Tomix Chassis - Questions

[kaiwhara]

Hi All

I am sure this has been asked before, but as some of you will have seen, I have started madly converting a whole pile of EMU's for the layout I havn't built yet (yes I know!!)  :'(

So, I understand most of you use the Tomix Chassis for motorising stock, I believe the 20m varient. What I would like to know is the followingL

• Where is the best place to obtain them?
• What should I expect to pay to obtain one (minus postage, I live in New Zealand...)?
• How easy is it to obtain bogie side frames for them, and from where?
• Are they easily convertable to DCC?
• What is involved in a DCC conversion?
• When the 442 kit comes out from TPM again (which I understand the wheels are now turning for this to happen) which chassis would be suitable for a 23m body vehicle?

Hopefully someone among you chaps is a fountain of the above knowledge

Andrew

[Lawrence]

Check this site for correct dimensions  http://www.trainweb.org/tomix/ChassisDim.htm and try http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/rail/ for supply