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Hi Ian/all, I think a lot of the problems with Flying Scotsman are down to track and wheels/electrical contacts. I got a small bit of time on Friday evening and cleaned two pairs of the main loco wheels ( not the driving wheels on the tender), with my newly arrived peco loco servicing kit, while doi...

I was only thinking afterwards that the one test I haven't tried is to swap the decoder from the Western Gladiator into Flying Scotsman...... I must try that next - once the table is back up, currently its up against the wall as I fit Peco point motors underneath. ( addess 0 - interesting - I am an ...

Thanks all, I will pick up a couple of Lenz Standard and see how I get on. What still mystifies me is why it worked normally for a while and now has stopped,and the symptoms are duplicated immediately with a different decoder( albeit from the same batch) - I would have expected it to work normally f...

Re addresses - I have had Flying Scotsman on 7, 8, 10 and 3 - same result on all.

I have reset the decoders to default and attempted to run them on default settings both on address 3 and on a changed address.

Thanks,

Ned.

Hi all, Yes, they are different addresses. I have also changed the address of F.S. and changed the decoder. What intrigues me is that Flying Scotsman worked fine with and without Western Gladiator around for a while and after being off for a while now displays these tendencies. Then it does work if ...

Howdy,

Yes, programming is done on the separate programming track.

Thanks

Ned.

Hi all, Taking my first steps into DCC ( before I do my own project in n gauge) I am converting my children's Hornby trackmat layout to DCC. I have picked up an e-link controller - clean installed an old PC for it, bought some Hattons 8 pin decoders and started soldering...... All went well to begin...

Thanks for the replies Gary - I have a link to my planning post in the original post above if that helps to see where I was going. What I realised after I had completed it was that the small radius peco turnouts were 9 inch radius instead of 12 so I think that rules it out - also I think the inside ...

Hi all, I'm mulling over a track plan based on CJF's plan 3 http://www.newrailwaymodellers.co.uk/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=49410 But l'm caught between trying to keep to 12" radius and keeping it small enough to act as a "test" layout. If my research is correct Graham Farish say...

Thanks Chris, Interesting to see those photos. The more I look at it ..... The more I want to make it smaller. However I think it would have to be the medium turnouts to keep it at 12" radius ( Graham Farish min radius from memory ) which would make it bigger again, so I think I may need to ret...

I then did a bit of scenery to get a feel for how it might look and then stopped before I lost the run of myself. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1491/24830014311_f6dda44d1f_b.jpg The stock list I felt would be quite small - two locos for container traffic, three container rakes, plus 2-3 other train...

I watched Rudy's Youtube videos on SCARM and on the third attempt it finally clicked ( i.e. I was finally able to use it to some degree) and I came up with the following: It consists of three hidden storage roads, on a continuous run with a reverse loop, rising to a two road container terminal with ...

Hi all, I'm looking to get started with a small n gauge layout to get a feel for modelling in n before I move on to a larger layout ( attic ..... new shed.....) . Anyway, I have always fancied plan 3 from C.J. Freezer's 60 small plans ( low level oval with a reverse loop, some sidings, a hidden loop...