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Re: Nightmare Before Christmas 21351 Lighting Kit So tempting, and I don't even have the LEGO set, yet!
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 2 mths ago
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- What Lights Do I Use For [a specific] LEGO Set?
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Re: Avengers Tower 2.0 @ Brick Fan Fest Tampa That looks great!
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 5 mths ago
- Your Creations
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Re: I've failed utterly, but it still looks great. You didn't fail, you just discovered how to do something else. :-)
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 3 yrs ago
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- BrickPixel Lighting System
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Re: Light Kit for the LEGO Crocodile Locomotive #10277 Is it operating from a standard 9volt battery, or from a Lego 9v battery box? This has potential, for sure.
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 4 yrs ago
- What Lights Do I Use For [a specific] LEGO Set?
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Re: DIY Pico LEDs Daisy Chained Check out the string lights that Brickstuff sells: https://www.brickstuff.com/store/p69/twinkling-light-string.html https://www.brickstuff.com/store/p23/rgb-led-light-string.…
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 4 yrs ago
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- General DIY
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Re: LEGO Disney Train 71044 I switched the train motor to an old metal-wheel 9volt motor, and put a coin cell battery in the tender to power the locomotive headlight. I used the sticky squares to put the board on the pivoting…
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 4 yrs ago
- What Lights Do I Use For [a specific] LEGO Set?
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Re: Power for billboard Our train club has two of the billboards, we use the USB adapter to power them on a separate circuit from the lights. (I think we have six or seven of the USB adapters so far - we have a lot of…
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 5 yrs ago
- Customer Tips and Tricks
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Re: The Kaminarimon (雷門) with Lights That's just lovely. Well done!
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 5 yrs ago
- Brickstuff Uses Beyond LEGO
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Re: LEGO Disney Train 71044 I put a pico in the headlight, and ran the wire back to the cab to a coin cell pack. It looks very nice and the wire is barely visible. I might extend the wire to the tender and put the battery in…
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 5 yrs ago
- What Lights Do I Use For [a specific] LEGO Set?
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Re: LEGO Disney Train 71044 I have only built the train so far, but 100% agree at the "magnificent" adjective. Train needs a headlight, obviously. Maybe the lanterns on the back of the enclosed passenger car,…
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 5 yrs ago
- What Lights Do I Use For [a specific] LEGO Set?
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Re: The Thunderjaw UCS - Eye Lights Could you use a short length of fiber optic 'tube' instead of the lightsaber blade? That would really carry the light outwards.
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 5 yrs ago
- What Lights Do I Use For [a specific] LEGO Set?
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Re: St. Basil's Cathedral from Balody: Two Lighting Plans Oh, that's just lovely. Really well done!
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 6 yrs ago
- Brickstuff Uses Beyond LEGO
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Re: Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle Set 71043 Oh man, this will be another big kit I'll have to buy just because Rob has an amazing light kit for it. I bought the Ghostbuster's Firehouse a few weeks ago,…
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 6 yrs ago
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- What Lights Do I Use For [a specific] LEGO Set?
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Re: Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle Set 71043 I wasn't planning on buying this kit, but reading this thread has me rethinking that! Knowing what Rob can do makes me think this will look really amazing.
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 6 yrs ago
- What Lights Do I Use For [a specific] LEGO Set?
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Re: Billboards I want to toss in my 2cents and say these billboards are way cool. Really clever idea, and really well implemented. My only question would be how much power do they take to run?…
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 6 yrs ago
- Lighting Effects
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Re: Downtown Diner # 10260 I bought the Diner set yesterday as well. I'm going to do some experimenting with 'side glow' fiber optic cables, if I can get a bright enough light source they might look line neon.…
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 7 yrs ago
- What Lights Do I Use For [a specific] LEGO Set?
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Re: Downtown Diner # 10260 I've done some experiments with 'side glow' fiber optic strands representing neon, but they need a really bright light source in order to glow the way you'd want it to glow.…
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 7 yrs ago
- What Lights Do I Use For [a specific] LEGO Set?
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Re: Christmas Holiday Village Wow, that's just stunning. Well done!
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 7 yrs ago
- Your Creations
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Re: 10249 Winter Village Toy Shop Christmas Tree That's really well done. Very nice!
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 7 yrs ago
- Your Creations
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Re: Bedside lamp - which kit? How bright would you want the lamp to be? If you want it bright, two of the light strips would work well - they're flexible so you could bend them so that you have one led pointed towards each of…
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 7 yrs ago
- 1
- What Lights Do I Use For [a specific] LEGO Set?
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Re: Winter Scene with Lights That looks great! And I bet it looks even better with the room lights turned down. Thanks for sharing!
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 8 yrs ago
- Your Creations
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Re: Union Pacific Big Boy Oooh, that's pretty. I'd like to see it running someday, got any video?
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 8 yrs ago
- Your Creations
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Hello!
I'm a member of one of the oldest Lego Train Clubs in the world, I've been building with them for 24 years now. We started using Brickstuff lights a couple years ago,…
- John Gerlachmoderator
- John_Gerlach
- 8 yrs ago
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Re: Creator Expert Modulars Those look great!
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- John_Gerlach
- 8 yrs ago
- Your Creations
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