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Ah sorry, I only uploaded to YouTube today. I had a feeling the video wasn’t working….

We Ok here’s a quick video, please excuse the crappy quality! I haven’t had the chance to do any programming except for lowering the overall volume, which was deafening! A testament to excellent speaker set up in this model. Here’s a YouTube link….

Ok here’s a quick video, please excuse the crappy quality! I haven’t had the chance to do any programming except for lowering the overall volume, which was deafening! A testament to excellent speaker set up in this model. IMG_9322.MOV

Ha! My first WAS a Lima Deltic. The freight set with the cargo crane. Bought in Easons with my communion money!

Gave it a quick run-in when I got home from work, very impressive. Only got to play with it for an hour or so, damn attic is WAY too hot right now! I’ll try and get a video up in the next day or too for anyone who’s interested.

Got a parcel today….

Yeah that's a major feat of engineering there! I wonder did he use some of the empty space behind the see-through grill...

It's an easy job with the Dapol Western, just bang in the decoder and speaker. There's room for a full size bass reflex speaker. Unlike the Heljan version which needs major surgery!

Oh this is tempting.... What formations did these wagons run in? How many in a rake and did they run mixed with other stock?

This was a present from Christmas 2020! Thought I’d give some BR a run in anticipation of the Deltic’s impending arrival. Soundfile is by Legomanbiffo.

Ok, I watched part of the review and all I'll say is: 1) The slow speed performance. I don't think an hour is long enough of a run-in time to hang your conclusions on. I find it takes quite a bit longer to get optimum performance from a brand new motor and he's also using DC! 2) The couplers. He says there at the "wrong height". Does he realise there is no standard height for tension locks? We have a standard NEM pocket height but half the time it's not adhered to by manufactures and you often come across cranked couplers which can have them at any height! Not to mention the fact that every coupling he shows on his own stock seems to be drooping! Sorry for the rant.....

Laid out on the floor! Oh I must find that one!

Well I see Sam's Trains has a review up um Youtube. But you guys will have to tell me how it goes, 'coz I will not watch it!

Actually the speaker can be wired to either the decoder or the circuit board in the loco. Wiring to the board is far more preferable, as wiring to the decoder itself takes some very delicate soldering.

This is exactly the point I was going to make myself.

Regular silicone or teflon spray grease is probably thin enough to use on model gear trains. You can buy it in Halfords and Woodies. I wouldn't spray it directly into the gears though, just spray some onto a piece of card and apply it to the gears with a cocktail stick.

I would open up the bogies to see if any of the grease has gone hard, which is a common problem. Luckily the bogies can be open easily enough and the wheelsets can be removed. I would clean the gears inside with a soft toothbrush and a little isopropyl alcohol, the same for the wheelsets. Then, after reinserting the wheels you can add a couple of drops of oil. If you can't find an oil specifically for model trains then you can also use sewing machine oil.

Yeah the Prodigy has 16, but only remembers 5 if the unit is powered off. That doesn't really matter though. To be honest when I was upgrading my DCC system I had narrowed it down to either the Powercab or the Prodigy and after some research the Prodigy won hands down. The recall stack was a big factor, back then you could only expand it to 6 locos if you sent it back for a firmware update, glad to see you can now increase it yourself even if it is only to 6! The Prodigy also has considerably more power than the NCE which only has 1.5A compared to 3A for the Prodigy.

That's weird quirk to be honest. I can use the recall button or key in the loco address on my Gaugemaster Prodigy and won't reset any functions. Does the Powercab still have the 2 loco recall stack?

How many function outputs does the Lais decoder have? If memory serves, you need 6 functions to access all the lighting features.

The coupling bars work great on the Tara's. I use the bars to link wagons in pairs as I like to split rakes up sometimes and I have no problems pushing wagons around curves and through points.

Humbrol mae a varnish called Clear which does the same job. It's a very thin, self-levelling gloss varnish. It works great for restoring clear class parts on kits and models such as airplane canopies.

Really? See below. Snide remark towards both Silverfox and the modellers who were "desperate" enough to buy their products. A statement of fact would be something like -"Silverfox who produced a models and kits of Irish stock which, while not being prototypically correct, were welcomed by many modellers in the absence of a RTR models from major manufacturers."

Because there was simply nothing else available. People really do have short memories, Silverfox were'nt the most accurate models but don't forget Paddy Murphy started out selling repainted RTR and his early Lima 201 was'nt lauded for it's accuracy either. Apologies to the mods for going a little off topic but the constant bashing is getting old...

When you open the Lokprogrammer software it's on the "Decoder" sidebar under "Sound Slot Settings". You adjust the maximum and minimum speed for each sound slot using the sliders. It's best to decrease the minimum speed and increase the maximum speed by a couple of percent on one of the locos you are double-heading. You ccan also alter the pitch of horn sounds to make them sound more "Irish" if you like. Yes I've experienced phasing when running consists, the most noticeable being in a Bachmann A/B F-Unit set with both units having the same Soundtraxx decoders and speaker set ups. Like you noticed it's not a constant thing but comes and goes depending on the pitch of the sound and the distance you're listening from. I've also noticed it in consists of 141/121 locos when using the same sound file. It can be more pronounced when the speakers are close together which can happen considering how they are positioned towards the end of the loco. I have done this with some US locos. I turned the B Unit in a A/B set of F3's into a dummy unit by removing the motor and drive train. I also wired a second speaker into the B Unit to run of the same decoder. What many don't realize is you can actually fit 2 prime mover sounds on one decoder. It doesnt sound as good as having 2 separate decoders but it's a cheaper alternative.