Back in June I wrote an article on Flicker free LED's for under $2 for coach lighting.

The drawback with operating on 12V is you cannot use the 5.5VDC rated Gold-caps (Super capacitors) but need to use larger electrolytics for flicker free operation. Also the commercially available LED tape needs a minimum of 7.8V to even light up the LED.

Well the price of 5M LED tape is still compellingly cheap on eBay, than buying 5V LED tape at some crazy price. A little modification and patience lends into a very useful idea, achievable in 15-20 min.

I have found that a small piece of smooth glazed tile is ideal for dispensing  upon  small amounts of super glue and other adhesives that are best applied with a small applicator or toothpick.  What makes this especially neat is that I let the unused material just dry and the then just a quick swipe of the single edge razor blade makes it clean again for re-use..

I thought this was neat, and maybe it will work for someone else out there.  Today I found a mini spray booth that's the perfect size for painting small parts (even a whole locomotive in N scale, but probably not HO).  The best part is, it only cost me $6!

It even comes with a lid so you can keep dust out:

So, I have been working on a church structure for some time now.  The whole structure is cast from a  plaster material in small sections and assembled, including the spire.  So, I have been trying to decide on 1 of 2 options for the top of the spire.  1. was to just let it come to a point and roof tile all the way up.  2. was to lop off a small section and put a cross up there.