Kiran Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 (edited) Does the Kato version (10-1570) take an EM13 decoder? Also, has anyone explored the possibilities of installing a Loksound with speaker in this thing? Edited November 3, 2020 by Kiran Link to comment
Lina_Blue Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Yes, it does accept the common Kato MF and FL decoders without issue. I don't think it'll be easy to install sound in it with the motor and decoder. I reccon installing multiple speakers in parts without windows could work. Link to comment
Kiha66 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 (edited) I added dcc to mine using the em13 style decoders. I'm sure you could fit loksound with some modification, I'll take a closer look when I get home tonight. Edited November 3, 2020 by Kiha66 Link to comment
chadbag Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 The easiest is probably to use the EM13 style for the motor and just use the LokSound for sound only installed in one of the wagons. Overkill $-wise but probably a lot easier to deal with install-wise. Link to comment
Kiha66 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 (edited) After inspecting my set, the motor car (car 4) is one of the sleeper coaches with 3 rooms and a shower section. I believe a loksound micro would fit in the shower section and be mostly hidden, while the speaker could be fit in the restroom section between two rooms and likewise mostly hidden from view. This would require some removal of interior walls but fit nicely in the space. For the cab cars I would use regular FL12 headlight decoders as those are drop in and would greatly simplify install. For the sound DCC Station has free loksound files of JR DMUs, I'd suggest using one of the DMF15 files engines as I believe the Twilight express is powered by a derivative of the type. https://desktopstation.net/sounds/index.html Edited November 4, 2020 by Kiha66 1 Link to comment
Kiran Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 Here is my Kato Twilight Express with Loksound V5 Micro DCC. We decided to close the windows in the motor car with tissue paper for now to hide the speaker. I will pretend that passengers in these rooms are asleep. I wonder if there are any interior parts sets for this model. It would be interesting to replicate the drapes/shades in the prototype. Thanks also for the pointer to sounds. Not the greatest quality but pretty good. The end cars have FL12s. 1 Link to comment
Yavianice Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Kiran said: I wonder if there are any interior parts sets for this model. It would be interesting to replicate the drapes/shades in the prototype. https://1999.co.jp/eng/10671443 Here ya go 1 Link to comment
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