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This section of the Wickness Models blog is dedicated to clear, practical guides and helpful information for model railway enthusiasts. Here you will find step-by-step tutorials, tips and advice covering everything from choosing the right parts and accessories to improving, maintaining and upgrading your layout.

All content is based on real experience and designed to be easy to follow, whether you are learning the basics or looking to refine specific aspects of your model railway.

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American HO Sound

American HO gauge locomotives are ideal candidates for DCC and sound fitting, thanks to high-quality motors, reliable pickups and a wide choice of ESU sound projects. In this post, we look at why these models perform so well and share examples of recent sound installations.

Sound N Gauge Dapol Steamers

The best method we have found to fit sound to Dapol steamers is as follows, this method avoids any invasive…

Dapol Class 66 Conversion

We offer a DCC conversion on the early Dapol Class 66 chassis. This is one of the most difficult conversions…

N Gauge Commissions

Wickness Models has done many specialist commissions in the past including addition of smoke generators, firebox flicker, operating lamps, cab…

Farish Class 08 DCC Sound With Stay Alive

These models have short wheel base and rigid chassis’, consequently they can be prone to intermittent sound and movement when…

Dapol Class 73 DCC Conversion

The following gallery of pictures show the method for converting an original chassis Dapol Class 73 from analogue to DCC.…

CJM Saturn Chassis DCC Conversion

Here you can view a pictorial gallery showing how to dcc fit a CJM Saturn Chassis using a Lenz Silver…

Hardwiring Lenz Decoder

In terms of quality, price and most importantly compatibility as supplied straight out of the box, Lenz decoders are the…

Bachmann Split Chassis Conversion

This pictorial shows the method for converting a Bachmann Split Chassis loco, a test run of this loco can be…

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