[Ozzie21]

Bugger the price

it sould have been the Deltic first. A 66 has no form just a shapeless mess of a cad designed box on wheels. A Deltic has form , nice flowing lines like a sheila should have

As for the soundecoder. Well I would expect it to be a Loksound as SW Digital seems to have done the bulk of the work on reproduceing British diesel sound in miniature. But that said the Loksound decoder is more expensive than the Soundtraxx Tsunami and Bachmann US are using the Tsunami in their range of US steam locos. Soundtraxx used to do an "L1" tank engine in the old DSD-150 range and I still have a couple that I'm going to be fitting to a couple of BR Q1's as there's plenty of room in the tender for a speaker and decoder. QSI diesel sound is funnily enough a lot better than their steam sound, motor control is still below standard, which is why my remaining QSI equipped steam locos have had their QSI boards tossed in the bin and replaced by Tsunami's.

Well I'm off to the shops to see if anything decent has arrived. A blue Princess Coronation would make an excellent splash of colour.

ozzie21

QUOTE (neil_s_wood @ 30 Nov 2006, 07:29) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Where from? I'd have one no problems at that price.

Initially I thought this was a good price the 160 but thinking about it if the loco is 75 quid in the first place this allows an extra 85 quid for the sound decoder. Now Loksound decoders sell for 90 Euros from Modellbahn Kramm which is 60 quid so if I can buy a sound decoder fro 60 quid Bachmann will be able to buy them in bulk for a lot less so I think 120 -130 quid top end is nearer the mark.

I'll probably get one anyway unless it's a QSI decoder. If it's Loksound I definitely will.

 

[Ozzie21]

Doug, I too am waiting for a 20 class to come out. Actually I've been trying to get a BR green one since your reveiw came out but alas more steam locos came out so they took first dibs.

Ozzie21

QUOTE (Doug @ 1 Dec 2006, 08:17) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I'll wait for the Class 20 and when the Deltic comes along, I may get one too as they will run on my [mainly steam] layout.

The Class 66 is just too new.

 

[Ozzie21]

I did manage to find a blue Bachmann LNER/BR A1 "North British" the other day. It almost looks like a Caledonian blue but I may be wrong. I already have a blue Princess Royal and Blue Merchant navy which does make for very imposing model. I wonder how they would have looked in LMS Midland Red if the world had gone that way.

Ozzie21

QUOTE (neil_s_wood @ 30 Nov 2006, 09:18) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I'm hanging out for one of these too. I regret not buying one with the coaches a couple of years back when they were available. I put a Lenz Gold decoder in my maroon one last weekend so It's good it's operational again.

 

[Ozzie21]

Piemanlager, what UK steam? did SWD demonstrate.

Ozzie21

QUOTE (Piemanlarger @ 3 Dec 2006, 09:15) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>[ snipped]

SWd had the HST on display (plus 47,20,04,steam, 37) and though it was hard to hear clearly again, it was easier to hear than the Howe's 60. There is notching with the HSt and it sounds very good, I would imagine on a tailchaser it will be very impressive, particularly with twin 20x40 speakers (only one fitted today) and a chip in each loco. I don't think I will be ordering till next year when my tailchaser is built.