apepper

4 minutes ago, Fat Controller said:

It looks like the 'Tare' weight; i.e., the weight of the unladen weight, normally given in Tons and quarters, though the one you quote looks more like 'pounds'

Thanks! Yes, I remember now. 

Hi all, I think I've asked this before but I forgot the answer (sigh).

On the side of wagons on the Cyprus Government Railway, there's lettering - one set is the tonnage:

"L 10 TONS"

Under that is, to me, a mysterious "T 4 98".

Can someone tell me what this was likely to be? I want to get some transfers printed and I'd like the lettering to be plausible.

Thanks JST, they're out of stock ATM, but I'll contact them to ask when they expect them back

It turns out it's because I'm in Cyprus; if I put the location as UK, they appear. For some reason, they can't ship to Cyprus.

Thanks, I can't see decoders on AliExpress, lots of other things. If I search for DCC decoder on AliExpress, I don't see any.

Lais Decoders aren't listed on AliExpress anymore. Anyone know what's happened or know of an alternative cheap DCC decoders?

Since Brexit, it's become much more complicated and expensive to buy stuff from the UK and get it sent to Cyprus. What EU model shops do people use? It's scratch building stuff I find very difficult to source - actually, 009 wagon bogies is what I'm struggling to find.

Thanks all; I had it done professionally in the end - nice little model.

Hi all, I've just bought a 2nd hand Jouef narrow gauge - HOe, presumably - loco. I think it's called a P10. I want to convert this to DCC, has anyone had any experience with taking one of these apart to fit the decoder?

Hi, I'm planning to do this, but I can't see the picture!

I'm thinking about how to light a layout; I've seen some lighting rigs, but I'm thinking that nowadays with LEDs it should be possible to have a low weight system controlled by Arduino(s) that could simulate a "day". Has anyone seen a system like that?