J15 OO Works ESU Sound Upgrade

[murrayec]

This might be of some interest for chaps thinking of DCCing a OO Works J15;-

The bits- the chip is a ESU Micro V0.5 with the standard sugar cube speaker, also being installed are front lantern lights using nano LEDs from JS Miniatures and white metal lanterns. The sound file is from Wheeltappers.

The loco bits.

 

The only place for the chip and speaker is in the boiler, a standard ESU sound chip will not fit, it's too wide, so that's why I'm using a Micro. The speaker will have it's cover installed with no risers, this should allow for all the parts n wiring to be crammed in!

The tender is a solid block of cast plastic!

The chassis- I like the way they built this model, all the major components are in sub assembles, then screw fixed together to make the model. After hearing about the gearbox messing up on these models I took a good look at it- the meshing of the gears on this one is too loose! not doing anything about it now, we'll see how it runs in the future. Smooth throttling will be required!

Lights being epoxied on.

Route of the wires to get into the boiler.

The chip is hard wired to the pickups and motor, the lights will connect with mini connectors so the body can be removed completely, the resistors for the lights are on the LED leads- that's the max I can get into the boiler.

Done.

 

Eoin