Bob, So what you're saying is, the inside of a loco after DCC looks like the underside of a layout before DCC.
Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine www.SScale.org >________________________________ >From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, May 4, 2012 10:24 AM >Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Espee loco & Richmond Controls > > > >Cousin Bill, > >Welcome the world if hi-tech, shoehorning things into small spaces. I just >mentioned last week that complicated lighting projects look like drain clogs. >This is the same in the new expensive cars also--things like ride control, >tire pressure monitors all require connections and computers to function. >Gone are the daze when you used a pressure gauge and a dipstick! > >I have tried a couple of times to use shrink wrap to run my wires through--it >works in a limited way. Run the wires, shrink slightly and then glue to side >of boiler. > >I have been using Richmond Controls surface mounts for some time--but I won't >use them unless the larger units won't fit (my GP-30's on my bench for >instance). Jim was at the San Jacinto Model Club Tuesday evening and he made >me an offer that I can't refuse, so we'll see if that works out. Jim models >in the N'th scale so he used to working with tiny stuff--not bad for an old >guy like me! > >One of Jim's and my friends' solders his own leads to the surface mounts and >did it at one of our meetings--he claims he saves a lot of money doing it >himself, while I, like Bill can barely see them! > >For a couple of years I owned a modified Big Boy that was mechanically >reworked by Jack Troxell and then completed (painted, lit, and PFM sound) by >another custom guy. After I purchased it, the PFM came out and dual decoders >installed, pretty much as Bill describes. The sound decoder was in the >tender, so it was possible to just "run the tender"! The running decoder and >headlights, firebox glow and markers were all contained in the boiler area. >Loved the engine, but it was just too much for my layout. > >Bob Werre >Phototraxx > > > > > > >On 5/4/12 5:15 AM, Bill Lane wrote: > >>I just finished an extensive rework of the RRM Espee 4-8-2 installing DCC. It >>was decided to give it the full treatment. I make the tender self-sustaining >>by adding wipers to the insulated wheels & install a decoder to run the >>backup light. That meant cutting grooves into the back of the wheels. >> >>I also made a wiper contact to use the sound cam. Of the 3 available axles >>this used the 1 right under the motor with the least amount of space. I could >>have made the wiper much better and more hidden if another axle had the sound >>cam on it. >> >> > > > >
