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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by sschaer[/i] [br]for once i did not work on any custom paint project. instead i decided to improve my layout a little bit. 7-11 shop received a lighted sign on the rooftop. removing the building and adding the sign was quite easy. drilling a hole thru the layouts base was a snap. wiring was done while sitting underneath the layout. this is the kind of work i hate the most. also the car parts dealer receive a 'napa auto parts' lighted sign which flashes at a very slow rate. installation was as easy as on the 7-11 shop. looks cool as well. then the last building i updated was ... uhh.... the building where the ladies of the night work. removing the rooftop was tricky. while pulling the roof up i ripped off all the installed light bulbs of the second floor. bummer. so i decided to replace the light bulbs with led strips of 3 led each. wiring them this way makes the use of resistores unnecessary. drilling a 10mm hole thru the floor of the first floor, the basement and the layouts base was a pain. the drill cought the floor and basement and almost ripped the whole building apart. after installing the led in the rooms and the lighted sign on the rooftop i relocated some of the scenes inside the house. when lit it is now easier to see what's going on inside the rooms ... [:D][8D] finally the rooftop was glued back in place and the sign was wired up. "paradise club" now has a flashing neon light as well ! [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.