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It's been done, on a OO scale model. I recall reading about it in a magazine over here a few years ago - they tested a Lima diesel loco fitted out to run from onboard batteries, there was a charging socket fitted to allow recharging without having to remove the bodyshell. <br /> <br />The major problems I can see with building such a model are space inside the shell and the nature of the transmitter unit for the R/C system. The loco I saw converted was fitted with Lima's horrible single-truck "pancake" motor drive - hence plenty of room for batteries and recievers. You would also need a transmitter with a slider-type throttle control, as holding a standard R/C control stick in a steady position for any length of time quickly becomes uncomfortable! <br /> <br />I've not heard any more about these RTR conversions since the article - DCC equipment became widely available over here a few months after the review appeared, and considering the price for the converted loco was roughly double that of buying the loco and fitting a DCC chip, I can see why it would not have been popular. Having said that, as cheap, tiny recievers seem to be easier to find now, it might be possible to build a system that connects to a standard DCC socket (thus isolating the wheel pickups) and produces an R/C loco.
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