How to Add Overhead LED Lighting to Your Model Railway or Diorama #8

Hi Guys, In todays video I show you how I added professional quality lighting to my railway on a limited budget. I discuss different methods and techniques including lighting options, mounting choices and picking the correct Colour. I show you how I built a lighting rig using LED Strips and wired it all up to a power supply.
00:00 Intro and Considerations
04:00 Building a Support Structure
06:43 Installing LED Strips
10:14 Wiring
11:50 Test Install
13:49 Final Result and comparison
14:58 photos and outro
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[@michaelricks1618]

Very interesting and helpful. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@955trainboy]

Fantastic. Great new layout. Looking forward to seeing it progress. You have inspired me to try LED,s on my loft layout..

[@HorsehayRailwayModeller]

In my opinion it's deffinately worth it. Would say the more light the better!

[@brianbs7348]

your layout looks really good and the lighting is amazing.

[@ModelRailwayShed]

Really good lighting rig nicely done.

[@awrevilleogaugedieseldepot]

Have a look at CCT LED's which enable you to adjust the lighting from say 3000k to 6500k and dim. The LED strip has 2 chips on the strip

[@HorsehayRailwayModeller]

Hi mate, had a look before purchasing the original set of leds in this video but couldn't find too much about the brightness. Do you know if they still have a similar light output to other strips for the same wattage?

[@awrevilleogaugedieseldepot]

I use some from Ultra LED's, they are expensive compared to normal strips, they are 24v 19.2w per a metre and 1575 lumens meaning they are quite bright. It enables me to simulate early summer mornings through to late afternoon and if you dim them all the way down looks a bit like moon light. Nice layout by the way 👍