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Read Part 1 of this article. Read Part 2 of this article. As a preface let me say this: The results of this install are mixed. On one hand, I got everything to fit, with room to spare! Which is excellent news. I also learned a lot, which is also excellent news. However, several things went wrong with [...] Read Part 1 of this article. A preface: I’d hoped to have this wrapped up by now, but frying a headlamp and the decoder itself have proved insurmountable delays. I can at least say something about the first steps taken in this install. Here’s where we left off: Pondering a tight fit! As it is, there are a [...] It’s a shame that Kato only manufactures a DE10 in H0 scale. The Tomix model that I have (part number 2208) is not a brilliant runner; moreover, it is a notoriously difficult DCC conversion. This article series is all about how to convert a Tomix DE10 to DCC. And I’ll say this now: It’s not so [...] Just in, after a long wait for it to make it back into production: A Tomix DE10 (seen here pulling HOKI 800 empties down the Ikea Line). This is easily my favorite diesel locomotive, perhaps ever. Although new, this model has a reputation for being a noisy, uneven runner—and sadly mine lives up to this reputation. [...] |
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