RMweb Premium Vecchio Posted February 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2017 Leds are ordered. should be here on Saturday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Another option for older models, might be building new chassis and keeping the old ones intact? Of course where possible. I have a few mainline/Bachmann panniers that are split chassis, I was planning on replacing them with a comet chassis rather than hack at the split chassis. As I need to convert it to p4 also it seems more sensible for me. I've a few old Lima items I'll probably convert too at some point as stop gap models until replacement is possible. (The 73s run fairly well, the 50 too, the 37s terrible) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Vecchio Posted February 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) I have chipped one of these Bachmann split chassis panniers - the material was quite soft - it can easily be cut. I did cut it with a circular saw (proxxon FKS - do it only if you know your saw very well and you know what you are doing - health and safety...) Also as you can take the chassis completely apart it is easy to get all sawdust out. Can show that model later, at the moment it is at a friends layout Edited February 16, 2017 by Vecchio Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Vecchio Posted February 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 17, 2017 Just to be clear - this is the tape. it is very thin - as you can see - and it follows easily curved shapes. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Vecchio Posted March 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 3, 2017 Leds arrived, but no time to put them in. I found a mistake in the wiring - now the stay alive is properly working and the old loco performs like a new one. Can only recommend to do it. It is worth upgrading them. Will start a new thread showing the complete upgrading of my old Lima fleet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted May 13, 2017 Author Share Posted May 13, 2017 Just as a bit of follow up I can report that my old Wrenn "Dorchester" has now been converted. It was done by Scalespeed in Hampshire who I can really recommend (I have no other connection to them). The loco was overhauled with the armature re-wound, the magnet re-magnetised and the DCC conversion done using a Hornby decoder. I have to say that the result is way beyond my expectations. I had the loco done mainly for sentimental reasons but I have to say it'd performance is now staggering! I did not expect such an old loco to run so sweetly on DCC and the slow speed control is superb. I have also now converted a couple of old Mainline split chassis locos with good results. I used Digitrax decoders in them as they do not take up much space and have a 1.5amp rating and all is well - very pleased. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 You could always try this site for fitting DCC to old Wrenn of HD locos https://jamesmodelrailwayco.com/2017/04/10/fitting-dcc-to-wrenn-oo-locomotives-horizontal-motors/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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