les1960

Hello people, does any one have, or no where I can get the battery boxes for a Heljan class 47. I have tried Howes Models but no joy there. They do not need to be new, just in good condition. They do seem very hard to come by. Kind Regards Les.

Thanks mate had a look and yes will be contacting him after Xmas. Les.

Thanks for your reply Kevin, have had another reply with a web site so have found him and will contact him after Xmas. Thanks again Les.

Hello people and happy new year, Does any one know how I can contact Dave Lowery with the view to getting a oo gauge Porterbrook Deltic, that I have built, painted.

Hey great two other members on my wavelength, Thanks Captain Kenrow and 5&9 Models. I have spoken to my supplier today and they are almost certain that there is a fault with the loco, bare in mind it is a new and unused loco so I find this hard to accept, they are going to check the loco out for me and have offered a full refund for the DCC Powercab if I want so I have removed it from Ebay. If the loco is not at fault they have said that there must be a short some where on the layout, if this is the case I think it will be almost impossible to trace on this size of layout so will return the DDC to the supplier for refund and stick with good old reliable analogue. Think I,m now up to the maximum 10 comments from you all so big thanks for all your comments, will let you all know how it goes with a new blog under the same title if I cant post it on this one. Regards Les.

Hi Izzy It does sound feasible but I only have Heljan loco,s that are DCC ready, I do have a couple of Bachmann,s but dont think they are DCC ready so it will mean cutting of the plug to the decoder and hard wire it to the the motor, [ I think ] dont want to take that chance. will wait till I have spoken to my supplier tomorrow. They are DCC specialist, apparently, time will tell. Thanks for your input, will let you all know how it goes. Regards Les.

Hi people Thanks for your comments but I,m still not convinced with this type of technology at the moment. I will be speaking to the supplier on Monday to see if they can shed any light on this issue, in the meantime I think I will leave it on Ebay, if it sells then great if not put it away and might try again some time in the future. Thanks again for your input. Regards Les.

Hi People, DCC definitely not, I have just bought a NCE powercab DCC controller unit at just short of £150.00, another £30.00 for two Gaugemaster Decoders for my layout to hopefully convert over to full DCC control. Best tell you now that I have three tracks that are 20 foot long by 8 foot wide and one track that because they cross over each other is 40 foot long by 8 foot wide so it is quite a large layout. I fitted one of the decoders, as per instructions, to a brand new out of the box Heljan class 35. As per the instructions all new decoders are programmed to number 3 so put the loco on the track and here we go !!!!!!!!!!. Woops, forwards came up on the controller but the loco went in reverse. I changed the wires over that run from the control panel to the tracks but it made no difference so ran the loco as normal without any wagons or coaches. The loco ran fine in both directions so I coupled 10 Hornby lime wagons onto the loco, Again it ran fine so I thought I would try to see how it ran at slow speed. At first it ran really well at a crawl but then it started to stop and start at regular intervals then it stopped all together so gave it a push and it went and then stopped. Horror, smoke coming from the new loco, I got the loco off from the track and the roof was hot in the area where I fitted the decoder. The decoder was black and the plastic cover was totally melted. It was totally destroyed. The control as unit has gone straight onto Ebay with the spare decoder and I have re wired the one track back to analogue and it runs fine, and will never consider changing my layout again to DCC, I will be contacting the supplier to let them know of my experience of DCC and will now keep it simple analogue set up. NEW BUYERS OF DCC, BE AWARE, I,DONT BELIEVE ITS AS GOOD AS THEY SAY. Keep it simple, stick to what you know. Regards Les.