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Spiderman LED question

stoptap

stoptap

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Hey people.

Can anybody recommend some decent #44 bayonet yellow LEDs to go into the back panel of Spiderman ? Most yellow LEDs are crap. I need three frosted ones and they need to be quite slimline otherwise they won’t fit into the holes in the panel ?
 
Hi andy,
Do you mean the sandman mode lamps or the back board leds above those?......
These for sandman in yellow...
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And these for the top of the back board...I did blue venom side and yellow sandman side.........
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I did this recently (a month back) if I think on I'll get one out and photo it, they look great. I may have used a yellow/orange actually.

Feel free to pop over and check it out with LED-OCD too.
 
new forest pinball said:
Hi andy,
Do you mean the sandman mode lamps or the back board leds above those?......
These for sandman in yellow...
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And these for the top of the back board...I did blue venom side and yellow sandman side.........
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Howdy Keith.
Yes it is for the Sandman mode lamps. Are the Comet LEDs available over here ? I only need those three.
 
Spadge said:
I did this recently (a month back) if I think on I'll get one out and photo it, they look great. I may have used a yellow/orange actually.

Feel free to pop over and check it out with LED-OCD too.
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Howdy Spadge. My game is already fully LED with an LEDOCD board except for those three bulbs.
 
I’ve got 3 comet orange on the right side, I wasn’t 100% happy with yellows. They are a tight fit but are ok.

I may have a few spare but then you may want to match whatever you’ve got in on the left?


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I’m using the Comet 2SMD frosted Yellow in those inserts.

Yellows are usually cack, but they work perfectly on those backboard 3inserts.

Don’t think I have any spares, because I wouldn’t buy many Yellow’s for the reasons above, but let me check.

EDIT: checked, only have 1 bayoneted Yellow, sorry. Few spare yellow wedges though.

Also finally changed the LOTR ‘ring’ bulbs over to LED, used same as above but in amber and they look great!
 
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stoptap said:
I’ve painted incandescent bulbs before but never LEDs. Do they come out ok ?
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To be honest ive never painted leds either.but if it works on normal lamps i cant see why it wouldnt on these.cheap to find out anyway.Ive had machines since i was at school and really im not a fan of led upgrades.they just look naf at side of incandecent lamps.my opinion.machines look far better left alone with lamps they were designed with.
 
Simon barker said:
To be honest ive never painted leds either.but if it works on normal lamps i cant see why it wouldnt on these.cheap to find out anyway.Ive had machines since i was at school and really im not a fan of led upgrades.they just look naf at side of incandecent lamps.my opinion.machines look far better left alone with lamps they were designed with.
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It's subjective of course but I'd suggest they would have used Leds had they been available, as they do now. Bulbs have a 'character' about them in that they warm up as such - which is what Led-OCD boards simulate and it looks great, but with control over the brightness. SM is a relatively dark table imho.
 
Simon barker said:
To be honest ive never painted leds either.but if it works on normal lamps i cant see why it wouldnt on these.cheap to find out anyway.Ive had machines since i was at school and really im not a fan of led upgrades.they just look naf at side of incandecent lamps.my opinion.machines look far better left alone with lamps they were designed with.
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Depends. Newer machines look vibrant and better with LEDs. It all depends on how well it has been done.
 
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