Well, the end of the line. The green Garratt has now finally been completed and awaiting pickup by its new owner. He supplied the Massoth decoders (#8154001, with one in each drive) plus the LGB #65001 sound decoder. I had to remove the circuit board from the sound decoder casing to fit in the tender. The speaker is mounted in the firebox.
To readdress the LGB decoder I had to use an LGB programmer as the NCE was unable to change the address. The drives are matched for speed and the chuff synch is pretty good. On speed step '1' (out of 28 steps) the two start whistles sound then the drive moves off smoothly with no increase in the speed steps. I am extremely pleased with the performance considering it is a modified drive with the additional axle in each drive block.
It will negotiate down to 5 ft 6 in diameter curves on speed step '1'. This I feel is the minimum curve it will run on. The black Garratt in the previous posting will remain a shelf queen as I have no intention of running it or installing decoders.
To readdress the LGB decoder I had to use an LGB programmer as the NCE was unable to change the address. The drives are matched for speed and the chuff synch is pretty good. On speed step '1' (out of 28 steps) the two start whistles sound then the drive moves off smoothly with no increase in the speed steps. I am extremely pleased with the performance considering it is a modified drive with the additional axle in each drive block.
It will negotiate down to 5 ft 6 in diameter curves on speed step '1'. This I feel is the minimum curve it will run on. The black Garratt in the previous posting will remain a shelf queen as I have no intention of running it or installing decoders.
Must finish my Garrett at some point saying that somewhere in the back garden is the LG &BR a lost railway !!