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By MIKE WILD 3rd January 2023

… Cab interior detail is comprehensive and as well as the control desk there is an AWS bell on the central bulkhead … and it is pleasing to see that a plug-and-play option for digital sound has been introduced. Body detail, shaping and …

By LEWIS BUCKNELL 1st April 2023

… and kept all wiring simple. I’ve considered upgrading to Digital Command Control but as the layout is single track and I only ever run … 4mm: 1ft Size: 16ft x 2ft Region: Midland Period: 1950s Control: Analogue … Misselthwaite - the Yorkshire Dales in OO …

By MIKE WILD 24th January 2023

… great strides in simplifying how we can go about adding digital sound. Dapol has been particularly keen to make its … 30 locomotives. Highlights of the project include function control of heavy exhaust and coasting sounds as well as the … off when decelerating F27 Volume control … INSTALLING DIGITAL SOUND IN A DAPOL GWR ‘MANOR’ 1. Dapol’s new GWR …

By Harry Fielding 23rd December 2022

… an add-on kit of bits to provide a simple one push button control to rotate the 180 degrees which I needed. Above: A … - or to dip my toes into the brave new (for me) world of digital. I had been working on a new club layout based on … and all manner of things. The real benefit of using a digital system like CBUS is to reduce dramatically the number …

By MIKE WILD 28th December 2022

… layout which meant devising new options to manage point control. Our final choice was to use the route setting … Size: 19ft 6in x 10ft Gauge: ’OO’, 16.5mm Scale: 4mm:1ft Control: DCC , Gaugemaster Prodigy … Above: Hornby's new LNER …

By MIKE WILD 28th February 2023

… with pine batons across the boards to brace them. DC control for me was an easy decision. Digital Command Control (DCC) at the time was just coming on to the scene - …

By MIKE WILD 27th January 2023

… lock coupling in an NEM pocket. The cab interior has control desk detail and equipment while the cab doors do … analogue using switches inside the locomotive. Under DCC control , the No. 1 end lights are controlled by Function 0 …

By MIKE WILD 1st February 2023

BR’s Modernisation Plan brought with it a raft of pilot scheme diesel locomotives and amongst those was the Metropolitan-Vickers Co-Bo – one of the more unusual and arresting designs of the era.

By CHRIS GOUGH 13th December 2022

… before it hardened. Operation The layout is set up for Digital Command Control (DCC) running and uses a Digikeijs DR5000 controller … time is and which train is next. There’s also a 150mm high digital display clock so that viewers can see how well we’re …

26th October 2022

… Advancement of Digital Command Control technology has led to a great deal of innovation in …   Roco has introduced this fullyfunctioning ‘HO’ scale digital crane to its range of working accessories. Gauge: …

By Chris Clifford 23rd January 2023

… while not appearing too sharp under the harsh focus of a digital macro lens, looks perfectly good to the naked eye. … the observer’s more spartan seat, textured floor sections, control columns and rudder bars (seatbelts are represented by … what are presumably radiators. Above and below: All flying/control surfaces have a decent depiction of skin stretched …

By MIKE WILD 30th November 2022

… quietly throughout the speed range on both analogue and digital control systems and also proved to have plenty of haulage … an injection moulded enclosure behind the motor to make digital sound installations straightforward – just choose …

By JONATHAN NEWTON 16th December 2022

… layout may be cheaper and easier to operate using analogue control, and you can always upgrade to Digital Command Control in the future. 20 Have fun! Take your time and enjoy …

26th November 2022

… Stanier ‘Pacifics’ with five-pole skew-wound motor, 21-pin Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder socket and sprung metal buffers. …

By MIKE WILD 9th April 2023

British outline ready-to-run ‘O’ gauge continues to grow in popularity. MIKE WILD catches up with the latest developments for 7mm scale.