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Yes they were very nice and well built models. I had never seen the real things in person, but the models were very well modeled. You had said that they were just like the real thing only in N scale.:thumb: Some how I goofed and did not take any pictures of them.:cry: They were worthy of some...

No Photos Well as said before, it was like you walked into a vacuum when you walked inside the tent. Very large, not much light and the train display only used about 1/8 of the floor space. :eek: Did not see anything to take a photo of. :cry:

empty-handed Yes I came home empty handed.:curse: Don hit the nail on the head--- The Great Train--- FLOP Man what a letdown. When I first walked into the big TENT and found that is was only 1/8 full of train related idems. :eek: Most of that room was taken up by the great layouts set up by...

Hi Ray, Well Don and myself will make it to the show in Scottsdale. not sure about the Adobe Mountain, swap meet on March 15th. Three shows in a short time frame. If I can I will make it too, and if I do I will see if I can't get Don to ride along with me, as I owe him a ride. Can understand the...

Anybody install a DCC decoder in one of the LL's They have a split frame and the instructions with the loco said to remove the light board and install a DCC board and your set to go. The problem is that I don't see where anyone that makes a DCC board for this loco.:confused: Any help? Thanks in...

Plaster is very brittle, so you might have some of the plaster break off your wire. Not sure what you used to color your plaster, but most anything that you add to the plaster will affect the hardness and the time it takes to set up. You might want to try using latex paint to coat your wire...

I see that you have not got a reply, so I will give it a go to see if we can get it running right. Athearn uses MRC decoders if I am not mistaken. You need to set the start speed, should be CV2- set it at 1 and then try to run the loco. See if that will not help. You want the loco to just creep...

A helping hand Hi Harold,:wave: Good to see someone offer a helping hand to Lester. I think that is what the hobby is all about- helping each other. :thumb:

Sanding sponge? I would stay away from any sand paper in any form. Bright boys, Humm- you might leave scratches in the rail- better place for the dirt to hang on to. Try to polish the rail, and not scratch it. The more scraches the better the dirt will stick to the rail.

With N scale, by the time you get the decoder and speaker installed there is very room left, you have the strugle to fit the wires into the small space left. Most N scale tenders are no where near 1"x1"X 1/2"inside. :eek:

Welcome to The Gauge:wave: Humm- Grass Valley- Ricklin-Yuba City. All very well kown names.( for me) Born and raised in the Yuba City-Sutter City aera. Better make that trip up the Hi-Way 70 route to Portola- great Western Pacific views. Got DCC questions? take a look at the DCC section= lot...

Well, Welcome to The Gauge.:wave: I think that the decoders are of a personal taste. Name your brand. Best price or what ever. There are some decoders that are locomotive specific. (drop in decoders) some locomotives require that the frame be machined to make room for the decoder. (units made...

KMInspector, Who's control system are you using? And can you read the CVs of the MRC sound decoders?

Yes it will, and you will have to find room ( empty car ) to put it into. You might find room in HO, but with N your going to be pulling a car behind the locomotive with the Lenz set up, hooked up inside the car.

Hay! what a neat link- some very good information on that site. Thanks.:thumb: I have it bookmarked so I can use it again.

I was hoping you would say steam. :cry: I don't know of anything other than MRC. Have not used one so I don't know how well they work.

Yes a capacitor will help. Are you a N scaler or HO ? I have installed some sound units into N scale and found that a 200 uF helped very much. If you can install a larger value all the better. In N scale I just ran out of room for anything larger. I had to use (2) 100 uF surface mount capacitors...

Are we needing steam or diesel sound ?

Nice looking layout!:thumb: And welcome to the Gauge.:wave: New to DCC? Check out the DCC section, some good information there. Hope to see more photos as you work to get finished. Water? Your from Portland right?? You should know all about water.sign1

Looks like Santa was GOOD:thumb: Are these going to be converted to DCC?