Re: Little lights

Fishing line!!!  Amazing.  Thanks: I'll try it out.

"Watson A.Name - Watt Sun, Dark Remover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> mentioned...
> > Thanks, that's cute.  But that is table-top.  Dollhouse scale is 1 inch
= 1
> > foot; my house is 3 feet tall.  I'm not looking for a Christmas Village;
I
> > built a house and want to decorate it.  Thnaks for the info anyway (it's
> > something to shoot for!), and the NG tip.
>
> I went by the hardware stoe last night to get a key made and they had
> a layout of more than a dozen xmas/winter houses, train station,s
> ferris wheels, etc, most with the fiber optics and multicolored lights
> in them.  I think they use nylon monofilament fishing line for the
> fiber optics, and run them to a central point where the light is.  I
> haven't seen inside one of these yet, I guess I'll have to investigate
> further.  They even had a snow making machine that sits in front of
> the model, dropping flakes on the ground.  It operated off a wall
> wart.  Cute.  But the neatest one was a working model of a roller
> coaster ride, and on the front was the word
>  ---------
> ( TORNADO )
>  ---------
>
> with the letters made up of pinpoint sized red LEDs.  Just about the
> size you were looking for.  There was no doubt they were LEDs.
>
>
> > "Watson A.Name "Watt Sun - the Dark Remover"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote
> > in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Tapper wrote:
> > > > I am trying to make lighted Christmas decorations for a dollhouse
> > (1/12th
> > > > scale). The smallest LEDs I have are too big, and the "microlamps"
from
> > > > Radio Shack (cute little LED-sized filament bulb) are OK, but
they're
> > > > expensive (over $1 ea) and I think the heat would be a hazard. I
want
> > > > strings of lights to go around the edges of the roofs, around Santa
and
> > > > Reindeer stand-ups, etc, just like on a real house.
> > > >
> > > > Power reqs aren't important: I can run on batteries, use the DC
juice in
> > the
> > > > house now, or go AC.
> > > >
> > > > My DREAM is to make "icicle" lights, just like the ones that are so
> > popular
> > > > now on real houses. I'm fiddling with fiber optic and clear
heatshrink
> > > > tubing but the fibers are too stiff when they're short: they won't
> > dangle
> > > > from eaves properly, although horizontal runs are OK.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas for sources of strings of bitty little lights? Or fringes
of
> > fiber
> > > > optic?  I want authentic-looking decorations, so I'm trying to
create
> > > > hundreds of points of light. I get a nice effect from staggered
fiber in
> > > > clear tubing but it's pretty time-consuming since I'm a beginner.
> > >
> > > A guy at work sells Avon products.  Last wk he brought in a Christmas
> > > village decoration with fiber optic strands all around the eaves of
the
> > > houses and all over the place.  It's pretty impressive, and looks like
> > > there is a color wheel inside that changes the light coming from the
> > > strands.  To find it, go to www.avon.com, and in the What Product box
at
> > > the bottom type in christmas fiber optic and hit go.
> > >
> > > Local stores are selling something similar, but not a complete
village,
> > > just a single house or whatever.  Costs something like $13 or so.
> > >
> > > BTW, do not post to sci.electronics, it is not a valid newsgroup.
> > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > --Pat
>
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