assuming that continental 1/160 scale lamps would be best ?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,


Joe

[dannyboy]

Joe, have a look at the following - they are adjustable, so you can have them at whatever heights suits you.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pack-of-8-Black-Street-Lights-Adjustable-Height-N-Gauge-SMS004L-3v-LED-/400718631104?hash=item5d4cb110c0

I have some of these and they look quite good.    David.

[keithfre]

Can anyone please recommend street lights for use with Kestrel terraced houses ?

I'm looking for Victorian gas lamps, working or non-working.

All the working ones I've seen are enormous. Better to go with non-working PD Marsh or Langley, I'd say, especially with the Kestrel buildings, which tend to be underscale if anything.

[joe cassidy]

Thanks for the advice David and Keith.

The one's on the Foster Street layout look OK.

Are they the Ratio kits ?

Best regards,


Joe

[DELETED]

I think CR signals have about the best looking / realistic working lamps that are readily available.  All the cheap one's from China I've seen look terrible and huge.  I can vouch for CR signal's colour light signals and they're quick to deliver also.  If you don't need working lamps have you looked at the Ratio or Langley ones -they're very fine if a little delicate?  If you're not going for working ones though there's not much to making your own from brass rod / polystyrene strips though.

Rich

[joe cassidy]

I bought the Ratio kit - as always a lovely moulding.

However it's a bit of a swizz because the horizontal bar shown in the catalogue photos and on the Peco website is not included.

Presumably this has to be made from a bit of wire but no obvious means of attaching it to the lamp post is provided.

I assume this bar was used to turn the gas supply on and off ?

Best regards,


Joe

[BernardTPM]

I assume this bar was used to turn the gas supply on and off ?

No, it would have been to lean a ladder against for repairs and maintenance. Turning on and off was done with a pole operating a valve inside the glass section, accessed from below.