11-08-2019, 12:45 AM
....with my thanks to Lutz for both leading the way, and for providing some useful info for my first foray into DCC.
I'm not going to provide a step-by-step "how-to", as Lutz has already covered the topic rather well. Instead, I'll merely offer some photos of my progress, with a few comments where they might be useful. Questions and/or comments are, of course, welcomed. The kit was donated by a friend, and I built it for another friend.
A couple photos of the running gear...
![[Image: 100_8182.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8182.jpg)
![[Image: 100_8181.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8181.jpg)
...and the all-wheel pick-up on the locomotive...
![[Image: 100_8291.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8291.jpg)
...and tender...
![[Image: 100_8292.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8292.jpg)
...along with a look inside the tender, where the power wiring is organised ....
![[Image: 100_8294.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8294.jpg)
...and routed to the decoder...
![[Image: 100_8293.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8293.jpg)
Here's the tender with its back-up light lit...
![[Image: 100_8299.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8299.jpg)
![[Image: 100_8297.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8297.jpg)
Here's the LED which provides the light....
![[Image: 100_8305.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8305.jpg)
...and a look with it, unlit, inserted into a small hole drilled into the back of an MV Products lense...
![[Image: 100_8301.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8301.jpg)
The kit came with an impressive amount of brass detail castings, but some were missing, so I used either similar parts which I had on-hand, or scratchbuilt something appropriate.
A few random views of the fireman's side of the loco...
![[Image: 100_8184.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8184.jpg)
![[Image: 100_8189.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8189.jpg)
![[Image: 100_8192.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8192.jpg)
...and tender...
![[Image: 100_8193.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8193.jpg)
On the engineer's side of the locomotive, I decided to alter the running board to match that shown in a prototype photo. The bumped-up area allowed for the installation of a power-reverse, but it also required new mountings for the piping which forms the cooling coils for the air provided by the air pump...
![[Image: 100_8183.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8183.jpg)
Continued in next post.....
I'm not going to provide a step-by-step "how-to", as Lutz has already covered the topic rather well. Instead, I'll merely offer some photos of my progress, with a few comments where they might be useful. Questions and/or comments are, of course, welcomed. The kit was donated by a friend, and I built it for another friend.
A couple photos of the running gear...
![[Image: 100_8182.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8182.jpg)
![[Image: 100_8181.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8181.jpg)
...and the all-wheel pick-up on the locomotive...
![[Image: 100_8291.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8291.jpg)
...and tender...
![[Image: 100_8292.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8292.jpg)
...along with a look inside the tender, where the power wiring is organised ....
![[Image: 100_8294.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8294.jpg)
...and routed to the decoder...
![[Image: 100_8293.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8293.jpg)
Here's the tender with its back-up light lit...
![[Image: 100_8299.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8299.jpg)
![[Image: 100_8297.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8297.jpg)
Here's the LED which provides the light....
![[Image: 100_8305.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8305.jpg)
...and a look with it, unlit, inserted into a small hole drilled into the back of an MV Products lense...
![[Image: 100_8301.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8301.jpg)
The kit came with an impressive amount of brass detail castings, but some were missing, so I used either similar parts which I had on-hand, or scratchbuilt something appropriate.
A few random views of the fireman's side of the loco...
![[Image: 100_8184.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8184.jpg)
![[Image: 100_8189.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8189.jpg)
![[Image: 100_8192.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8192.jpg)
...and tender...
![[Image: 100_8193.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8193.jpg)
On the engineer's side of the locomotive, I decided to alter the running board to match that shown in a prototype photo. The bumped-up area allowed for the installation of a power-reverse, but it also required new mountings for the piping which forms the cooling coils for the air provided by the air pump...
![[Image: 100_8183.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/BOWSER%20PRR%20A-5/100_8183.jpg)
Continued in next post.....