Lighting an old playfield for wall art ??

[Sgt GrizZ]

Evening troops

I have an old playfield here that I have been thinking about using as wall art . I have seen people have the inserts illuminated which looks really cool.

Whats the best way to go about this you reckon ? LED strips ??

Would you need to block out other holes to prevent light bleed ?

I'd like to keep the profile as slim as possible as space is at a premium in the Shack of broken pinball dreams

Any advice / top tips appreciated

As you were
Chiz chiz

 

[strobey]

Fairy lights, staple gun. Done.

 

[carl lawrence]

LEDs sounds about right to me and as to all the other holes ,why not glue different coloured plastic in them ?

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

Fairy lights, staple gun. Done.

Of course ....that actually sounds like the way forward. Can also have them on different effects then ...flashing etc.

 

[Dave Bishop]

Black card for the scoop, post, major mech holes, and then LED strip lights, or fairy lights staples near/in inserts.

 

[Monkeyboypaul]

I did this to 2 old AFM playfields.

Probably overkill, and those adjustable PSU’s are reasonable quality, but I wanted subtle lighting... Opted to light the wall as evenly as I could instead of the inserts. That way the holes also show through alongside the inserts. Didn’t want flashing wall lights - the actual machines do that enough, and not too bright. Warmer white LED strips.

Need to get a photo of them mounted to properly show it.

 

[strobey]

Meanwell PSUs... seconded!

Tim

 

[Ady Pope]

Evening troops

I have an old playfield here that I have been thinking about using as wall art . I have seen people have the inserts illuminated which looks really cool.

Whats the best way to go about this you reckon ? LED strips ??

Would you need to block out other holes to prevent light bleed ?

I'd like to keep the profile as slim as possible as space is at a premium in the Shack of broken pinball dreams [emoji1]

Any advice / top tips appreciated

As you were
Chiz chiz

My pinball coffee table runs on battery led fairy lights which I have to say the batteries have lasted forever.



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[Monkeyboypaul]

Need to get a photo of them mounted to properly show it.

Some phone pics, as promised. I was aiming for 'subtle'.

 

[windoesnot]

@replicas has done a few of these

 

[Monkeyboypaul]

For what it's worth; i used these LEDs: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/led-flexible-arrays/7869023/

Nice warm but not too yellow colour.

One reel did 2 playfields.

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

Nice

As always ...I didn't get round to doing anything ....and then sold the playfield

 

[AlanJ]

Best way to go is with a string of WS2812B LED's - that way you can light them up individually, as per

 

[Monkeyboypaul]

@AlanJ do you know of any white (only) LED strips that can do a chase pattern? This is purely to add a bit of movement to a TRON backglass.

They need to be 12Vdc to sit next to non-animated LEDs, using the same feed, and as minimal fuss config as possible.

Aiming for this effect on a budget:

Taken from this Pinside thread:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/t...-love-it-more-than-lamp/page/165#post-4539689

 

[AlanJ]

Yes, could do that with the WS2812B's - Ill talk to you when we meet up