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This time of year is gives modelers an excellent opportunity to find battery-powered light sets for their projects.
The sets can range from just a few LED lights to dozens or more with different bulb styles.
When looking for white lights, be aware that they come in blue or warm hues.
Blue-white lights give a harsh, cold light that is unnatural in wooden-era model ships.
Warm lights are similar to what candles or whale oil lamps would give off, so they tend to be more in keeping with wooden ship times.
Whichever type of light you use, their colour can be modified with coloured cellophine, tissue paper, or translucent markers.
These holiday light sets tend to be steady-burning, without special flickering effects that some modeling light sets have. The main advantage of holiday lights is that they are cheap. You can always mix and match them –– special lights for the captain's cabin; steady lights for 'tween decks.
You may want to look for sets that use more widely available batteries, such as AA or AAA, rather than watch batteries, which can be difficult to find at short notice.
The guy ?
He had an idea about using holiday lights in models.
The sets can range from just a few LED lights to dozens or more with different bulb styles.
When looking for white lights, be aware that they come in blue or warm hues.
Blue-white lights give a harsh, cold light that is unnatural in wooden-era model ships.
Warm lights are similar to what candles or whale oil lamps would give off, so they tend to be more in keeping with wooden ship times.
Whichever type of light you use, their colour can be modified with coloured cellophine, tissue paper, or translucent markers.
These holiday light sets tend to be steady-burning, without special flickering effects that some modeling light sets have. The main advantage of holiday lights is that they are cheap. You can always mix and match them –– special lights for the captain's cabin; steady lights for 'tween decks.
You may want to look for sets that use more widely available batteries, such as AA or AAA, rather than watch batteries, which can be difficult to find at short notice.
The guy ?
He had an idea about using holiday lights in models.