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your other plan is better but still has crossovers. Keep the blue colour on the inner rail and the purple on the outer.
Kato #4 points can be set so that the diverging track is always live. Are you using #4s?

mahoganydog wrote:go for the one with a silicone lead rather than the standard model. Having a very flexible cable makes for ease of use.

Also harder to melt if you accidentally touch it with the iron.

Assuming the 2 aspect signals are just wired in parallel with the route indicators, you could use an AC supply. Each LED will be alternately lit for half a cycle. It's not ideal though.

Now a variable soldering iron seems a good idea, A soldering iron with a variable temperature is essential if you are soldering whitemetal kits. You need to set the temp to one that is lower than the melting point of white metal but higher than the melting point of low-melt solder. Even though sold...

Ironduke wrote:you will need to put power feeds into any siding you want live all the time

An afterthought, #4 turnouts can be set to either isolate the siding or leave it live all the time. #6 turnouts do not, they always isolate the divergent track when they are closed.

Kato Unitrack is fine with DCC. They have live frogs but the frog switching is built-in to the mechanism so no need to fuss with insulated joiners or juicers. Like any other track, you will need to put power feeds into any siding you want live all the time but you don't need a large number of power ...

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?