GDorsett Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Hey all. Recently acquired a Kato DE10 (warm region) in HO scale after being told "east of the Mississippi" (pushing how far east they mean) and was wondering how DCC-able they are. It has seen a total tracktime of about four minutes on a track no longer than a metre, so it's a really new model. I have no idea what the powertrain is in this, either. Is it the small motours in the trucks and the hood just covers a circuit board and weight like the full-bodied engines (i.e. EF510)? Or does it have a more traditional can, flywheel, driveshaft, and gears? And how does one get inside of this engine? I saw a post on here from a while ago where they were doing a DCC conversion, but the pictures did not work and I don't know if the model design has changed between then and now. Thanks for the help! Link to comment
GDorsett Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 And, that said, I have an EF510 in the mail. I do know that it probably has Kato's truck-mounted motours, but is it difficult to convert? Link to comment
kvp Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 It looks like a fairly conventional design: https://yuukikunjp.exblog.jp/8763017/ Link to comment
dmustu Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Hello, This might help - The DE10 is easy to fit a chip to, I would recommend a small direct plug in chip, as space for the chip is limited. Something like this - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/With-Built-In-8-pin-NMRA-NEM652-plug-DCC-LOCO-DECODER-WITH-4-FUNCTION-FOR-MODEL/32817050052.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.72.507f4c02s1OZJO&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_2_10152_10065_10151_10344_10068_10130_5722815_10324_10342_10547_10325_10343_10340_10341_10548_5722915_10698_10697_5722615_10696_10192_10190_10084_10083_10618_10307_10301_10303_5722715_10059_5723015_10184_10534_308_100031_10103_441_10624_10623_10622_5722515_10621_10620,searchweb201603_2,ppcSwitch_4&algo_expid=cd642c15-05a3-46dd-ac21-53ab5977f3a8-10&algo_pvid=cd642c15-05a3-46dd-ac21-53ab5977f3a8&priceBeautifyAB=0 Link to comment
GDorsett Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 (edited) So it does have an 8-pin in it? Very cool! Then I shal pick up my go-to when I'm at a hobby shop later this week. (Or salvage one from a pesky RDC.) Now to get the hood off. Can't figure it out. Edited April 10, 2018 by GDorsett Fixed grammatical error Link to comment
dmustu Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 (edited) The body has 4 clips, one each side at front and by the cab, the cab itself is attached to the main body, not the chassis. A gentle squeeze and pull at each end should release the body. Might be easier to start at the long bonnet end. Edited April 10, 2018 by dmustu Link to comment
GDorsett Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Managed to get into it. And, as stated, fairly traditional set-up and a strange, magical 8-pin plug! Thanks, everyone! Will provide pictures of it on a layout soon. 1 1 Link to comment
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