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By Mike Williams 17th July 2023

… the cockpit receives a multi-functional display (MFD) digital layout. This meant there were great expectations for … The cockpit comprised a one-piece tub, with a separate control column and throttle handle, plus finely raised detail … oil was worked in neat for streaking and staining around control surfaces, engines pods, walkways, and high-traffic …

By Darren Berry 15th January 2023

… Above: Darren Berry uses the Gaugemaster Prodigy system to control his trains. Digital direction Over a few months it took shape to what you … are 6mm plywood on a 2in x 1in timber frame. Wiring is for Digital Command Control (DCC) but with isolating switches so …

By TIM LOWE 4th January 2023

… incorporated to be enable the layout to be used both with Digital Command Control and analogue. All sections can be switched on for digital operation or activated individually for analogue …

By MARK CHIVERS 10th January 2023

… fans, cab illumination, directional lighting and 21-pin Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder socket. While the full size locomotive …

By MIKE WILD 4th April 2023

A new name in ‘OO’ gauge ready-to-run has delivered its first ready-to-run locomotive – the Great Central Railway ‘A5’ 4-6-2T. MIKE WILD takes a closer look at this enticing new addition for Eastern Region modellers.

By Martin Reynolds 1st January 2023

… Photography: Mike Wild WITHAM IS a fictitious ‘OO’ gauge Digital Command Control (DCC) layout set in Somerset in an early 1960s … diesels to be used. All locomotives have been fitted with digital sound and have crew, coal, lamps and buffer beam …

By MIKE WILD 26th December 2022

… throughout the speed range offering excellent slow speed control. Following running in it was subjected to load … headlight and cab interior lighting at one end only. On Digital Command Control (DCC) all lighting functions are … The opening is 24mm long, 4mm wide and 15mm deep. Our digital tests were carried out with a DCC Concepts Zen Nano …

10th December 2022

… model of the Dean ‘Single’ 4-2-2, now fitted with an 8-pin Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder socket, together with original short …

By MIKE WILD 6th March 2023

TransPennine Express has one of the most distinctive liveries on the railway and it is also one of only a handful of train operators to make use of diesel-hauled push-pull trains. MIKE WILD inspects Accurascale’s Nova 3 Mk 5 coaches for ‘OO’.

By MIKE WILD 12th December 2022

… The decoder can operate with basic sounds under analogue control, while the full suite of sounds is available under digital operation. This new version of the Mainline Hunslet …

By MARK CHIVERS 30th December 2022

… layouts, these issues can be even more noticeable with Digital Command Control (DCC) layouts as the audio on sound-fitted … available separately. Suitable for use with analogue and digital control systems, our review sample demonstrated good …

By MIKE WILD 10th March 2023

… team to explain how we built the layout across both our digital video and magazine platforms - and you can read the … frames while the track is all from the Peco code 75 range. Control is by DCC using the Gaugemaster Prodigy system while …

By RICHARD WATSON 24th February 2023

… be more secure and smooth-running, improved access to the Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder through a lift-off magnetic roof …

18th November 2022

… 2006. Hornby’s new model with the addition of Legomanbiffo digital sound helps us to recreate scenes like this in ‘OO’. … new model together with matching Mk 4 coaches. Naturally, Digital Command Control (DCC) sound producers were quick off the mark with …

By MARK CHIVERS 26th November 2022

… been designed so the onboard PCB can be replaced with a Digital Command Control (DCC) ‘wired’ decoder, if required, utilising four …