The Kato EM13 and FL12 drop-in decoders, when used in Kato “DCC Friendly” models, are basic but fairly nice, and dead-simple to install. In this post, I demonstrate how to install them into Kato’s E4 shinkansen (bullet train). In a previous post, I installed these decoders into a Kato E231-500.
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 Stack of EM13 and FL12 decoders The Kato EM13 and FL12 drop-in decoders, when used in Kato “DCC Friendly” models, are basic but fairly nice, and dead-simple to install. In this post, I demonstrate how to install them into Kato’s E231-500 Yamanote Line. In a later post, I’ll show how to install them into an E4 shinkansen. This one was pretty easy. Four wires, nothing tricky, 20 minutes.  Exterior of KANI24-500 The KANI24-500 is the baggage car used on Hokutosei sleeper express trains. This model is part of my Tomix Yumekukan set. It has a set of markerlights and a signboard that light up when the car is at the rear of the train—which is 50% of the time. The other 50% of the time, when the car is at the front of the train, these lights are all off. One light, one function, easy-peasy. 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 [...] |
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