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Bachmann OO LMS Johnson 1P

Example 1 - Bachmann 1P with Zimo MX Sound and small Stay-Alive

Kit: MX658N18; LifeLink + 3x 470uF Flat Tantalums

Another wonderful model from Bachmann, the 1P is well designed, with DCC Sound in mind. It comes with firebox glow (2 LEDs) and a SugarCube style speaker on board already, so if you just want simple, then the MX658N18 sound decoder is a piece of cake to pop in.

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3 screws and the body pops off, take out the Next18 blanking plate and put the MX658 in, and you're done!

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Just being nosey, we have a peek at the speaker box, which is securely screwed on underneath. This also reveals a line of solder pads, which Bachmann have very thoughtfully provided for us to add stay-alive and even extra lighting if we wanted it. We'll just go with a small stay-alive.

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Just because we are super nosey, we disassemble the whole loco to see what other space there is, which reveals a little room in the bunker - could be used for more stay-alive potentially. We don't bother with this installation, but it is just interesting to poke around!

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Instead, we add the required wires for stay-alive (+VE and GROUND) to the provided pads on the model's PCB.

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The stay-alive kit is connected... 3x Flat 470uF Tantalums and the LifeLink PCB, then this is connected to the blue and grey wires that we added previously.

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Wrap the stay-alive in Kapton tape and place losely above the decoder. The fit is quite comfortable in the curve of the boiler, and this improves running enough to make it worthwhile.

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The model reassembled and working very nicely.

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Example 2: Zimo MS sound with GoldCaps for stay-alive

Kit: MS580N18 'G' version (comes with 2x mini GoldCaps for stay-alive)

One of the range of MS sound decoders is a variant of the MS580 which does not have any onboard Tantalums for stay-alive, but instead comes with trailing wires for an external one. Supplied with the MS580G are a pair of mini GoldCaps which wire in series to give a few seconds of back-up power once charged up.

Below you can see an MS580G being loaded up with the 1P sounds.

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Here the 1P's PCB with and without the Next18 blanking plate.

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The MS580G all ready to plug in, with the GoldCaps wires up in series.

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The GoldCaps are protected in Kapton tape and sit on top of the decoder - there is enough space in the 1P body to allow this, so a very simple installation.

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