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Offline river6109  
#1 Posted : 04 June 2021 14:56:41(UTC)
river6109

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Location: On 1965 Märklin Boulevard just around from Roco Square
looks attractive, has 2 rubber tyres, will increase it to 4, headlights, markerlight front & rear, interior lights front & REAR, lit destination sign front & rear., added sound decoder (V 5.0 = PLUX22) and a round speaker fits nicely into the provided space., soldered a wire to the pantograph supporting arm, drilled a small hole into the housing and conneted the wire, now its ready for catenary operation.
the model overall looks good, the details are superb
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Offline marklinist5999  
#2 Posted : 04 June 2021 15:54:37(UTC)
marklinist5999

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John, long distance headlights?
Offline river6109  
#3 Posted : 05 June 2021 04:56:59(UTC)
river6109

Australia   
Joined: 22/01/2009(UTC)
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Location: On 1965 Märklin Boulevard just around from Roco Square
Originally Posted by: marklinist5999 Go to Quoted Post
John, long distance headlights?


No, not that I've noticed them, I'll have another look

the loco cost me incl. sound (own sound decoder) Euro 225.00 (not incl. freight & import charges)

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Offline river6109  
#4 Posted : 05 June 2021 08:46:35(UTC)
river6109

Australia   
Joined: 22/01/2009(UTC)
Posts: 14,635
Location: On 1965 Märklin Boulevard just around from Roco Square
I've added the highbeam to the fron light circuit board, a bit fiddly, had to file out the window to be able to fit the led into it and the second task was to alight them to the window, I was able to scrape off the protective film of the copper wire (+) and the (-) I've added a copper wire and connected it with 2 resistors to Aux 7, first the lights were much to bright so I've reduced it to 1`.
I've only attached the high beam to the front of the loco


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Offline marklinist5999  
#5 Posted : 06 June 2021 20:07:02(UTC)
marklinist5999

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If the one with sound insrtalled is nearly the same price as a Marklin, if the Marklin has long distance headlights, thats a plus.
Offline mike c  
#6 Posted : 07 June 2021 04:34:54(UTC)
mike c

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At this point, with Maerklin conceding on the Vectron, we should put pressure on them to put out more non-Hobby models of the Traxx locomotives too.

My two cents worth.

Mike C
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