Thomas and Friends in N from Bachmann

[Nick]

The two outer wires (black) are the power feed from the wheels and the two inner (blue and red) the motor wires.
Have just finished adding DCC sound to mine, but with Annie permanently attached and the decoder (a Zimo MX649) and speaker (a Youchoos MicroCube) installed in the coach.
Currently doing the same sort of thing to Percy, with the first "troublesome truck" permanently attached.

Apologies for asking a stupid question:

Did you simply remove the existing PCB and make the necessary connections to the appropriate decoder terminals, or does something more subtle have to be done?

I rather fancy having a Thomas  and/or Percy on the layout, as the  grandkids would love it and I could run Thomas Days at the preserved railway!

[koyli55002]

The two outer wires (black) are the power feed from the wheels and the two inner (blue and red) the motor wires.
Have just finished adding DCC sound to mine, but with Annie permanently attached and the decoder (a Zimo MX649) and speaker (a Youchoos MicroCube) installed in the coach.
Currently doing the same sort of thing to Percy, with the first "troublesome truck" permanently attached.

Apologies for asking a stupid question:

Did you simply remove the existing PCB and make the necessary connections to the appropriate decoder terminals, or does something more subtle have to be done?

I rather fancy having a Thomas  and/or Percy on the layout, as the  grandkids would love it and I could run Thomas Days at the preserved railway!

There are no stupid questions but occasionally stupid answers !
Removed the power feeds from the circuit board and led them through to the coach (for Thomas) and first truck (for Percy). That left me just enough room to lead the new motor feed wires up through the back of the loco and onto the motor terminals on the PCB.

[Nick]

So the motor feeds from the decoder are attached to the same terminals as the blue and red motor wires? Have I understood that correctly?

[koyli55002]

correct - I did look at taking wires direct to the motor from the decoder but was worried about damaging the motor as the connections are MINUTE !

[Nick]

I can imagine. Everything in this hobby is minute.

I haven't been active for a while partly because of eye problems. But I have had my cataracts done now, so feel like dabbling again before something else goes wrong with my poor peepers..

Thanks for replying so quickly by the way. I was a bit dubious about resurrecting an old thread.

[koyli55002]

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[Nick]

They are great!

Where are the sound files from? Especially Percy's with all the comments?

[Ollie3440]

Afternoon all,

At long last I've picked up Thomas, Annie and Clarabel for what should be the start of a new project. They are fantastic little (and I mean little!) Models!


I've had a complete set of Tomix items for years and both Thomas and Wenlock will remain part of the Wenlock fleet, however here's a side on comparison for those who are interested.


Now to get my hands on Percy and eagerly await the arrival of James and Toby!

Please Mr Bachmann, can we have Edward next. Pretty please!

Cheers

Ollie

[BramptonBranch]

Theres a Kit Built CJM type of Toby on ebay for £225 from the oft mentioned Antique toys seller.
Now dont all rush......

[osborns]

Now to get my hands on Percy said Ollie
I know where you can fid one!!!!!

[Railwaygun]

Here's a link if you want to start saving!

https://www.tootallythomas.co.uk/ourshop/cat_1673457-N-Scale.html

[JimSan]

Took a little while to find this topic again, figured would be better to keep it all together since the same topic, but for those interested, have spotted some new characters on the way from Bachmann Thomas from the following site:
https://www.trainworld.com/gifts/thomas-and-friends/bachmann-n-scale-thomas-and-friends.html?product_list_limit=200

Already announced:
Emily and her two coaches (Expected Dec '23)
Toby (no sign of Henrietta though is expected March '23)
S.C.Ruffy (though he's out now already at Tootally Thomas)

Also sorry if already announced for the new ones, did have a quick search and didn't find anything on them!

Spotted:
Gordon around April '23
Toad also another at Dec '23

Hoping at some point for a Edward and Henry.

[Railwaygun]

All the us releases

https://www.trainworld.com/gifts/thomas-and-friends.html?scale=155