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Aristo-Craft may have taken a few years to get this to market, but it looks like it was worth the wait. Come check out this detailed video and see what all the excitment is all about.
Title:
(VIDEO) Aristo-Craft PCC Trolley - HiDef
LSOL.com Rating
Length
8:54
Release Date
01/26/2011
Overview
It is all the buzz in Large Scale and it could be that the first round of road names might be sold out by the time you watch this video. Come see what all the excitment is all about. The first really new product in years for Large Scale Trains.
PCC Trolley
Great review and looks like a great product to add to my Large Scale collection of interurbans. Can't wait to get my undecorated one from St. Aubans.
Noel
Noel Widdifield - 01/26/2011 - 03:58
PCC Video
Video was very interesting however I use Firefox and/or MS Explorer and I cannot get with either program, anything but a postage stamp size video.
Richard Dilley
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Richard Dilley - 01/26/2011 - 05:39
Viewing video
Try doing a command-+ on your keyboard... that should increase the size of the movie on your monitor. This works for me on my Mac using Safari. If you're on a PC, maybe the key combo would be control-+? I'm not sure but give it a try. Mine started out very small, but was about 8" by the time I hit the key combo a few times.
Peter Stremic - 01/26/2011 - 06:14
Viewing Video
Peter,
That always works for me on my Mac. We Mac people are just special. ;+)
Noel
Noel Widdifield - 01/26/2011 - 06:24
Right Click
Richard,
If you "Right Click" the video you will get a menu with options for various items. Go to zoom and you can click on full screen.
Your browser should also allow you to see full screen by double clicking on the video itself.
Please contact me if you continue to have problems.
Peter De Keles - 01/26/2011 - 06:55
video
I can not get the video!
Pete Null - 01/26/2011 - 08:38
PCC Trolley
Interesting review. I had not considered the Trolley for my layout but after seeing this video and how easy the Revolution receiver is installed I may reconsider and find a place.
Daryll
Laveen, AZ
Daryll Smith - 01/26/2011 - 11:33
New PCC car
***Jon-
THX very much for this review. Yes, a long wait but obviously worth it !
Bill Strassner*-*
William Strassner - 01/26/2011 - 15:00
PCC
Jon, I am unable to load video also
I may have to ride a real one Friday as I am going to Macworld in S.F.
Nick C Topolos - 01/26/2011 - 15:17
Missing Plug-in
My MacBook Pro just keeps on searching
The iMac says I have a missing plug-in
Nick C Topolos - 01/26/2011 - 16:12
Bad Video Quality
I too am on a Mac and just get the postage stamp size video. Yes you can use Mac or Firefox zoom feature but it is very blocky and far from the High Def it is supposed to be. I wish you guys would dump the wmv format so I could actually see it.
Bruce
Bruce Slawson - 01/26/2011 - 16:21
Videos
Do you have Flip4Mac? It is a free download. That allows the videos to run smoothly on the Mac. Using command - or + will enlarge or reduce the size of the video showing. It works for me and I have all Macs.
Noel
Noel Widdifield - 01/26/2011 - 16:49
Video
As Noel stated if you are using a Macintosh you can use Flip4mac to watch .wmv formats. Here is the link http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/windows-media-player/wmcomponents
Peter De Keles - 01/26/2011 - 18:55
PCC Trolley
I would Like to know If there would be enough room
inside the Trolley to house batteries and run only
from battery power?
Raymond abbott - 01/26/2011 - 22:56
PCC Trolley
A very informative video on Aristo-Craft's latest offering. Well done. Looks like a winner for folks that run, or want to run traction on their layouts.
Seems like we can always find a way to install batteries in most any unit. As a guess I'd say batteries could be installed in the trolley.
JD Miller - 01/27/2011 - 07:00
PCC Trolley
Here is a link to the best write up I have seen so far. George's site is super.
How easy is it to get inside to add passengers? Some passenger cars are way more difficult than they need to be. I will check out to other reviews to see if they mention this. I like it.
Ralph
Ralph Armstrong - 01/29/2011 - 13:01
Adding Passengers
I have been following several discussions about the PCC on other web discussions and an individual on one of those added passengers and said it was pretty easy. Apparently the shell comes off easily and the passengers fit into the seats. I think he used the 1/32 ones from USA Trains.
The only thing that will complicate this is if you are adding a sound system and/or any other onboard receivers other than the Revolution.
Noel
Noel Widdifield - 01/29/2011 - 13:32
Next week
Hey watch for next weeks LSOL.com magazine. We will have a video on that very topic! We shot it this week.
Jon DeKeles - 01/29/2011 - 14:26
Movie very very small
I have a 2009 MacBook Pro running OS X 10.6.6. I use Safari 5.0.3 and have Flip4Mac installed. I tried hitting Command-"+" but that changes font size and everything on the screen gets bigger EXCEPT the movie. The movie stays extremely small - about 1 inch x 2.5 inches. Any other ideas? PS - I bought a Baltimore PCC a few weeks back and it runs fine but has some wheel wobble on both trucks-more noticeable at slow speeds.
Al McEvoy - 01/30/2011 - 13:26
PCC MOvie
SOlved my problem by changing Flip4Mac settingsin the Mac's System Prefs utility. Turned on (checked) all of the options under the "Browser" tab. PS - This is a very thorough review and my PCC still runs pretty well :-)
