Hi one & all, I've been busy in the workshop making a carry box & putting RC plus a working headlamp on my new Accucraft C-18. With the carry box, it allows me to keep the loco & tender permanently connected. When you want to run it, place the box on the track. The box comes with a ramp which fastens to the front which allows the loco to easily roll out of the box & engage with the track. When finished running, do the reverse, roll the loco up the ramp into the box. It makes handling so much easier when you don't have to carry the tender & loco separately & have to connect up & then disconnect. (see photos).
Recently, I asked has anyone put RC control on their C-18. Well, I worked out an easy method to just put RC on the regulator. I already had a transmitter for another loco, so I bought another receiver to match it. I had a Micro Hitec Servo with metal gears which was just right. For power, I used a two thirds size 6 volt rechargeable battery. Both the receiver & battery easily fitted side by side in the cab, with the servo screwed to the cross beam of the roof. One extra thing I added, was a Servo Travel Tuner which allows you to increase the travel on your servo. I found my servo wasn't giving me enough travel as I need more for pulling heavy loads. I didn't add a switch for the battery, it's easy to just plug the lead into the receiver next to it.
The other thing I added which I like on my locos, is a working headlamp. It was very easy to do, had to take the lamp off the loco, drill a whole big enough for a LED, connect wiring to it, cover it with heat shrink, then secure it to the handrail which runs along the boiler & into the cab connected to a button 3 volt battery with a switch on it.
To help explain the above, I've included photos.
John.
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Recently, I asked has anyone put RC control on their C-18. Well, I worked out an easy method to just put RC on the regulator. I already had a transmitter for another loco, so I bought another receiver to match it. I had a Micro Hitec Servo with metal gears which was just right. For power, I used a two thirds size 6 volt rechargeable battery. Both the receiver & battery easily fitted side by side in the cab, with the servo screwed to the cross beam of the roof. One extra thing I added, was a Servo Travel Tuner which allows you to increase the travel on your servo. I found my servo wasn't giving me enough travel as I need more for pulling heavy loads. I didn't add a switch for the battery, it's easy to just plug the lead into the receiver next to it.
The other thing I added which I like on my locos, is a working headlamp. It was very easy to do, had to take the lamp off the loco, drill a whole big enough for a LED, connect wiring to it, cover it with heat shrink, then secure it to the handrail which runs along the boiler & into the cab connected to a button 3 volt battery with a switch on it.
To help explain the above, I've included photos.
John.
