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Hi 

I'm looking to adding lights, smoke etc to my billings calypso model, where would be the best place to start. 

Thanks

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Well, for openers, since Calypso is diesel powered, there shouldn't be much smoke coming out of her stack. Certainly it wouldn't be the white smoke that the model railroad smoke generators produce. Lights are simply a matter of wiring them in where you want them. Formerly "grain of rice" incandescent or neon bulbs were used, but now it appears the technology has gone to LEDs.  Check out the model railroading catalogs and online retailers, such as Micro-Mark. They offer packaged modular lighting sets for the purpose. 

 

YouTube has a number of instructional videos: 

 

 

Edited by Bob Cleek
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