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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 [...] 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 [...] It’s a shame that Kato only manufactures a DE10 in H0 scale. Although Kato now makes an N-scale DE10 that (almost) takes a drop-in decoder, and Tomix has a new tooling of this model due out in late 2010, older Tomix DE10 models are still quite common to find. The Tomix model that I [...] 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 [...] |
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