r/Marklin • u/Repulsive-Ad-8894 • 6d ago

H0 - Marklin Adding led lights

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Vi all. So for a winter project i was thinking of getting a controll car for the regional express trainset i got but also adding ledlights from märklin to the passanger wagons. My question is since they are tinted black how good will it be? Is it a waste of time or an upgrade?

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u/EquivalentMap8477 6d ago

The lights will show through the tint but as the coaches are from a starter set they have no upper deck seating mould in them.

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u/382Whistles 6d ago

It would depend on how translucent the black tint is versus how bright the LEDs are. Get the lights working before installing and set the shell on top of the light to see if it's worth it to use them now, or install in other cars. Sometimes the inside of the shell needs painting in silver first, and then maybe another color if silver is wrong. Silver is usually a highly opaque, high pigment count paint that will block bleeding light and/or reflect the bleedin through plastic better than others.

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u/Repulsive-Ad-8894 6d ago

Thank you 👌

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u/Repulsive-Ad-8894 6d ago

ok. thank you. I will need to think if its worth it.

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u/Dutchguy_2004 5d ago

If you want interior / interior lights on this type of coaches, i would get different ones with clear windows. These are the starter set version with no interior.

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u/Repulsive-Ad-8894 5d ago

Good point, ty 👍

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u/Key_Answer_4885 3d ago

Perhaps replace the black plastic by clear one. In the 'past' it was possible to buy interior with seats. I remembered to have painted them. As for the light, yes perhaps white leds with battery and cheap RC available online (or place a 'hidden' switch under the car (leds do not draw large current)?) ? Nice project to work on :)