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The set is £189. The 3 red lights would need a disproportional amount of work to mount then and prevent light bleed - They could end up looking really bad so I left them alone.

Thanks for fast reply- Ree makes baggagevan/ compartment coaches with appropriate end of train tail lights so Is it possible to order whole consist from You?

I have the OCEM 30 / 32 and DEV52 fourgons with lights Some of the voiture metallisee had them but I think the ones I have left are later colours www.aandhmodels.co.uk/ree-ho-coaches-1448-c.asp I am based in the UK

They will run on 32mm gauge track - I am sorry but I do not have any experience with three rail

I was trying to find if Fleischmann have done it but so far I think they have only done the earlier re4/4 II series and not the modernised Re421

Snow is optional - The real thing needs to be moved and checked that it still works. Well that's my justification...

@@digitalcareline Indeed I agree, Im almost finished laying my track and wires plus start of point motors so almost ready to run. So many lanscape ideas in my head. Being an atomated 3M end to end looking for ideas to give it some more interest so maybe now thinking making the landscape a winter theme with snow. This Loco would look great as part of that I think. Thanks once again for sharing as always new ideas gained.

A snow layout can be difficult to pull off - the all white look can just flatten the layout. - it does need colour interest

@@digitalcareline Thanks for advice, snow idea now deleted on my list of possibles.

There are European and British Class 66 on the ESU download site - The base sounds may have been adapted for their own model

A little

Also are you planning on ordering some Czech trains in the future?

The Rivarossi Effeshunter 1000 is on order - I have a few CD wagons on order for customers. I can get in many more, however there are 113 CD HO models listed at the UK wholesaler so I need to know what items are going to be most popular . Cheers Chris

@@digitalcarelineI think some Popular ones are Roco CD 750 and the CD wagons,I try to model with CD but they are expensive and usually sold out quickly.

The Class 08 looks good as does their Class 31. Things like the snow plough and DCC cranes take a lot of courage from a manufacturer - it is difficult to cover the R&D costs on specialist models

MU commissioned quite a few liveries but it was a long time ago. Cheers Chris

Have you got a wheelbase measurement? The bridge is 183mm Cheers Chris

I have just tried a new LZV200 on my PC - It has connected but I already had the driver automatically installed from earlier uses. Checks - is the green light on? (Green with flashing yellow is data transfer) Look in PC device manager - look down the list to Ports COM & LPT - The LZV200 will show as USB Serial Port (COM*) where * is the com port number allocated by your machine. If you right click and try Update Driver this may work I have asked Lenz if they are aware of any changes to the Microsoft driver setup system - Microsoft seems to be forever evolving with constant updates

@@digitalcareline Thanks very much. I tried the updates but it tells me that none could be found. However when I connected the LZV200 to my other (desktop) computer it was detected right away and recognized by the Lenz CV editor. I'll run through your advice again though and see what I can find. Many thanks.

Lenz have confirmed that there are no changes to the Driver software - One customer said that a factory reset of the LZV200 allowed it to connect - select loco 0 then press 4 twenty times - the bottom red LED on the LZV200 will blink of then on again - unplug for a minute - once switched on again it will have reset

The sections are powered through the module - probably best to look at the manual page 15 www.lenz-elektronik.de/src/pdf/b_11230.pdf

Not usually a good sign - unless you are running live steam Cheers Chris

This is the old system - left for information - the New Set 101 has a built in PC interface

@@digitalcareline Fantastic thank you

With feedback you are monitoring if something is using power on the track section - you will need to isolate and wire up each individual section to the feedback module to get a correct indication of track occupancy. You can wire just the isolated rail. You need the live rail to be connected near to each section to give the best result

@@digitalcareline Understood thank you

This is difficult to do in snippets. For British OO Train Tech make a range of DCC Colour signals that would be simple to control from the Lenz system or from software. The BM3 works with several German signal makes but I am unaware of a UK signal that conforms with the expected standard - The BM3 also ties you to ABC braking using the locomotive decoders. Most software can do the same without using the ABC system. From the information I have you just want a DCC decoder to give your signals an accessory address then Traincontroller software can switch the signal as part of your route

@@digitalcareline Thanks for reply yes that is correct. I do no longer wish to use the decoder chip abs, and yes all I require is an accessory address then Traincontroller software can switch the signal as part of your route any recomendations please or how to do this

What Signals are you using?

@@digitalcareline Unsure yet. I only need 2 maybe 3 for N gauge simple 2 aspect will be fine, still doing research

I also plan to use PM1 or PM2 point motors as I know they work well with the LS 150

The Soviet era designs have a certain charm - in a world of computational fluid dynamics, occasionally a brick does the same job. The contrast is always interesting

Traincontroller - Comprehensive set of programmes that can be purchased from Friewald. Prices vary according to the complexity of your layout and I recommend you contact them directly for advice about their product. Friewald are very well respected and their software runs a large number of visitor attractions around the world. PC only iTrain - Programme for PC from the Netherlands www.berros.eu RocRail - wiki.rocrail.net. This is open source and needs a reasonable working knowledge of your PC. RocRail is entirely run by volunteers and kept going by donations, please keep this in mind when contacting them for advice. JMRI www.jmri.org - This is open source and needs a reasonable working knowledge of your PC. RocRail is entirely run by volunteers and kept going by donations, please keep this in mind when contacting them for advice. Windigipet www.windigipet.de

@@digitalcareline I plan on using BM3's for signals etc will this unit still be needed

Train detection is useful if you are going to automate with a PC programme. The BM3 would probably be wasted if you intend to run from a PC. If you intend to run an automation without a PC but with the ABC settings on decoders then you can use the BM3 and you will not need the LRB08 Feedback module

A tripod gets in the way - it would be nice to have the luxury of setting up a shoot, scripting and re-shooting for the perfect edit - in reality these films are disposable and cannot exist without subsidy. Kind regards Chris

There is no Loconet connection

The Piko Br243 model is more recent so benefits from features that have been added using the PluX22 interface - the Roco models have fewer lighting features as they were designed when headlights and tail lights were the expected standard. Piko also supply their models with all handrails and wipers fitted - Roco often leave parts to be fitted by the customer which can be fiddly. In terms of paint, sound and drive they are both good so it comes down to personal choice

Adding locos are here: www.aandhmodels.co.uk/smartcontroller-part-11-12-first-drives-2091-c.asp Flim 1.2 looks at general CV programming on the programming track - for beginners to the hobby the factory settings on DCC models are pretty good - we want to keep the hobby open and going into huge depth on customization is a bit like Volkswagen delivering a car and telling the owner to map the engine before driving it. I do go into much more detail in my DCC help pages www.aandhmodels.co.uk/dcc-help-pages-897-c.asp I do not want to scare people of by making programming look like it is mandatory

Possibly on 3- rail track - a whole different wheel profile

They still haven't gone for full multi-colour cabs like other manufacturers, to be fair you really have to look to notice

Accuracy vs detail in this case - I guess when they did the CAD work they hadn't realised it would be behind frosted windows - its a cool surprise when you open it.