The supply chains are still suffering. Rapido easy peasy led kits have been out of stock all summer.

As I understand it, it was never a business as such - Stephen wanted some LED bulbs for his own use, but there was a minimum order quantity and we have all benefited from the leftovers!

If there were enough people willing to put money in I’m up front sure he’d be willing to do another run - not sure how many people that would need, though.

That's a good suggestion. Is he a member here on this forum?

Yes, only white/white remain. I ordered a bunch of them just a few days ago and got a message back saying that I purchased almost everything they had left. They only have a few more remaining.

I really needed the white/red for a BR216 I just repaired with a new motor, but the white/white will have to do. I may swap a few around with some in my other Locos as I usually only run them in one direction anyways. I could use a white/white in front and a white/red in the rear.

I also got two more for my two Class 50 Steam Locomotives. The white/white will work fine in those.

Question is what about future purchases? Fortunately, I have purchased quite a few Locomotives recently and do have a few spares. And I do, or will have, them all set up with the CKLED lamps already.

Thanks!

Shouldn't be too hard to make some equivalent parts. I'll have to dig in my Z gauge bits to investigate.

Do the white/red items use a single two colour LED, or two seperate LEDs?

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taking a closer look at the picture earlier in this thread it looks like there is an LED on each side of the PCB. That would be the easy way to do it. I'll have a think and see what I can come up with, i am generating some PCBs to make in the near future.
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Thanks. I had a look at the ebay link, and for what you get I wouldn't consider those to be 'a good price', but each to his own. I suspect he had them professionally manufactured, which would probably result in that sort of price.

Hello, hope all is well.

I never purchased any of these LED inserts. I notice they have a listing on eBay for a module described as White and White. Does this module show white in the forward direction and then light white when changed to the reverse? I am not sure. Theses might have a limited quantity available.

I purchased a customized railbus set a while back and it came with LED modules. When I looked at it, there were two emitters on the module. In forward, the white light showed in the front. This lite up the headlights and the forward cabin. At the back the white cabin front was on and the lower red emitter was also on. The LED module was divided in half with a black piece outlined to the shape of the cabin. This sealed the top of the cabin part from the lower shell. This would keep the red glow down low and the white glow where it was needed. I believe this divider was custom added to the module. It worked and gave a very nice scene. The LED come on so much earlier. (I may have shared this image before)



It is interesting that Marklin still has not been able to design a way to provide the red taillight on the railbus. Even the most recent release, uses LEDs, but are only white in the direction of travel. I guess the option they decided on was to provide the three passenger cabin lights. These are nice too but. . .

If I could find modules which worked like the one I have, I could use two dozen of them.

Take good care.

Dwight

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Are you sure about that? My recollection is that they light in one direction only, though I have to say I am beginning to doubt my own memory!

Cheers


Chris

Ah yes, I misunderstood - I thought we were talking about the white only versions!

Cheers


Chris

I would jump into that pool also! Most definitely would like some more of the white/red versions on hand for future Loco purchases!

Yes, I've been using a set of Sharpie Colored Markers to tone down the bright white of these LEDs. I use the yellow Sharpie for Diesel Locomotives. It gives it more of a soft white hue. And for the Steam Locomotives I use an orange Sharpie. That gives it more of the old fashioned warm white light hue. Almost matches the LED color of what Marklin uses in its newer Locos.

I will need to experiment using a red marker to convert the white/white to white/red.

I think the light insert on the newer BR24 loco looks like CK version?!

Hello hope all is well.

I ordered two of the white/white modules which are in the mail. I thought these could be used to light two steam locomotives.

I have heard that in real steam locomotives, it is not prototypical to have the lights displayed red when reversing because this was never done. It is strange because on a railbus, there was/is a red cap which was placed over the light fixture to mark the rear or when stopped.

The two modules were 21.50 which came to nearly $26.00. Shipping and now tax is so costly, almost makes me consider abandoning my “Z” hobby. (Just kidding)

Take good care.

Dwight

A few months ago I bought a white/red from CK LED to test it out and was impressed by the results.
I was planning on another order, and then I came across this bad news.

Hello, hope you are well.

I finally received my LEDs the other day.

I think I mentioned I was going to use them on my steam locomotives and they work for these just fine.

I tried them on my Railbus and discovered they work well for these also but when I looked on eBay, the seller must have sold out. Darn, I could use ten pair of these to upgrade my steam locomotives and railbuses.

I wish I would have known these would work on so many different applications. Oh well.

Take good care.

Dwight

The will is still strong..

Paint the back & side with some black touch up paint so red light comes out where you need it.