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question: bought myself an engine.........

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  • From: Nieuwe Niedorp
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Posted by BigBoy1964 on Saturday, January 19, 2008 4:13 AM
 Texas Zepher wrote:

You know PCM already makes PA & Bs with sound built in.

Yes I did, but they don't have a UP set and I am somewhat hungup on them.

And I bought this Proto/Lifelike engine a lot cheaper at MB Klein (without dcc) but I didn't realize the B-unit was motorized.

So I am trying to find a way to leave the motor in the B-unit.

Greetz. Jeroen http://www.ntrack.nl Going for the Orange Express.
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Posted by Texas Zepher on Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:36 PM

 BigBoy1964 wrote:
N-scale ... PA ... want to convert them both to DCC ... prefarable sound
Yipes. I am not familiar with this specific unit but I am guessing you will have to mill the top weights to fit in the decoder, and mill the fuel tank for the speaker.  

You know PCM already makes PA & Bs with sound built in.

http://precisioncraftmodels.com/PCM-449-ALCO-AT&SF-PA2,-Warbonnet,-59L,-Powered-LokSound-DC-DCC,-N-i29127-c3066.html 

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question: bought myself an engine.........
Posted by BigBoy1964 on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 3:05 PM

Gents

I have bought myself an N-scale Lifelike/Proto PA/PB both powered with a 5-pole skewed armature, eight wheel drive, eight wheel elec. pick-up and dual mach. brass flywheels.

It is a very neat looking pair, and I am pleased to have bought them.Smile [:)] (see pics at bottom)

I knew it was DC and want to convert them both to DCC so I problable have to make room for it in the weight of the engine.

But I need a little help in this case in choosing the right (sound)decoder(s) prefarable sound and how to built this into the engine(s) both the A and B unit have the same armature(weight)

I have a little experience, I built one in a steam-engine with a pre-cut opening in the boiler-weight.

??  Is there anybody who did this already  ??

So I welcom any advice or ideas to achive this.

 

Greetz. Jeroen http://www.ntrack.nl Going for the Orange Express.

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