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I had the dummy car on the test track and tried to scan for the chip but it shows no DCC fitted. When programming DCC decoders the command station normally gets feedback via current drain on the programming track, this is usually the motor. That's why your loco "jerks" slightly when you p...

How I hate curtains. Here is the latest plan. The sidings near the station are pretty pointless if you really want to do shunting. Like many train layouts they are really just storage for the trains most modellers end up hoarding. Maybe someone else can advise if you want a shunting yard. Have a thi...

Itonlyme, can you please get a tape measure and measure the door in relation to the arc on the plan? What's the radius and how far from the right wall is the centre of the arc?

Can I suggest a slight modification to the track plan ? The original was based on a discussion in another thread about facing points. Both those look very good, are those points round the station really required? I could probably get a longer platform removing those and having them on either side o...

ok, once more into the breach.
Note that set track curved points are the spawn of the devil, but here goes.


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Take 2, using mainly set track points. You must be very thin. The imaginary station is a half way point between two major centres where some trains go through and some trains turn around and go back where they came from (hence the turntable). I haven't made room for any platforms yet. The bit at the...

Ah I see. FYI non-isolating is not the same as live frog. Live frog means the frog is made of metal so, if you have a rubbish loco with not very good pickups, the loco has a better chance of making it over the point without losing power. Live frog https://i.ibb.co/Qd5n82h/livefrog01.jpg Dead frog ht...

oh bachmann? Never tried them. Are they EZ track or just normal?

Also set track points only come in dead frog versions

Most of the points are Peco streamline small points, curved points or double slips. You save some space is some areas using set track points but you will lose some space in others. e.g a double slip is more compact than two set track points. also parallel tracks are closer together (51mm vs 65mm) us...

The story so far.. it is not going well Sure you wouldn't rather switch to N gauge?

so the door edge is 28" from the wall? Which way does it open? Against the wall or away from it?

What features do you want to include on your layout?
Are you intending to use flexible track or set track only?

For building interior lights I use "warm white" flexible LED ribbon Each roll has 300 LEDs which you cut into short sections of 3 LEDs each. Each strip of three LEDs has a series resistor. The strip is self-adhesive so you can just stick it to the ceiling of your building. You still have t...

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