Sherton Abbas goes digital!
I've been toying with the idea of DCC on Sherton Abbas for a while now, adding sound to my locos is something that really appealed. The final push came when a friend offered to sell his Prodigy Advance controller to me for a very reasonable price! I had a very enlightening chat with the people at Southwestdigital during the Bristol O gauge show back in January and left their stand armed with a sound decoder, a sugar cube speaker and the rather handy adage " Red and black to the track, orange and grey the other way!" My 517 was the first 7mm loco that I built, so thought it only fair that it should be the first to be equipped with sound:-) The decoder fitted nicely in one of the side tanks and I mounted the speaker in the firebox between the frames. Once the controller was connected to the track testing could begin! Much to my surprise there wasn't a bang or small cloud of smoke and the loco moved in the correct direction :-) Pressing the F1 key for the first time and hearing the loco chuff up and down the track was very satisfying, even Mrs Wenlock was quite impressed:-) I still need to delve into the treacherous waters of CV adjustment, at the moment I've got too many chuffs per wheel revolution:-)
Here's a quick video clip of my 517 in action.
Best wishes
Dave
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