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    Starting again

    in Modelling Questions, Help and Tips

    Posted · Edited by Garyw1960

    Gary,

     

    Welcome, and what's your experience like in 12V model railway, or similar such as slot car? The reason for asking is that DCC is an addition to 12V DC locomotives: to get the best from DCC you first need to be able to make 12V DC models run well. (Analogous to first learn to walk, then learn to run.)

     

    DCC has much to offer in customisable fully independent control with potential for automation among much else; simplification of track power supply is secondary. Prices are not going to come down significantly in my opinion, DCC is fully mature having been available over twenty five years by now.

     

    There are various implementations of wireless control and rechargeable on board power emerging, though an obvious winner has yet to become evident. (DCC has become the dominant system for track power 'command control' systems from an initial field of several different offerings: if interested in wireless control it will be worth waiting for 'The winner' as that is what brings prices down and increases the feature set.)

     

    Quite familiar with getting the mabuchi style motor working to its full potential, experience in 12v railways....NIL.  

     

    Experience of landscaping and model making, quite a bit.

     

    My original aim was to produce a representation of Great Yarmouth Beach Station in the fifties. I was born and lived 100 yards from the ticket office in 1960, got all the plans have a real memory for the platforms and ticket office having played there when it went into disuse.  The area was enormous so there would be some compromise.  I would like some form of loop to run passenger rakes that disappear behind a board whilst being able to manouvre the shunters in the coal yards at the same time.  A very basic description of a mammoth task no doubt.

     

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    Gary

    Starting again

    in Modelling Questions, Help and Tips

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    Hi from  Cloudy Norfolk. 

     

    Quick question ..probably no definitive answer.....Analogue or straight to DCC, I have asked the same question on another forum. 

     

    I have much track from a previous excursion into track building , I have the chance to buy "the Anglian" Hornby set unused for £50 with its usual accessories and a track pack "A".

     

    Kind regards

     

    Gary

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