Kato 10-1519 Seven Stars DCC?

[oenckie]

Hi all,

 

Can anyone confirm wether or not the Kato Seven Stars is DCC Friendly/DCC Ready?

I'm a bit confused, as some site say yes and others don't mention it.

I might be able to buy this beauty, but it depends on the possibility to have it digitazed.

 

Regards,

 

Marco

[Kiha66]

The 7 stars is dcc ready.  You'll need a decoder for the loco and two fl12s for the end coaches.

Edited June 19, 2019 by Kiha66

[oenckie]

34 minutes ago, Kiha66 said:

The 7 stars is dcc ready.  You'll need a decoder for the loco and two fl12s for the end coaches.

 

Hi,

 

Thanks!

Does that mean the loco accepts an EM13?

 

Regards,

 

Marco

[Martijn Meerts]

Depends on the locomotive actually, although I've seen only 1 Kato loco first hand that accepts an EM13, the GS4.

 

Edit: here's a post that talks about a drop-in replacement decoder for the Seven Stars loco: 

 

[EdF]

Should be the same as any kato DF200 loco.

Edited June 19, 2019 by EdF

[chadbag]

Digitrax and TCS both make ones that will fit -- maybe with some minor modifications.   I understand but have not seen that Digitrax has a newer model out that has shorter LED leads that are the right length?

 

[Kiha66]

A digitrax dn163k0a will fit in the loco if you adjust the headlight wire lengths. I haven't tried it myself but the digitrax dn163k0d should be a straight drop in replacement.  This thread shows the earlier method.