On a RS I was able to mount above the plunger to light the start city. On my Wh2O and GnR, I drilled a small hole on the side to let the light through

Can you stick a small LED strip inside there and still have it out of the way of the ball and any switches instead? Maybe take the scoop out and then just feed the wire thru a seem or hole or make a small hole? Either stick the strip to the scoop somehow or maybe stick it to the underside of the play field inside the scoop area? If there's room...

Ehh, never mind that - the light probably wouldn't glow up and out, it's probably better to get it pointing up out of the hole somehow.

I agree, it's the only way to do them in my opinion as well. Bumpity' bump!

I love adding lights everywhere.

Comet has nice flexes and and coin taker has some longer ones and some with 2 LEDs.

http://cointaker.com/products/555-super-2flex

I use super brights where I have nice amounts of room and flex when there is just a small crack in the metal.

I put them in all the fun spots I can. Here are 2 in whirlwind. One in each hole. I did drill a hole in the wood for the 555 socket for those 2 but in Addams family, a lot of the lights I added didn't need holes because they had a nearby screw already.

Addams family has orange in chair, color changer in swamp hole, red and green in the thing ramp, red and green in vault hole, a purple in the out hole and a green under the green plastic under the ramp on the left. Some holes I had to drill and some I didn't. I didn't care if they were reversible though. I just wanted it beautiful.

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Really nice looking lights on your Whirlwind! I might consider doing that, although it might be interesting to wire those lamps up to sync up with the indicator lights above the cellars. Might have to try that too...

I used regular (not flex) LEDs for the chair on TAF. There is plenty of room. Remove the scoop and mount them just above the chair opening (as you're looking at the bottom of the raised playfield) pointing down.

When a ball is in the scoop, there is clearance between the ball and playfield.

Rather than alligator clips, I soldered the sockets and used connectors in the middle of the wire run so they could be easily removed, yet secure so you don't have to worry about accidentally shorting something.

No I just hooked them up to the gi. I figured the left hole would be barely ever lit and not worth the work. And I couldn't do the right without the left. So I just did both to gi and it looks pretty all the time.

Here's blurry picture but you get the idea.

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I forgot to mention it's better the solder right to another light socket which is reversible and much safer than alligator clips but floyd1977 beat me to it.

Matrix can be of help with an insert or GI bulb with tap, and LED Pad of 6 SMD, Strip, or circle.
Matrix pre-wired, plug and play sockets will be arriving soon.

http://www.cometpinball.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1871

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/taf-fester-scoop-dual-led

I have added lights to scoops and saucers and lots of other things...I would not advise alligator clips on anything (except for testing purposes to figure out where you want to put the socket and where to run the wires so they are out of the way of everything) everything should either be soldered to existing lights or wire and connectors added. Alligator clips leave too much room for trouble later. (especially with a shaker motor) they can come loose and short other things, or if you're lucky just come loose and quit working. (which requires lifting PF and reconnecting them to have the chance of shorting next time they come loose)

Phoebe

Anybody have a picture of this on a Twilight Zone? slot machine, piano, or entry?

Depends on the scoop but I almost always use flex bulbs. Sometimes you can aim it thru the hole created by the plunger.

Sounds great. Just wondering what kind of looks the best. anybody have one on their Twilight Zone?

Here is a saucer light add on that I installed on a clients T2. Simple and reversible.

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Nice, using the cable clamp. I'll have to remember that.

So you just used the cointakers 555-super-2flex for ALL the ADDAMS FAMILY scoop LEDS? with out much drilling?Just pointing it to the correct directions you wanted it to be at? BTW it looks very Bright and clean

I use Comet Matrix for all of my additional lighting. For flipper buttons and saucers I use non-ghosting dual head flex bulbs, for scoops, under plastics, center drain, and backboard I use LED strips. I always run wiring to the underside of playfield and use alligator clips to tap into GI bulb.

When using Matrix wedge sockets and bulbs, I just use a little dab of hot glue to secure the bulb to the socket.