WCML100 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 11 hours ago, NickL2008 said: Theres plenty of cheaper secondhand Bachmann 57s, despite the toolding being older, be interesting to see how these do, but I suspect the tooling limitations will hurt the sales NL I think this hits the nail on the head. The Bachmann offering is miles better, especially if you pick one up second hand which prices are favourable. All the liveries have been covered by Bachamnn except for the LSL black and newer West Coast Umber and Cream. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMSfan72 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On 13/03/2024 at 00:00, SRman said: Interesting, as the old Heljan class 57s top lights did work. It is interesting. 57311 has the light tube in place and the board has connections! I don't think it'll take too much to stick an SMD LED on the back of the light tube and wire to one the outputs. Maybe they removed it for the speaker area!? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMSfan72 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) On 15/03/2024 at 12:04, LMSfan72 said: It is interesting. 57311 has the light tube in place and the board has connections! I don't think it'll take too much to stick an SMD LED on the back of the light tube and wire to one the outputs. Maybe they removed it for the speaker area!? It's actually so easy to add that I don't understand why Heljan omitted them. Underneath the ends of the boards are some JST 1.25mm sockets (just like the AUX10 and AUX7 ones). The ones for the W(hite) and R(ed) are used but the Cab and AUX1 (Aux2 at the other end) are not. All the circuitry is in place for those but I think AUX7 and AUX10 might need SW2 jumping (or switches in place) to work. I soldered an LED to a plug wire and plugged it in and, unsurprisingly, AUX1 and AUX2 work. All then needs doing is the LED mounting in behind the light tube. I didn't test the Cab connection but I suspect that they will be the same (they may be switched with the W(hate) LEDs but I didn't check that. Edited March 17 by LMSfan72 Replaced JST zh with 1.25mm as I had the wrong type Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
virginhst539 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Ordered 601 to save respreying the Bachmann model rail 601. Starting to think this might have been a bad move even with the already discounted price on it... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMSfan72 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Here is 57311 with one end done for the lighting. I’ll include “inside” shots when I do the other end. In summary, I: - bridged the pads where switches could be fitted. This enables power feeds to the cab connectors and AUX7 and AUX10 connectors - removed the tail lights by unplugging them and removing the SMDs - added new dual SMDs to the tail light positions wiring them into AUX1 and the R connectors with new plugs - printed a chassis mount to take the top light. Plugged that into the cab socket - cut the headlight light tube and added another SMD led to the night position. Used black tack to secure the SMDs and act as shrouds (might improve that). Plugged this into AUX7/(AUX10 depending on end) 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMSfan72 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Both ends now done. Here are the pictures of the mods inside: bridged the pads by the switches Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMSfan72 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 I also realised 57311 has different connections and lamp brackets so have fixed that too 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Looks OK with a working roof light 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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