Tuliper79 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 So here is my Railroad Pug for your viewing pleasure, albeit perhaps limited pleasure. I've converted it to DCC using a rather tight fitting decoder, the Hornby R8249. Then I got a little carried away and installed a fire box light, in the form of a grossly unrealistic orange flickering LED which is way too bright and generally works best on a bright sunny day! Whilst this is clearly ludicrous, it is also great fun./media/tinymce_upload/6be934e987d257b2cd96a6625409a58f.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulver Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Well done, T79, looks fun! Must have been a shoe-horn job with the decoder, eh?Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 If you wanted to tone it down a little, you could put a bigger resistor in series with the LED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Or a dab of suitably colour paint... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choralc Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 This little pug has obviously had nitro injection added! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuliper79 Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 Bulver, it was a little tight but achievable none the less. The greater issue was cutting the wires long enough that they would reach their desired points of termination, but short enough that they would not get wrapped around the worm drive, the compounding effects of which potentially culminating in armageddon, sort of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuliper79 Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 Fishmanoz, having bench tested various sizes of resistor, I'd originally plumped for 1.2k ohms, given the great advantage of retrospect I now wonder if doubling that figure may be the next port of call! Perhaps shortly followed by the alcohol cupboard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Double the resistor, followed by a double sounds like a good strategy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Putting a driver and fireman in would partially mask the flickering LED -er.. if there is room. Otherwise wear dark glasses 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Or you could mount a very large bright light over the layout and you'll hardly notice the LED. I think the resistor would be cheaper and simpler though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pendeenpete Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Glad to see someone else has pug addiction,just chipped mine and it's running great.Just a tip if you are thinking of putting a decoder in one of the latest versions,you don't need to take motor out as per Hornby instructions,however the motor is upside down,so re use the wiring from the pickups as you find it ie the right rail goes to the left motor terminal and left to the right.I didn't and had to change cv29 to reverse direction,I used a Liverpool derived standard eight pin decoder,and had the thick part over the worm.Got this great little loco really cheap from Hawkins,thanks to the member that directed us to their sale.Whatever Hornby have done to this little gem it is now perfectly usable shunter,and has lost the pocket rocketScalextric madness,Happy New Year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Well spotted Pete, with the motor the correct way up, conversion is dead simple, not the complicated procedure in the guide. Also, if you do a conversion and it runs backwards, just swap the orange and grey wires while you still have the body off testing it and you won't need to resort to CV29. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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