RE: New kind of Ebay ad And now there are ads from a German supplier with $76 and change for shipping piece parts. Anyone that desperate for a part???... 21 May 2012 07:52 AM Product Reviews (0)

RE: FLYING YANKEE The engine produced for large scale needs large diameter curves and switches. Both front and rear units have motors, thus if modifying for DCC, 2 decoders would be needed. All metal construction on the Zephyr.... 21 May 2012 07:44 AM Beginner's Forum (0)

RE: Installing Phoenix Sound System - LGB 2080D The 2080 has a cavity at the front of the boiler to allow sound from a small round speaker to come out the front at the pony truck. Since you are only adding sound, no fancy wiring change needs to be done and there is plenty of room in this engine. There is a screw under the boiler above the front...... 21 May 2012 07:40 AM Beginner's Forum (0)

RE: Capacitor Voltage to Replace Battery in a Sierra? You could use a 12 volt power pack and charge the caps via the LM7808, or use a LM317 and adjust it to 8 volts or lower.... 20 May 2012 04:53 AM Sound Systems (0)

RE: Using a reversing unit on a Y? You can add a second spur and install a diode. Power is fed to the main run,, diodes just stop the train at the end of the run. You can place a Y or a spur at each end. The only complicated part is if you wanted the train to automatically switch the track. Manual selection is easy.... 19 May 2012 05:13 AM Traditional Power (0)

RE: Wheel Gauge? Aristo site has the gage in the special sale section and the shipping is more than the gage cost, so buy 2!!!!... 19 May 2012 05:09 AM Rolling Stock (0)

RE: best DCC, Sound, and Pulsed Smoke for the money? Whichever system you choose, do not forget that there are yahoo support groups for them. I have found some very useful information in these groups.... 17 May 2012 04:09 AM DCC in Large Scale (0)

RE: Using other peoples' layouts I made a circle with 2 8 foot rails. It came out to 32 inch diameter and each rail had only one rail clamp. No power loss for joiners here!!!!! Easy to transport also, nothing to come apart!!! Next will be 4 foot rail with 2 foot straights between the half circles.... 16 May 2012 06:08 AM Beginner's Forum (0)

RE: DCC for G Gauge, advice required. The Zimo station has a programmable current limit and is set from the hand held unit.... 12 May 2012 04:35 AM DCC in Large Scale (0)

RE: LGB Digital only Easiest way to check LGB decoder model is with the computer interface. Upper right hand corner shows decoder type and version number. So, if you can read out CV7 and CV106 someone could tell you the decoder type. Unfortunately the LGB system containing just the 55015 or 55015 can not do CV reado...... 12 May 2012 04:30 AM DCC in Large Scale (0)