So this loco comes with a dummy DCC chip in the tandy box. It is upgradable to DCC for motor control.
Question is there a soundboard available for this locomotive. Thanks .
That dummy chip can be replaced by a sound decoder, and there are many options available from several manufacturers. Since the decoder goes in the tender, you have plenty of space. What is your road name on the locomotive?
Rich
Chesapeake Ohio #543. Thanks
OK, thanks. The reason I ask is because someone familiar with a C&O 4-8-2 may have a very specific recommendation for a sound decoder that mimics your locomotive.
Rich
Down side of that is a speaker vent in the tender box ??
True, but that model is a coal burning locomotive, so you just use a pin vice to drill small holes in the coal or, alternatively, drill holes in the underside of the tender.
Rich
I donāt know where you are from or what kind of trains you are use to, but most North American HO steam locomotives with DCC and sound have the decoder and speaker in the tender. Depending on the production date of your loco, it may have a tender already setup for a speaker.
Sheldon
Spaceship just landedā¦getting used to the oxygen !!
Also not sure it matters where Iām fromā¦???
We have participants from England to New Zealand, and points in between. So itās hard to predict what your local hobby shop (LHS) is offering.
Be nice if we had one. Seems like the Internet has taken over the local.
So I will ask the question a different way. Why woyld you expeect the speaker or the decoder to be anywhere other than the tender when that is the common practice for North American models?
Sheldon
First of all expect is spelled with 1 āeā and would is spelled here correctly.
Second I never said why would the DCC be installed anywherelse???
If you cant keep it within an intelligent realm. Please donāt respond. Itās meant to be a discussion not a debate.
You can always make your own:
NKP Berkshire Tender Floor by Edmund, on Flickr
NKP Berkshire Tender Preliminary by Edmund, on Flickr
NKP Berkshire DCC by Edmund, on Flickr
A model railroader has to be resourceful.
Regards, Ed
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Yes on drilling holes which I hate. But that looks like a nice tidy setup. Very nice. But drilling into the box Arrg. But only way if need be.
It can get messy. Iāve found that by drilling a small pilot hole (1/8" or so) and using a tapered reamer to enlarge that will help prevent gouging and result in a nice hole.
Something like this:
There are others, this pair is just an example. I have one with a āscrew driverā-like handle by General but I donāt see it around?
These tools are handy for other model RR chores, too.
Does your engine have the Vanderbilt tender? Some of the C&O models did. These can be an even greater challenge to get everything packed into the cylindrical shaped tender!
At 16:20 this video briefly shows the bottom of a Bachmann Vanderbilt tender with speaker holes:
Good Luck, Ed
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You could just install a sound decoder in the tender without any āventingā and see what it sounds like. If i doesnāt sound too muffled, maybe you will like it and just leave it that way.
Rich
I agree with that trial and hopefully not error first. These damm things are so delicate in their mighty plastic parts. Once and done would be nice. But usually doesnāt happen in this sport. Maybe Iāll just have the conductor hold it out the window like a boom box. Nah.
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LOL, sure, why not?
Rich
Well sorry for the typos, I was typing on my phone, not my favorite keyboard.
And yet you donāt see the tone in your comments? Absolutely, I will be quiet from here on out.
Sheldon
Itās not a problem Sheldon itās ok. Maybe I overreacted have a good night. I hate these little keyboards too. You have every right !!
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