Light Kit for Hogwarts Express™ #76405 (Smoke Module)

Steam, not just light —  Express 76405 Smoke Module

A steam locomotive is mostly a machine for making visible exhaust. The Hogwarts Express on screen is defined by the plume coming off the chimney as much as by the red paint, and the films reinforced that with real locomotives, real coal and a lot of dry ice. Any display of the train that lights the firebox but leaves the chimney cold is missing half the effect — the engine looks switched off rather than waiting to leave.

The real train still runs

Black 5s still haul the Jacobite between Fort William and Mallaig, over the Glenfinnan Viaduct — the same stretch of line the films used for the approach to Hogwarts. On a summer morning the plume is visible from the viaduct car park before the train is, which is why so many people stand there with a camera. A model with a glowing cab and a dead chimney is missing the part they came to see.

This smoke version of the ZENE Bricks light-and-vapour set for the 5,129-piece Lego Hogwarts Express #76405 adds a small vapour module alongside the lighting. It sits inside the smokebox and releases a thin plume from the chimney, driven by a heater rather than by ultrasound, so the steam rises and drifts instead of hanging in a cloud. The lighting side is unchanged: headlamp, firebox, carriage windows and platform lamps on separate circuits.

The lego light kit is timed to the firebox, which is what makes it believable: vapour appears just as the cab begins to glow, as though the engine has been stoked. Output ranges from a thin wisp for a shelf to a fuller plume for a case with airflow. The reservoir fills from the top of the smokebox, and the unit lifts out for cleaning. ZENE Bricks innovative light-and-vapour set turns a static locomotive into something that feels alive.

Water-based vapour leaves no residue, but it needs a little air movement; in a sealed cabinet the plume will pool against the glass. It is the only harry potter lego hogwarts express that actually steams, and the effect stops people in the doorway of a lego lighting display.

• Specially designed smoke module provides more fun.
• More lamps, make it more brilliant.
• Supports already built LEGO® sets with a little refitting required.
• No circuit experience needed, just follow our simple step-by-step instructions for guidance.
• Twisted pair design balances robustness and installation concealment.
• Have your LEGO® sets be exciting and soul-filled even in the daytime.

Three versions:

• Two versions have the same number of LED lights.
• Remote Control Version includes remote controller function, distance up to 10 meter and support multiple RC Version light controlling at same time.
  

What's Included

• The Led Light Kit includes Connecting Cables, Lights, Expansion Boards, etc.
• Battery Box (Without Batteries).
• Instructions in PDF format provided.

Type: Compatible with LEGO® sets
Material: Eco-friendly ABS plastic