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More DCC fun but Simplex almost finished

KH1

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blog-0135576001398722299.jpgWhat with Easter and a rather misguided camping trip which suffered every indignity the British weather could throw at it progress has been a bit slow and certainly not helped by DCC. Having finally found a chip that worked I got brave and downloaded a slightly better sound from the Digitrax web site - OK an 08 shunter is not ideal but until I manage to make my own sounds this will have to do - well it would if it worked! Download seemed to be fine but no sound. I seemed to remember that I had a similar problem with the other Simplex and after some research found that there was a CV that you had to change to make it use the new sound. Can I remember which one? Of course not and can't find where I got it from. Posting the problem on various sites didn't get me anywhere but then I had a cunning plan...... What I did was to download the sound scheme (BR Yorkie), from the sound depot that I had trouble with previously with the intention of comparing all the CVs to find the one I changed to make it work. That was the plan but this sound worked straight off. Unfortunately I don't know if this was a glitch in the original sound that has been put right or not. At least I now have a sound that works even if it is not the one I wanted! Incidentally, the one I am having trouble with is the BR 08 from Sound Depot - has anyone else had any trouble with this one?

 

Having got at least a sound I pressed on with that other task I love, of fitting couplings and then the roof - what a nightmare! As it balances (and I wanted to make it removable), on four thin posts, getting it even remotely level was not easy. In the end I came up with this little jig

 

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Problem sorted! One good thing about this WDLR business is the very unadventurous paint schemes so it was quickly kitted out with a few coats of light olive via a Humbrol spray can. Really couldn't see the point of getting the airbrush out for this. Just need some detail painting, etch some number and makers plates and a jolly good weathering session and I will be there.

 

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Digitraxx SDH166D, fitted with px112 stayalive - pretty much my standard decoder, seems to work fine and cheap as these things go. These are easy to reprogram so have changed the sound to a readily available BR Yorkie which is by no means accurate sound OK. I really must get down to it ad record a real one - that is the easy bit though, how to turn it into a sound project is the major problem for me.

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I agree with everything you have sent. I buy the 166 five at a time when a good deal presents as they are a good decoder. The Digitrax sound part though is less than exciting on many fronts including my patience and ability to remain focussed.

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