Last Spring, I had Facebook discussion with Blackstone on their website about the delay. Blackstone lost their regular manufacturer during some...
Dan, The Bachmann EZ Mate Mark II is available with short, medium, and long shanks. Since the pilot turns with the truck, the short shank works...
Dan, Go to this thread: http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showthread.php?121287-N-Scale-Railroading-DD40AX-Couplers . It highlights an...
The Life-Like 2-8-8-2 came with OSI Quantum sound DCC decoders. I have 2 and they run great, sound great and look great. In a consist, 2 of...
More information….. "On the main," it will not program the short address "12." So "3" it is!!
I was trying to program 712 one of the cab forward railcars on VRE. I notice someone else has had the same problem. Seems that despite the...
I am unable to program a new address for a Kato FL12 railcar decoder (in this case a VRE railcar number). Many attempts were made "on the main"...
I have had the same experience. Vince has done several sound installations for me as well as some of the more complex hard wired decoder...
Nothing so sophisticated. I took the collection of discarded light boards, turned on my DCC system with track voltage set to 14.8 volts (AC, I...
Harold, The original Kato Light kits that were installed came with an adhesive backed reflective strip. I imagine a carefully cut piece of...
I converted to DCC in early 2009. With nearly 40 Kato passenger cars outfitted with their old incandescent light kits, I set track voltage for...
Go to page 42 of the "Tsunami Steam Sound User’s Guide." (download from the Tsunami Soundtraxx site) CV 115 sets the type of whistle. I believe...
Testor's Modelmaster Flat White works great as well. Covers well, flows on well and does not dry too quickly.
I have installed short shank unimates on the most recent Kato F7s and F3s so the trucks will receive them. If you do not trim the corners as...
Kato warns that their regular incandescent lighting for their passenger cars runs the risk of burning out and/or melting the plastic in the cars...
Dave, Must be QC variation. The McHenry's on my FP45 were significantly out of height spec.... so much so that uncoupling from a string of Kato...
Have installed #1015s today and they are the ones!
Folks, Can anyone confirm that the Micro-Trains coupler conversion for the new Athearn FP45 (F45) is #1015/1016? I have found that the factory...
