[homingpigeon]

Hi, I'm new to this forum and I've got an N gauge layout with a Dapol GWR 14xx 0-4-2 and a Graham Farish GWR Castle 4-6-0 "Powderham Castle". I would like to know whether or not I can convert them into DCC and if so which chips and controllers do I use? I think the 14xx is DCC converatble as there is info about it on the Dapol website but I don't know anything about the Castle. Can anyone help?

 

[Nigel2001]

The GF can be done, but you need to insulate the brush gear from the chassis block. There are commercial kits which have insulated brush gear components for GF chassis. A decent DCC retailer with N gauge experience should be able to offer a suitable selection of bits.

Neither loco is so small as to create fundamental problems in fitting a decoder.

 

[Chinahand]

QUOTE (homingpigeon @ 21 Jan 2008, 18:26) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi, I'm new to this forum and I've got an N gauge layout with a Dapol GWR 14xx 0-4-2 and a Graham Farish GWR Castle 4-6-0 "Powderham Castle". I would like to know whether or not I can convert them into DCC and if so which chips and controllers do I use? I think the 14xx is DCC converatble as there is info about it on the Dapol website but I don't know anything about the Castle. Can anyone help?

Hi homingpigeon,

I'm a newbie too but I can definitely confirm that it is possible to convert both of these locos to DCC. I was not confident enough to try it myself so I had them done by Digitrains. If you give Chris a call on 01526 328633 or drop him an e-mail on [email protected] I am sure he will be able to help. As I also bought my ESU Controller from Digitrains they installed compatible chips (I have had 12 locos done all together) which were mainly either TCS M1 s, CTelektronik DCX74 s or DCX74z s. The latter are very small and will even fit some Z Gauge locos.

Hope this helps.

Trevor aka Expat.

 

[homingpigeon]

Thanks to all, will cheack out Digitrains and my local dealer.