Do any of our houses actually have porch/door lights?
Such a simple little thing really. Drill a #60 light pipe through the outer wall by the door and glue a warm white led to it, heat shrinking them together.
One tiny LED…
No porch lights yet in Rock Ridge, I did start adding lights to the interior of the structures though. Well one anyway–the house of ill repute. I was really wondering what the little Rockettes were doing in there.
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The Can-Can…
But I trust you used red LEDs, not warm white.
Well first you have to add birds and bees to your layout and I’ll explain it.
I added a 1.7mm incandescent/lamp shade porch light to a company house similar to the one in MB’s photo above. I centered mine over the door rather than the porch though. Either way - simple but effective.
Tom
All of my houses have porch lights, I use 2mm 12 volt GOW bulbs running at 70% voltage for long life and realism.
This house has three porches and a varanda, all have lights.
Even the garages have porch lights.
Mel
Modeling the early to mid 1950s SP in HO scale s
I ordered a bunch of stuff for doing lighting from Ngineering a while back and can’t wait to take a crack at it. Their website also has “how to’s” on it.
After looking at what can be done I got a few of everthing, fingers crossed.[(-D]
This is Model Railroading.
The correct QUESTION to ask does not to start with “Here’s one no one thought of making…”, because someone, or rather many people, have indeed thought and implemented it, but rather ask “Has it been offered it for sale yet?”.
Remember, even the US Patent office acknowledges this by allowing patents for improvements to existing products…
A gooseneck door entrance light. Stainless steel tube/lampshade, the Pico light chip, is about a third in size to a 1.7 Led. Will handle up to 17volts with a 1K resistor. But not cheap… the size of the hole for the light is a #74 drill bit,for HO scale.
https://lights4models.com/product-category/90-deg-industrial-lights/
Take Care! [:D]
Frank
How about this for a home brew.
The roof is removable and I didn’t want to use a connector between the roof and walls. It was too flimsily using only the bulb wires for support so I slopped some 527 glue on the wires for support. It can’t be seen under the eves.
The upper balcony or veranda light under the roof.
Mel
Looks good Mel…It does sorta look like someone had a runny nose though!..LOL
Take Care! [:D]
Frank
Amber, Charity, Chastity, and Bambi Johnson?
–Randy
Not if it’s Roxanne, she don’t have to put on her red light.
–Randy
LOL
I like porchlights. Mr. B., those bee keepers are sweet.
Regards, Peter
Let’s keep the language on this Forum child-friendly, please. 
Well you guys did surprise me. (And excellent work btw)
However, I was thinking more along these lines with a light pipe. How often do you do you see houses from the 1950’s up without a DOOR porch light?
