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Im building a layout in my loft,based between the years of 1963/68.Western/Midlands regions.Loosley based around the Dudley/Tipton areas.So can run more types of steam/diesels.It a DCC layout 16 line fiddle yards with 4 mainlines.Will try tp upload photos when i can find out how to
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Would anyone please know if you can replace an 00 gauge Bachmann 3 pole motor with a 5 pole one , this being a Crab ?
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Does anyone know if these new Moguls have metal bodies or plastic ?
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Ramsay's British Model Trains Catalogue 10th Edition
deadlyduck replied to tonyw5460's topic in BRM Magazine
I asked if there was going to be a 10th edition, i was told there was no proposal to do one I suppose if they carried on with them it would lead to more n more volumes . It is 2 now -
Let me know if you want anymore Lima.I have quite a bit david
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ZTC 611 UPDATED CONTROLLER!
deadlyduck replied to traction's topic in DCC Discussion Topics (not questions)
Tha manual is an issue.the main thing seems to be the software.so what some of you are saying is you dont need the manual good on you,what about the newbys that want to buy British they also dont need 1.even for driving a car mmmm.I think some of you are missing the point.You are willing to pay £470 for something thats come as incomplete N may in due course fail due to unresolved software problems.Now wehere is that review on the 611 ??.Ah no 1s done 1.Will i be upgrading my 511 ?.Well when it does get around to be properly reviewed like the Roco Z21 n if it passes that test YES i will.after all theres not many things you can nowadays say is truely British -
ZTC 611 UPDATED CONTROLLER!
deadlyduck replied to traction's topic in DCC Discussion Topics (not questions)
Matbe you can enlighten us all to the positives of the New ZTC 611.I think we would all be enlightened to a British product that is fit for the purpose.So i a British product is brought on the market thats not been tested thats not got a relevent instruction manual.That is in fact using buyers as guinea pigs,we should all be in the thros of that eureka moment.If thats the way you feel fair play to you.Myself i would rather go along with a tried n tested item that is fit for purpose.I suppose it never crosses your mind when you buy anything all the tests they go through before you can actually buy it.But there ago you just take it for granted.In last months BRM mag Andy York wote a great piece about the Roco Z21,now compare this to a writeup on the ZTC 611.I just wonder if you own any of the older ZTC products ??.If you are buying a car would you go for a reliable 1 a bucket on wheels Or take pot luck ? -
ZTC 611 UPDATED CONTROLLER!
deadlyduck replied to traction's topic in DCC Discussion Topics (not questions)
Whats the point of that its already too late -
ZTC 611 UPDATED CONTROLLER!
deadlyduck replied to traction's topic in DCC Discussion Topics (not questions)
I think its a shame that once again a British product has been given to the public without the proper backing in place,im not into the ins n outs of this product but i think more should have been put into place before its introduction,customer testing.Its a appears silly to think you can sell something in todays world without even the instructions of how you get to work it.I do have the ZTC 511,why because i believed in buying British also the point motors + the decoders,the problem being the customer service was to say the least crap.I found the decoder very good they are still going,the Point motors not so the 511 well its in a drawer. I cannot see any advantage of introducing any product without the relevent testing.You might get the initial good will buyers but that will die out as the negative points are found.I for 1 would love to believe a British product will take the DCC world by storm .Technology is nowadays short lived.we have seen on other threads how the new Bachmann system has been vilified,yet its not even off the ground.The 611 system in not cheap.So does anyone know why.Whats it got going for it that cannot be bought from another system.I also assume for the price you get bells whistles braces n inbuilt technology for the tomorrows add ons.I may seem a tad sceptical well after the 511 i will leave it to the thousands of 511 happy customers to answer that.You may think that but i can not possibly comment -
If the technology is available n the will of the modellers are with it anything is possible.Its a know fact that be dont like change but like it or not if the will is there it will happen.DCC itself is a common 1.Remember when railways (in the flesh) appeared o my the devil had awoken spitting out fire there was going to be some awefull retrebutions.Well we are still here.Why dont we embrace everything until such time as the powers that be give us a proper review into any new system be it blue tooth black tooth or whatever.No one on here is in a position to judge something they know little or nothing of.Lets have a little patience it might be that we can see a new way of running our layouts that will be easier on the eye the hands n the pocket
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Hey i dont understand all the negativity about this its not even had the chance to be evaluated.Are we the same nation that has given so much new technology to the world.Bachmann has done a lot for modellers world wide.Lets just see now far this new idea takes us.We can then evaluate it in a proper manner
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We should all be saluting new technology.The chip now like it or not rules all of our lives.So putting 1 into a loco or on the next rung of the ladder another technology takes over,so what .Just think of how far so far we have come from the caves in such a small space of time.Technology can benefit everyone,except the 1s that refuse to use it
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Does anyone remember what life was like before the Mobile phone?.Look at what they do now,the same will be said about DCC.We all have choices if you dont want the New technologies you get left behind,me im all for them.Its great to think someone wants to further our hobby but if hobbyists want to stay with their Triang of Wrenn locos so be it they still are able to run them.If its a way of bringing more people into our hobby we should embrace it