Last week I sent in my TCS CN-GP decoder for warranty after letting out the factory smoke. They are not only replacing the decoder with a new one, they also informed me that the issue was a short that fried the speed controller.
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I have been trying to figure out different CV’s. Today I got the Mars light effect to work! but it was for the rear light, and I set it per TCS for front only. I put the decoder in backwards! the other issue is that the loco runs in reverse, […]
more DCC lessons
This morning, I hardwired my first decoder, milled the Kato/Atlas GP35 frame, and wired the PowerCab into the layout (still have to cut the hole in the fascia to mount it). As soon as the Powercab came online, my Geep took off at Run 8. I did some research, discovered […]
DCC fun….
OK, let’s make it the $1000 layout. I picked up a NCE Powercab and a TCS CN-GP decoder. I knew that they were small, but holy snotballs, that decoder is tiny. I wound up today getting a new soldering station and will attempt my first DCC install soon (maybe later […]
There goes the budget…
Well, I had a meh night at work last night until my last call, when I got to speak with one of the true rock stars of our hobby about his website. One of the things that I love about model railroading is the lack of egos out there. It […]
Worked some overtime tonight.
I was able to start work on the floor of my caboose, cleaned up the parts, started gluing, got 3 ribs glued to the floor and my 11 week old son starts screaming….ugh! Next up, the search for a airbrush