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That’s the one, the green bit was missing. Hopefully arrive today or tomorrow as was despatched yesterday but I may not get into it until the weekend now to trial.

Coiled cable seems a bit daft to include!

Well, slow start. The NCE starter set was missing the “2 pin track wire connector” so I couldn’t get it set up. Seller was quick to respond and apologise sending out a new part tomorrow.

Will try again later in the week.

Thank you, I’ll stick with it then.

Could you get a Peco surface mounted motor (With a Peco point) and partially glue it onto a thin board or a thin piece of plastic which is also glued to the underside of the point? It would need to be thin but it could be an idea? That’s a nice simple solution that I completely missed. Definitely o...

Thanks for the advice all. I’ve spent far too much on trains now so not rushing into the next phase of automating things.

Useful point on the inertia, will have to watch that one.

Thanks again

I’ve seen mixed reviews on the use of sewing machine oils, are these a no no? I’ve used a tiny amount using a pin to drop it into location.

Second question, do you lubricate new trains or simply assume that the manufacturer has covered enough to then service later down the road?

Thank you

Hello, Based on my reading so far I’ll know I’ll get some flak but I’ll stick my neck out. I’ve got a cubby-hole where my train set lives and I don’t want to pin it down as it’s on a hard floor and sits nicely. As part of my new DCC set up I’m thinking of going for motorised points which I can contr...

Shouldn't make any difference BB, as the platform top surface measurement is taken from rail top. So regardless of whats under the track the distance is 12mm from rail top. TBH 12mm is very prescriptive and is a guide for the modeller taken from standard dimensions set by BR. :D Definitely a guide ...

Hi all,

New to the forum, I’m due to receive a NCE powercab in the next few days. Naturally I’ll follow the instructions… but any advice for a new user of the system in terms of set up or operations?

Thank you

Thanks for the PM, one now returned.