A DZ125 might fit and I believe TCS has a couple tiny decoders.
Rich
If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.
Darth! 'Nobody else' is the answer to your question! Once again a really neat project.
I have one of these critters. It is built as stock and runs OK on DC without added weights but the drive system is pretty whiny - lots of gear noise. Before I scrap the original drive I am going to add some weight (there is lots of space) and a DCC decoder to see what improvements I can make. I am going to use electrofrog turnouts so getting through the switches shouldn't be a problem, theoretically anyhow.
As far as your modeling skills go, I have only one complaint - I can't keep up!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Pretty cool. Anything that can turn one of these things into a useful loco is OK by me.
I can probably survive without a Tsunami, but sure would be nice to get a decoder in there
Inquiring minds want to know about the part # on the motor and source. I assume the rest is just look it up in the NWSL catalog, other than what you fabbed, which is obvious and clean enough to follow in your pics.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
I'm sorry, but where are you going to put the Tsunami and the speaker?
Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum
L O V E T H A T ! ! ! !
I got a Grandt Line Box Cab switcher kit a couple days ago, along with a few other parts, and it's coming along nicely so far.
And why am I crazy? Well,
I mean really, who else would stick a Swiss coreless motor in there that fills the entire cab, use a belt drive with pulleys made from scrap plastic and freight car wheels, and finish it off with NWSL Flea gearboxes and axles? I will say though, this is one of the smoothest and quietest runners I've ever built! And with the large coreless armature and sheer mass of the big motor, it can easily coast through switches, and it has enough traction to pull half a dozen freight cars!
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