I modified the lighting in the Cada C66006W Steamed Bun Shop

Hey brick fans!

Today I'm reviewing the lighting modifications I made to the Cada Steamed Bun shop.  Here's my initial review of it in case you haven't seen it before: https://bricksandfigs.blogspot.com/2022/06/cada-c66006-steamed-bun-shop-set-review.html.

Cada provides what are known as fairy lights to light up it's modular buildings.  In the pic above you can see that it is one long LED light string, connected to a USB plug with a blue button on it.  By pressing on the blue button, you can activate different modes to change the blinking or flashing of the lights.

In the case of the Cada Steamed bun shop, it utilized the same type of lighting to light up the interior, but what I wanted was to light up the exterior as well.  I wanted to light up the two lamps over the signage, add some lighting over the vending machine as well as the streetlamp.  That's something the fairy lights could not do.

Before tackling the lighting issue I made some further changes to the overall structure of the steamed bun shop: https://bricksandfigs.blogspot.com/2023/02/modifications-to-my-cada-japanese.html.   After I was happy with those changes, I then set about collecting all of the lighting elements I needed to replace the fairy lights.

In preparation for the new lighting install, I moved the street lamp from the rear of the building to the front.  In this way, I could run the new wiring to the front of the shop.

The lighting elements I used are as follows:

3 warm white led dot lights, one for the street lamp and two for the overhead lighting for the signage.

3 warm white led light strips, one to be placed over the vending machine and one on each interior floor of the shop.  I used a 6 port hub and a new USB plug which I placed inside the building.

All of the above elements can be sourced from Lightailing.com or Aliexpress.  Get 10% off your purchase at Lightailing.com if you use my discount code itsnotlego at checkout.

Each of the exterior lighting wires feed back inside the building.

The streetlamp wire comes inside and is connected to the upper floor led light strip. A connecting wire from the upper floor light strip runs down the wall and connects to the hub.  The vending machine led light strip connects to the first floor led light strip which is wired into the hub.  The overhead sign dot lights take up two more ports on the hub and the USB plug uses another one, leaving one free port.

Yes it looks kind of messy, I probably could have used some adhesive tape to attach the hub to a wall or ceiling.

Here is the back wall reattached to the shop. 

Alright, that's a quick look at the lighting changes I made to the Cada Steamed bun shop.  Please let me know what you think!

If you're looking for any of the Cada series of Japanese themed buildings, you can find them on Afobrick.com or on Aliexpress.   Feel free to use my discount code itsnotlego during checkout on Afobrick to get another 5% off your purchase.

Thanks for looking, bye!