WOW! J.D.S. Limited Productions Proto-2 upgrade+ (Video)

Awesome stuff there

 

How was the pricing on the whole upgrade?  Not sure if I have anything worth upgrading, but might be worth noting for future reference

I provided the DCS board. The K-Line was difficult to upgrade there wasn't a lot of space. Honestly without an overhaul the engine was not going to be repairable. I spend $400.00 with them to get this done.

Scott Smith

The steam whistle is too cool!

Very cool Scott!!

Scott,

 

Was the whistle blast of steam original to the K-Line model, or was it part of your PS2 upgrade?

 

Thanks for sharing,

 

Fred

Very Cool!

JDS has done several upgrades for me (a MTH Cabforward and a Williams brass Mikado) and they have both functioned as advertised.  Jeff is very professional and I would highly recommend his services for anyone wanting DCS upgrades.

 

I had always enjoyed the Williams Mikado but since 1998 when I became hooked on command control, it had been a shelf queen.  I delivered it to Jeff at York last year and received it back within two weeks.  Great service!

 

Happy railroading,

Don

That looks and sounds great.

Was the whistle blast of steam original to the K-Line model, or was it part of your PS2 upgrade?

Fred,

The steam whistle was not a part of the original K-Line model. JDS offers it as an option to your PS2 upgrade.

Scott Smith

Wow! Thanks for sharing Scott.

The steam whistle was not a part of the original L-Line model. JDS offers it as an option to your PS2 upgrade.

That is a really cool option.

 

Fred

Very nice.

Wow, that is one beautiful engine.  The steam whistle is unlike anything I've ever experienced...almost seems worth it for that.  Thanks for posting the video.

 

- Mike

Yep, JDS is awesome!   I've used them early on for my 3rd Rail upgrades before I was comfortable doing them myself.   

 

JDS did a ATSF Texas Class for me with steam from the cocks.   Very well done.

 

Scott cool upgrade! 

 

3 questions:

 

I was counting 8 chuffs per rev, can you change the chuff rate?

 

Do the chuffs stop when the whistle blows?

 

Where do you load the smoke fluid for the whistle?

 

I have some 2 chuff per rev Lionel engines I'd like to convert.

That is a pretty impressive upgrade and for less than cost of a Vision Hudson. Anyone know what they use for the whistle smoke unit?

 

Pete

3 questions:

I was counting 8 chuffs per rev, can you change the chuff rate?

Do the chuffs stop when the whistle blows?

Where do you load the smoke fluid for the whistle?

1) You can always change the chuffs in the DCS system. I will reset it once it gets here (According to the tracking number that will be Wednesday).

2) The chuffs continue even when the whistle blows. The secret to make this work is that you have to run the engine run through the DCS variable, which is the way I run mine anyway.

3) I think it uses the same smoke unit. I will know for sure once it arrives.

Scott Smith

Yes Jeff nows how to do a great job. Jeff installed proto sound 2 in my Railking cab forward that was ps1 that was my dads. You can see it to on his web site. 1st class customer service.

Wow that was beautiful, love the steam whistle

 

THANKS, ALEX

Sounds excellent, thanks Scott.

 

Enjoy your new J.D.S. Limited Productions upgrade!

 

That will save me the need to sell the old and buy the improved.  I had at least 3 engines I was ready to dump, now they're keepers!

Very Impressive, Scott!  Jeff is a genius.  Little known fact:  He once worked at MTH!

 

Did the $400 cover the shipping too?

 

ImpressedBear

Scott, I had an MTH proto 1 NYC Hudson upgraded to proto 2 by a local hobby shop here on the West Coast a few years ago for $300 including the new board.  I guess $400 is not that bad considering it was not an MTH engine and may have requried additional work.  However, I think you said you supplied the board too.  Have prices gone up that much in the last few years?  Anyway it looks and sounds good and if you are happy with it, that's what counts.

 

Ray

 

8 chuffs per revolution? Is this a 4-cylinder Hudson? 

 

It should be set to four chuffs per rev.

That was my shipped price. Not only was the EOB board fried the smoke unit was dead as well.

Scott Smith

Trains cost as much as you want to  spent on something and if it means a lot to you and it's done right it's worth it to me. Jeff had to do more then was needed on my Railking cabforword and it came out just the way I wanted it.

I found my receipt, so here is the breakout of the cost:

Labor PS-2 upgrade........$149.99

Whistle Smoke Upgrade. $170.00

ProtoSmoke Unit............ $64.99

Shipping.........................$25.00

Total..............................$409.98

So there you have it. It should be here tomorrow--on my wife's birthday--bad timing. She had a bit of a fit this morning when I told her it was over $300.00 for the upgrade.

Scott Smith

You could wrap it up all purty-like and put a tag with her name on it....

 

I was trying to slide a Lionel No 1872 General under the radar but decided to make it a gift for the CFO and when I told her, she actually was pleased!

Surprisingly, I truly felt better.

JDS has done work for me and I would like to say that I'm very happy with the product. I did not get the level of up grade that Scott got, just a O-27 Polar Express smoke and light with fireman and engineer. But, it looks and sounds great. They do top of the line work.

 

I wish you many happy years with your Hundson Scott. I have a K-Line Hundson that I would like them to work on. I have the DCS kit for it but I wont to wait until I have the extra cash to get it done.

 

Good luck and have fun.

Seeeeeeeriously Cool!    Hey Scott; What do you think about a 400E with a smoking whistle?  

 

Yea honey , I'm sorry about your present . I told them David Yurman but once again they thought I said Hudson
You just can't find good help any more.

David

 

Scott,

 

If you ever need a place to hide, you can say with me, your wife will never find you, I'm in the "WIT-less" Protection Program.  

 

Hey Scott; What do you think about a 400E with a smoking

I was thinking that myself--the only way tinplate could be cooler than it already is.

Scott Smith

 

I also noticed they will have the engineer  waving this summer. Cant wait to see that!

I just got the engine in and I want to make this clarification, the steam whistle effect ONLY works in conventional mode. I thought that if I ran through the variable mode and then it would work under command with the whistle and that is not the case at all. JDS has been more than fair with me on this misunderstanding. The DCS upgrade is quite nice by itself.

Scott Smith

Jeff recently added PS2 and LED lighting to my Weaver Cincinnatian:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkiNWb8r0To

 

I'm very pleased with the results and highly recommend him.

The Steam Whistle thing is sooooo freaklin' cool....

Does anyone know if the steam whistle upgrade can be purchased as a kit?

Very nice, but very, very expensive: $410.00 + $180.00 for DCS board equals almost $600.00!! That's well into engine replacement territory. I think I would have just replaced the EOB with an ERR cruise commander for $85.00 and been done with it. Could have bought another new engine as well and had money left over!

 

Thanks for the information on that steam whistle, though. For $170, I would consider that. I might think about putting one of those in the new Legacy Mikado I got.