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 Posted - December 11 2015 : 8:34:14 PM
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Any thoughts how to get a DCC decoder into this Hornby 0-4-0? I am not a machinist.
Perhaps I'd better just leave it alone and run it as analog?
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Posted - December 11 2015 : 8:53:24 PM
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Looks like plenty of room in the cab for it. Will it look good with wires and a decoder showing through the cab? No, not really, but if that's the only space you have...Many of these older engines were never designed for add-on electronics, so you have to get creative, or sometimes just let them live as analog-only loco's. Some are just too hard to convert.
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Posted - December 11 2015 : 10:47:09 PM
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Will there always be a train coupled on? If so, the decoder could live in the first car the way it is in the tender of non-tank engines.
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Posted - January 19 2016 : 01:06:47 AM
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quote:
Any thoughts how to get a DCC decoder into this Hornby 0-4-0? I am not a machinist.
Perhaps I'd better just leave it alone and run it as analog?
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â December 11 2015Â :Â 8:34:14 PM
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An N scale decoder will do the trick
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Posted - January 19 2016 : 02:48:13 AM
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You might also be able to find room for a chip in one of her water tanks.
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Posted - January 31 2016 : 10:22:29 AM
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Thanks for the tips. I might be going that route soon.
Getting my nerve up.
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Posted - January 31 2016 : 6:17:53 PM
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Would the decoder chip be called a "decoder crisp" in England?  
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Posted - January 31 2016 : 8:08:24 PM
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Maybe they should be called "decoder fries" in the U.S.
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Posted - January 31 2016 : 8:53:41 PM
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Well, if you wire 'em wrong...
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Posted - February 09 2016 : 8:13:05 PM
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quote:Would the decoder chip be called a "decoder crisp" in England?
Originally posted by scsshaggy - January 31 2016 : 6:17:53 PM
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You guys make me smile. Truth be told the first time I ever tried to install
a decoder crisp, or fry, was following a MR article on installing a chip into
a dual motored Bachmann 44 ton switcher. I got the grounds crossed,
and it indeed quickly became a fry, or a crisp. Trashed that model fast
it did. 
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