{"id":258,"date":"2022-12-21T13:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T19:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modelrailroadresource.com\/WP\/?post_type=product&#038;p=258"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:29:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:29:44","slug":"locomotive-ditch-lights-o-scale","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/modelrailroadresource.com\/WP\/product\/locomotive-ditch-lights-o-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Locomotive Ditch Lights: O Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Based on manufacturer&#8217;s drawings. You will receive 8 lamp assemblies, enough for two locomotives.\u00a0 As seen in the accompanying pictures, they can be bolted onto the locomotive itself or using some type of easy to make bracket. The bracket is up to you. A few bits of brass or styrene and you&#8217;re done. Also seen here are models by Brian Huang using these castings. I used a warm white 402 or 603 LED and then canopy glue or Aleene&#8217;s Clear Gel Tacky Glue for the lens.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Many of our parts come with supports still attached, and will need to be carefully cut. We always recommend a good sprue cutter for this. We suggest wearing eye protection.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Parts that have had their supports removed may have some small bumps where the supports were removed that will need to be sanded\/filed off for a better fit.\u00a0\u00a0When sanding we suggest using dust mask and wipe with a moist paper towel so particles don\u2019t become airborne.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>ACC glue works well for all our resin parts.\u00a0Parts take paint well after priming. We recommend Mr. Primer Surfacer 1000 or\u00a0Tamiya Surface Primer, but any good thin primer will work.\u00a0All parts come unpainted.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Parts must be primed\/painted if exposed to sunlight as the resins will continue to cure and may become brittle. Normal indoor florescent tubes and LED lighting should not be an issue.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>All parts come unpainted.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on manufacturer&#8217;s drawings. You will receive 8 lamp assemblies, enough for two locomotives.\u00a0 As seen in the accompanying pictures, they can be bolted onto the locomotive itself or using some type of easy to make bracket. The bracket is up to you. A few bits of brass or styrene [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":259,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[31,20],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-258","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-locoparts","7":"product_cat-o-scale","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"taxable","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modelrailroadresource.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modelrailroadresource.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modelrailroadresource.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modelrailroadresource.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modelrailroadresource.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modelrailroadresource.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=258"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modelrailroadresource.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=258"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modelrailroadresource.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}