Piko HO DCC coach lights are just a tad more advanced. F0 - general start up (all lights on). F1 - background noise. (Yes, it has sound too). F2 - random noises (cutlery & crockery sounds etc.) F3 - cash register light F4 - kitchen light F5 - dining room light F6 - dimmer for dining room light F7 - corridor lamps F8 - tail lights F9 to F15 dialogue sounds F16 - rail joint sounds The lights flicker when they come on, just like real fluorescent lights do.
There's a brand-new way to turn the lights on and off using your controller or smartphone/tablet. You don't even have to touch the coaches. It's called Digital Command and Control, aka DCC. When I say brand-new, I don't really mean brand-new. DCC has been around for 26 years. The lights on coaches, (made by a different company), don't go off when one side of the coach lifts off the track. ALL the wheels have to be lifted off the track, as would happen in the case of a derailment.
Well, the CIWL cars had classic lighting that used incandescent bulbs. The classic CIWL metal cars, Rw, Pullman and Lx lounges, were built between the 1920s and 1930s, then fluorescent tubes did not exist as industrial commercial lighting. It's that simple. Fluorescent lighting tubes were not widely implemented until the 1960s. This lighting system, developed by Hornby, I believe reproduces the lighting tone of incandescent bulbs quite well.
Haha yea I know, this is more advanced then their British 4 and 6 wheel coaches with the magnets I guess. This could be quite handy to someone who does not run DCC.
@@azuma892 Why would anyone use the obsolete analogue system, where the brightness of the lights is dependent of the speed the train is going? When the train is stopped on DC - no lights.
@@Poliss95 I beg to differ, as there is still some guys like me who enjoy running some old analog stuff, as it actually works all of the time, and you don't have to have a computer / electronics science degree to just have fun running trains. Case in point, I just spent half a day trying to figure out how to set up the control car of my Klimajet, as there was no respective info in the manual...
...and to add to the discussion about quality & design, it's absolutely amazing what kind of junk Hornby & Bachmann offer as highly detailed British trains compared to the likes of Roco, Jouef, Rivarossi, Piko, Maerklin etc. I just started 2 years ago with model trains again, and gave some British rolling stock a chance, but everything else I have is far more detailed, better quality & design, and even 60-70 year old Marklin or Jouef locos & cars look better than their attempt of making a good product. On the positive side, all Jouef & Rivarossi items I have ordered from Hornby UK arrived within days from the UK to the US, so at least they have that part covered.
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Piko HO DCC coach lights are just a tad more advanced.
F0 - general start up (all lights on).
F1 - background noise. (Yes, it has sound too).
F2 - random noises (cutlery & crockery sounds etc.)
F3 - cash register light
F4 - kitchen light
F5 - dining room light
F6 - dimmer for dining room light
F7 - corridor lamps
F8 - tail lights
F9 to F15 dialogue sounds
F16 - rail joint sounds
The lights flicker when they come on, just like real fluorescent lights do.
There's a brand-new way to turn the lights on and off using your controller or smartphone/tablet. You don't even have to touch the coaches. It's called Digital Command and Control, aka DCC.
When I say brand-new, I don't really mean brand-new. DCC has been around for 26 years.
The lights on coaches, (made by a different company), don't go off when one side of the coach lifts off the track. ALL the wheels have to be lifted off the track, as would happen in the case of a derailment.
Well, the CIWL cars had classic lighting that used incandescent bulbs.
The classic CIWL metal cars, Rw, Pullman and Lx lounges, were built between the 1920s and 1930s, then fluorescent tubes did not exist as industrial commercial lighting. It's that simple.
Fluorescent lighting tubes were not widely implemented until the 1960s.
This lighting system, developed by Hornby, I believe reproduces the lighting tone of incandescent bulbs quite well.
How come Hornby's continental models are far more advanced than their British stuff.
You think that is advanced? 😂
Haha yea I know, this is more advanced then their British 4 and 6 wheel coaches with the magnets I guess. This could be quite handy to someone who does not run DCC.
@@azuma892 Why would anyone use the obsolete analogue system, where the brightness of the lights is dependent of the speed the train is going? When the train is stopped on DC - no lights.
@@Poliss95 I beg to differ, as there is still some guys like me who enjoy running some old analog stuff, as it actually works all of the time, and you don't have to have a computer / electronics science degree to just have fun running trains. Case in point, I just spent half a day trying to figure out how to set up the control car of my Klimajet, as there was no respective info in the manual...
...and to add to the discussion about quality & design, it's absolutely amazing what kind of junk Hornby & Bachmann offer as highly detailed British trains compared to the likes of Roco, Jouef, Rivarossi, Piko, Maerklin etc. I just started 2 years ago with model trains again, and gave some British rolling stock a chance, but everything else I have is far more detailed, better quality & design, and even 60-70 year old Marklin or Jouef locos & cars look better than their attempt of making a good product.
On the positive side, all Jouef & Rivarossi items I have ordered from Hornby UK arrived within days from the UK to the US, so at least they have that part covered.
I wonder who asked for this, as I typically adjust lights with my DCC controller...