DC or DCC and Other Queries

Phil's right -  I was loose with the terminology to keep it simple. As item of DCC interest is the growing trend to add Keep Alive (or stay alive) super capacitor circuits to DCC decoders.  The caps store power enabling locomotive to better run through dirty track.  I bought one from TCS but haven't installed it yet - first up will be a locomotive used for switching like a Key H10 and or an AtlasO SW7.  Both are very smooth runners but in rare instances stall on seldom cleaned industrial sidings.

Ed

This is the first time I've used Scalecoat II on anything but small parts.  It's odd that it went on the die-cast boiler fine, but crazed up on the plastic tender shell   I striped and repainted and had better success but there was still 2 spots that didn't want to play nice.  I ended up sanding the 2 spots down with fine sandpaper and when I resprayed the clear it worked.  Still it's not the best paint job I've done (by a long shot) but I was in a hurry to get the BPRC installed.  Works like a charm by the way.