Hello Dennis
Well I just finished doing it. I fitted a QSI, Q2 decoder in my Thomas Deluxe set. I needed a bit of help from Annie and Clarabel.
First as this little 0-6-0 is kind of short and in order to eliminate dead spots which would reset the decoder, I put electrical pick up on all wheels of the ''convoy''.
I removed the small PC board and the capacitor in Thomas and ran the track power back to Annie which holds the QSI decoder
I put the oval Soundtraxx speaker in Clarabel (last car).
Drilled enough holes at the back ot the engine and under the floors of both cars
to run all wires back and forth.
I used old printer cable wire which is soft enough for this purpose
Put lots of lead in Thomas' empty spaces to increase traction.
My Thomas runs great, goes through switches at top speed, never derails and climbs 2.5% and steeper grades at the club.
I programmed in an 0-6-0 sound from the QSI sound files
What would we not do for our grandsons
Pierre
Well I just finished doing it. I fitted a QSI, Q2 decoder in my Thomas Deluxe set. I needed a bit of help from Annie and Clarabel.
First as this little 0-6-0 is kind of short and in order to eliminate dead spots which would reset the decoder, I put electrical pick up on all wheels of the ''convoy''.
I removed the small PC board and the capacitor in Thomas and ran the track power back to Annie which holds the QSI decoder
I put the oval Soundtraxx speaker in Clarabel (last car).
Drilled enough holes at the back ot the engine and under the floors of both cars
to run all wires back and forth.
I used old printer cable wire which is soft enough for this purpose
Put lots of lead in Thomas' empty spaces to increase traction.
My Thomas runs great, goes through switches at top speed, never derails and climbs 2.5% and steeper grades at the club.
I programmed in an 0-6-0 sound from the QSI sound files
What would we not do for our grandsons
Pierre