@Rusty Traque posted:Well, there's not a lot of available space in the F-units. This is the MTH F3 with DCS. The cab bulkhead indicates where the roof line is:
There's a motor in there somewhere... It's partially visible when the fuel tank is removed. The speaker is mounted under the roof on both MTH and SHS and takes up part of the space above the rear truck.
The EMD switchers have even less room.
Rusty
Rusty, my question with the F-unit and space isl doesn't MTH suffer from the same problem that Lionel does? That is, way more electronics than is really needed because of all the compatibility problems. If you took out the MTH boards and just had DCC, and I guess sound boards, would there be more room than the unit you show?
@AmFlyer posted:MTH did a good job redesigning the F to fit in DCS. They even managed to fit in a control station, an engineer and a fireman. The DCS system seems to be more compact than the current TMCC, Railsounds and Cruise Commander boards. The motor location must be low and centered, that likely was key to getting it all in the F.
Tom, I am fully with you, I just hope they do not lock into a physical arrangement that makes a retrofit harder than necessary.
It might be hard enough to fit the DCC in there. I have zero experience in this area though.
I just hope they don't go a scale route only... get rid of 80% of the market for some market that might be there in 20 years???
Tom Stoltz
in Maine
