LED Solar Powered Model Garage.

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LED Solar Powered Model Garage.

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I'm building a model railway layout for my Father and I wanted to add some lighting to the buildings.

Whilst at a Pound/Dollar store I saw these garden solar power lights, for 1.00 Pound/Dollar each.

Then I had an Instructable thought.

Tools & Materials Required.

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Soldering Iron.

Knife.

Hot glue gun.

Rocket Glue / Super glue.

Model building, available from Model stores.

Solar garden LED light.

Assorted plastic strips, available from Model stores.

Take the Lamp Apart.

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Take the lamp apart and disgaurd everything except the Solar panel and the circuit board.

Cut Out the Roof.

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Cut the inside of the roof to accommodate the solar panel, use some of the plastic strip around the edges.
Then glue into place, along with the windows.

Make a Bracket for the Curcit Board.

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Using some of the plastic strip assemble a bracket to hold the board.

Attach the Curcit Board.

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Using the hot glue attach the board, re-solder the solar panel, and tape over the wires.

Turn Out the Lights !

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All done.....