I seem to recall reading a post where someone identified which component on the Revo receiver that is the driver for the head lights. I have two boards, one that the headlight doesn't work at all and the other with a headlight is on all the time regardless of direction. The other back up lights work normally as do all other functions so I am assuming the issue is a bad driver. I have plenty of spares so for the time I will just swap out the boards but eventually would like to fix them. Thanks in...

In my quest to accomplish satisfactory smoke chuffing for my Hudson, I bought a Zimo MX695KN, which has both fan and heater control with BEMF braking on the fan.  I plan to pair this with a AirWire Convrtr.  I got everything laid out to start assembling it, and discovered that, along with the sound outputs, the cam sensor input on the KN version (no sound) has been removed.  Since I'm using a Phoenix sound module, I really need to be able to control the smoke chuff with the cam se...

running on our little track last weekend.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMIMEFOg9Vk   This was the very first outing with the set of Accucraft's generic smoothsiders - in this case, in CPR maroon.  The odd car out was made by Alan Wright in Ontario, and looks, to my aging eyeballs, to be nearer the correct shade.  However, Rule 8 applies over here in yUK, the same as everywhere else.    For anybody interested, the loco ran for 39 minutes on ethanol and jud...

Last week Dennis Cherry asked about a vendor he saw in the background of one of the pictures of the NGRC convention hall: Scaled Automation. Here is the answer.   This sytem uses battery power in the engines and WiFi for control. I grabbed the four handouts they had at their booth and talked to them briefly. The company is out of Omaha Nebraska and is introducing a full line of plug in electronics to allow operation of engines and the complete layout from your computer. I tried to go to...