Hello Andrew, and welcome aboard. I've been browsing through all your layouts,.Good info and inspiration, thanks. Maybe you can look at my layout on Railimages,[page 31] It is only a single line drawing ,first given to me by the hobbyshop and he didn't remember where it came from but looked interesting. Please comment if you have a moment. Thanks, of course everyone's thoughts are welcome!
tap, i REALLY like the layout plan you have decided to go with, it looks very functional. you mentioned you are going DC first, then changing to DCC, be sure and wire it for DCC right of the bat, to save on headaches in the future. also by doing it that way you could do as i am on the current layout i am working on, and run DC or DCC(but not at the same time.LOL!). this way if you have older engines that you want to run, but just not enough to go through the hassle of putting decoders in them, you can still run them. best of both worlds. just a thought. please keep us posted on your progress. thanks, -Deano
Andrew and I have been emailing over the past few days. Great to see you here Andrew, I may just use your talents once of these days especially when you come back to Australia. Thinking of either doing a N scale switching module or maybe even a HO one Tap, Welcome to trainboard as well, hope you enjoy our topics here and become a regular.
tap, wire it for DCC, NOW, in the first building stages if you REALLY plan on going DCC in the future, you'll thank your self for doing it later. since you are building a switching layout, i am assuming you will NOT have any blocks on it. having NO blocks will make doing the layout DC/DCC quite EASY. set your DC up like you would on a small layout, positive wire to one rail, neg to the other. on your positive wire, before it goes to the track, place a on/off toggle switch in it, then run the pos wire from that to the track. by doing this, when you install the DCC, it will keep the track current from running back into your DC power pack. when you install the DCC, do it the same way, to keep your DC current from running back into your DCC system. **2 IMPORTANT** things to remember, put BOTH TOGGLES in to save your systems, and NEVER try and run them both at the same time. on the current layout i am doing, i have it set up for DC/DCC, and have 3 blocks, a program track and a test track. if you decide to go that route...well...that makes wiring tons more complex,...cripes, just e-mail me if you plan on blocks, and i would be more then happy to go over it with you. thanks, -Deano [ February 12, 2006, 03:33 PM: Message edited by: UP Deano ]
BINGO!, you got it tap! by doing this, you have broke the circuit, thus saving the opposite system that you are using at the time you are running. -Deano
yay! i went to my lhs today and they didnt have any code 83 track so i have to go next weekend when they receive their ordre, meanwhile i bought a weathering kit by floquil and some dull cote to start weathering my rolling stock
Well I am not sure if it will work but bear with me. [ February 15, 2006, 12:33 PM: Message edited by: watash ]
