Let There be Light!
The lower swing bridge from the layout to the helix has always had one problem. It is very dark when compared to the rest of the layout. While there is really nothing there that needs a lot of light when viewing, it still looked wrong. One day we were shopping at Costco and needed to get a pack of light bulbs to use around the house. On the lighting aisle I found these flexible LED lighting strips made by Sylvania called Mosaic. The price could not ne beat at $30 and included 8’ of lighting. If you can’t find them at Costco, Lowes also sells them for higher price.
The nice thing was that the strips were broken down into four 2’ strips with connectors, power supply and a remote control. The strips have an adhesive tape on the back making installation easy. While the light color does not match the rest of the layout, it was an easy answer to complicated problem. I could have used the under cabinet fluorescent lights that I used on the rest of the layout, but installation would be difficult and added weight to the upper swing bridge. Below are a few photos to illustrate the results. First a before and then an after. The before shot has been lighten up for more detail. It really looks darker in person. I ended up only using 3 of the 4 strips. The light produced by just three strips did the job very well. Now to work on hiding the “sun light” in the tunnel.
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