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Sunday, January 21, 2024

Digitization of BB 36001 from Jouef - part 3

 

I left off where the two micro LEDs for the cabin lighting were not working.


Cabin Lighting

As it turns out, I had two issues:

  • One of the micro LED was dead
  • The other was not connected correctly - the longer wire is the anode or + or red cable, whereas the shorter wire is the cathode or - or black wire

Once I figured that out, it worked very nicely on each side:



I had to tweak the decoder CVs a lit bit:

  • Cabin light is now only controlled by F21 and the driving direction
  • For each of AUX3 and AUX4, I changed on delay, off delay, fade in/out, and timeout





I then glued the micro LEDs in the cabins - I used Zap-A-Gap CA glue:




Cabin Painting

Since there's cabin light, we need to make the inside look more realistic. First, some pictures of the real cabin:

http://uxtobirza.free.fr/trains/voir_loco.php?Classe=BB%2036000

https://www.flickr.com/photos/teetee1986/28987578498

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BB36000_-_IMG_0899.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BB36000_-_IMG_0936.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BB36000_-_IMG_0938.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BB36000_-_IMG_0963.jpg



Let's see what we can do ...