Great video series Christopher. I do got a few questions as I’m wanting to learn this decoder swapping stuff. 1. Does the series of what you did to this model basically follow a standard instructions with any other manufacturers model’s, ie. Scaletrains, Atlas, Rapido, etc? If so, 2. Do you have to do much speed matching, I was told that different manufacturers will possibly use different sizes gears which will make different models run at different speeds? I’m a Soundtraxx guy myself and have two scaletrains with ESU in them and I like the ESU and will keep them the same, but for my future reference. Very great video series and you made this look simple for someone like me who has never done this and is looking to learn. Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing these videos.
Are yours Chessies? Would love to see them. Scale trains does the same thing, having a special board to control the class lights. I'm about to wrap up mine and will do a final video. If you have enough track, speed matching shouldn't be hard. Put one you consider the main on the track and one you want to speed match to and set each at the same display speed. Use programming on the main to make adjustments on the fly and you'll get real-time changes as they both are running. I would suggest "start/mid/high" for simplicity.
Great video series Christopher. I do got a few questions as I’m wanting to learn this decoder swapping stuff. 1. Does the series of what you did to this model basically follow a standard instructions with any other manufacturers model’s, ie. Scaletrains, Atlas, Rapido, etc? If so, 2. Do you have to do much speed matching, I was told that different manufacturers will possibly use different sizes gears which will make different models run at different speeds? I’m a Soundtraxx guy myself and have two scaletrains with ESU in them and I like the ESU and will keep them the same, but for my future reference. Very great video series and you made this look simple for someone like me who has never done this and is looking to learn. Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing these videos.
Are yours Chessies? Would love to see them. Scale trains does the same thing, having a special board to control the class lights. I'm about to wrap up mine and will do a final video. If you have enough track, speed matching shouldn't be hard. Put one you consider the main on the track and one you want to speed match to and set each at the same display speed. Use programming on the main to make adjustments on the fly and you'll get real-time changes as they both are running. I would suggest "start/mid/high" for simplicity.