Is my baseboard strong enough? (Pt.2)

Just a quick update showing what I've constructed for my baseboard. The final configuration will have the right section sitting lower than the left section to accomodate valleys and the small creek that will run beneath the viaduct. BTW, from the plan on my previous blog, I have decided to do the mirror image of it, which is why if you look closely, the actual baseboard is inverted left to right compared to the original plan.

Here are the pics:

Have you tried Back EMF?

I've successfully installed my hornby decoder into my hornby's Flying Scotsman. Yay! Hurray!

Removing the body turns out to be the most difficult part. After removing 1 screw, you need to carefully pull the body forward and upwards until the body clears the chassis.

Removing the body reveals the 8 pin socket (so my Flying Scots is DCC ready after all).

Next step, put isolating tape around the decoder circuitry, and plug it in - making sure orange wire goes into socket 1. Test loco without body, and ..tada.. all working.

And the back EMF is working amazingly. My loco was stuttering at slow speed, and it couldn't move at ultra low speed at all. After DCC chipping, it is now running very smoothly at ultra low speed.

Can't be happier :)

IMHO, it's worth having DCC, even if you used it for back EMF only :)