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well at least it won't expand in the heat and you can put it in your hand luggage

I think probably yes but you might have trouble matching the size of the centre pin on the Hornby select connector. To be on the safe side I would buy one with a range of removable connectors.
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Secondly - may I combine 2 or more points switching motor leads to the two wire cable single plug at the Kato point switch? In other words activating the switch powers both points simultaneously eg could open the entry to and exit from a passing section using just a single switch? Hi Dylan, Yes. Th...

I've read that twice and I'm still not sure. Are you talking about a vertical traverser?

Michaelreedy71 wrote:Just a quick question if u lay n gauge and the rail comes off is it here a gadget to lay it back on .

Many thanks

Nope. You have to slide it back in if you can.

If you look at the underside of a piece of Kato track you'll see there are some holes moulded into the plastic, but they don't go all the way through. What I do is use a pin vice with a 1mm drill bit to drill up through the hole to the top. Then I place the track on the board and use a 0.7mm drill b...

I don't think it would interfere with the electrics but it doesn't sound easy to do. Try it. At the factory where I work we sometimes paint "conformal coating" onto soldered wire joins which makes a flexible coating over the solder and the wire. It's mostly to protect it from moisture in o...

Hello Pierre,
That appears to be a train controller with an additional DC output and includes an inbuilt CDU. Although there only appears to be the one output on the pictures. Maybe there'll be more when they actually release it in March. A manual would be good.

If you know you want DCC eventually, why not do that first?

It seems Zimo decoders will give you sound even on DC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeQoh3tgJ6Y

Hi Michael,
that's a pretty broad subject.

Start here http://www.newrailwaymodellers.co.uk/electronics.htm

How will the motor be used? Is it for a locomotive sharing the track with other locomotives or is it for some other purpose?

I thought about using papier mache on my current layout but then I realised I don't buy newspapers any more.

Hi Michaelaface. According to section 9.3 of this manual , 9.3. Configuration of an output for PECO solenoid drives If you wire a PECO solenoid drive to an output write the value 1 into the corresponding configuation-CV. This adjusts the overload (over current) protection to the higher values for PE...

Did you work it out?

Is this the video you referred to? https://youtu.be/ZjLGLblG350 It makes no reference to removing any brass plates that I could see.