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nice little job looks good

There was a gentleman who had on display, Dominion of New Zealand with two tenders, based on when Bittern was repainted in Garter Blue in 2010/11 and had them for the tours

Hi there. I'm sure I saw you buying that set at GETS! I remember thinking, "That's a good-looking set. If they don't buy it, then I'll have a look." Frankly, I think you've done far more with it than I would have done. BTW, what was the name of the company from which you bought the 2nd batch of motors?

it is great to see the two tenders - amazing - I enjoyed making my video on it ;) the one that got away! Excellent buy thereRegards Elizabeth

Hi Dave - amazing - glad you got this fabulous Flying Scotsman

It's funny, I've been pondering this exact conversion for a few months now. Nice job, saved it to perform at a later date (just waiting to see if luck will hold out for Hornby 2025)

Never new 2 tenders. Have 2 never used 40 years old.

What is the upgrade motor called ? how much and where di you buy it if you don't mind me asking its just i have a similar model i would like to convert

Can't remember which kit it was i got, not Horns and Whistles i know. Looks to be the same motor. I took mine apart and found theyre cheap and nasty motors. Since then I've stuck to tinkering the original ringfields to work as well as they can. Can assure you that the old mechanism works just as well as the CD motor, and has more torque. Since the CD kit burned out on me (running a rake of 3 coaches at about 3V) I've never thrown out the old stuff! Have seen original Ringfields with decoders working ok before, not sure which chip though as I Know some chips just won't take more than 200mA. The loco locking up as it goes can be fixed with some cleaning and oiling (usually gets anything from this period going). It'll also help performance. Really nice job, sounds great. All the best Will

It's so difficult to find a Sir Nigel Gresley in br blue.

If you a tiny spot of silicon sealant to fix nameplates, it is removable and will not do any damage.

A better way to scratch off unwanted decals is to use a cocktail stick as it will not scratch the underlying paint or plastic.

Great to see your doing blogg vidios again, i had the best time at the Electric train show, and great to have met you and your Dad. 😊

Love the sounds

Can I have both of them please for £0?

What sound file did you use?

That’s amazing work.

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Right I’m not going home to do my hair or anything I can just say hi to you and

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Witch shop did you buy them from ???

I have used the Lais Kung fu stay alive with Digitrax DZ 125 decoders in 4-wheel n scale trolleys with reasonable success. sometimes odd bahavior but usually nothing like what is described here.

Sorry for asking but are you insane? 11 wagons filled with load and you are giving no break van?

How fast is that flying scoutsman live steam?

I wonder why these didn't use radio control, like many larger scale live steamers do? The receiver could run from the same track power that heats the water (presumably stepped down to 5V with a voltage regulator), and use micro servos to control the valves. Seems like that would allow for much more precise real-time control.

I am having the the same problem, the train runs for a short time then starts jerking. If you take it off the track the train runs backwards. This is on a Bachman j72 with next 18. It was wired up as the Hornsby magazine with stay alive pads. I have used two different makers chips ,but still the same results

Very nice I'd like to know where you got yours at I have been looking for a nice one used

Love it, but she only went forwards and backwards. I prefer to see her going somewhere.

How did you do the brake ones?

the 350 seems naked

Nice layout! Fantastic job with the HST too, I’ve subbed - look forward to seeing more :)

Where’d u get that station and platforms

Why only TWO CHUFFS per revolution? Should be at least FOUR....RIGHT? Isn't a Castle a FOUR CYLINDER engine?? Why do sound decoders in British locos seem to NEVER have accurate chuffs??

I see you're using a DC Concepts rolling road. Probably not a good idea - when I tested my own live steam Scotsman on the same rolling road not only did one of the rollers start to melt but so did the track underneath. A quick phone call to DC Concepts revealed that this particular RR isn't rated for live steam. You live and learn.

Very nice, I’ve just bought one of these and am trying to gather as much info as possible, you seem to have that under control 👍

typical DCC VERY unrealistic sound

THe light bleed is disappointing bi directional nano LEDs are available. did you use a ESU sugar cube speaker? who supplied the decoder. Other than that good video I am in the middle of fitting sound and lights to my newly purchased M7

Is that 350 a thameslink?

It's a shame Bachmann don't do a pig, it would be a far more popular model in its various guises.

Disastros - bloody 'orrible things. Is that the windscreen wipers going at 1.17?

Did it have tail (red) lights when you first got it?

I think I may have the same sound decoder, it's a Zimo from Youchoos but nothing from the film Terminus. There are some platform announcements however th-cam.com/video/YKn8xH6Foks/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/E4-Zb8QkThc/w-d-xo.html

same here. turning off dc mode completely bricks stay alive, when dc mode on the decoder probably senses dc voltage from the capacitor and switching to dc mode and run for couple of the seconds ( energy in the capacitor)

More to the point, how did you wire 2 EM2s? They are 4 ohms each, so 2 in parallel would push the Loksound V4...

Hi Dave. What make is the stay alive or is it home made? It certainly makes a massive difference.

I see you are getting the hang of it Dave but I can see your biggest problem trying to get it to go slow is the very tight curves quickly followed by the long straight. The '5 flick lag' (at one second apart) means you will never have time to power up to overcome the drag of the curves and power down to take the minimum drag straight. These things are so like the original that they really need a big layout with big radius curves to get the best out of them. The OO Live Steam Roadshow is 16' x 8' and that's about the minimum to realistically run OO Live Steam. Keep posting the vids. Great fun to watch. Adrian

I've had exactly this problem too. My setup used the Lais dcc decoder supplied by The Widget Shed (via E-Bay) and a DCC Concepts heavy duty stay alive purchased direct from them. I found a number of problems, not just this one. 1. When the loco is removed from the track it starts up, exactly as shown in this video. 2. When the stay alive kicks in on insulated track sections it goes at a set (fast) speed and only in one direction. Eg, if the loco is going forwards slowly, when it comes to the dead section it suddenly speeds up. However if the loco is going backwards slowly, when it gets to the dead section it suddenly shoots off backwards to where it came from until the capacitors discharge and it then sets off back towards the dead section again! All of this only works with CV29 set to 6. If you set it to 2 (one of the settings that disables DC running) then it completely bricks the stay alive and the loco behaves like it's not fitted. Also programming sometimes becomes impossible with the stay alive connected. I've had a number of conversations with the guys at DCC Concepts and they confirmed what I thought, in that the stay alive unit is just a power bank and incapable of changing direction or speed. That is all down to the programming of the DCC decoder. So the concensus is (as others here have said) that the Lais DCC decoder is not suitable for use with a stay alive. This is unless there is a secret setting to CV29 that would solve the problem.

Hmm... interesting problem. What capacitors have you used for the stay alive? I have some ideas as to what could cause the behavior, but to validate them I need to understand your setup. Also, what happens if you apply a little pressure on one of the driven wheels (with a finger, let's say) while you pick-up the model and the motor start to run?

Nice.

Brilliant running session! APT looks fantastic and really pleased to see this running, what motor and sound have you got in her? I’m working on a 10 car APT myself but not had a track to run her on yet 😕 thanks for sharing cheers Dazza