[Peter_Harvey]

Hi guys

Here are a few pics of my fitting of the South Western Digital Class 40 Sound System,

Being lucky enough to have access to a machine shop gave me the chance to mount
the speaker out of the way, there is enough thickness in the chassis unit to be able to
mount the speaker below the fan level but far enough away to give a very good sound.
The 20 x 40 speaker makes such a difference to the system.

I will post more pics once I have fitted the Express Models light unit and a Video of it.

Pete

 

[dwb]

>have access to a machine shop
So is the whole cavity milled out? It looks like two parts to me - an enclosure dropped through a hole in the chassis.

>to give a very good sound.

It's nice to see a 20x40mm speaker mounted within the width of OO scale body work. It gives me some hope for tender mounted speakers if the day ever arrives when there are LMS / LNER / BR Standard steam sounds available. I don't have any GWR locos otherwise I'd have tried the SWD.

David

 

[Makemineadouble]

CODEI'm currently starting to experiment with a Digitrax SFX064 and their programmer with the objective of producing genuine British sound. This is a new product and there isn't a great deal of documentation available currently. I have all the hardware for programming this decoder. Over the next few weeks I'll be trying to get some results from this combination.

Nice milling Job Pete. Tony's Train Exchange Digitrax Sound FX thought you might be interested in this.

 

[Peter_Harvey]

well I have fitted the sound unit and the lighting unit and managed to get the body back on.

here is a video of the loco sorry the sound is not as clear as it could be but it was raining when i took the vid.

http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/Pe...nt=DSCF1582.flv

http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/Pe...nt=DSCF1583.flv

Pete

 

[Makemineadouble]

Excellent sound Pete,
I assume there was quite a bit of wind as well, with the camera shake !

 

[Peter_Harvey]

The camera shake is down to me its not easy taking the vid and controlling the EZ Command at the same time.

Pete

 

[dwb]

I'm well impressed. The trackwork and ballasting is very convincing too.

By one of those strange coincidences, our washing machine was going into a spin cycle while I was watching the second video and the sound matched the turbocharger whine very closely. I guess I could save some dosh if I could just put it in a van behind the loco. Tardis anyone?

David

 

[Piemanlarger]

QUOTE (dwb @ 28 May 2007, 23:11) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I'm well impressed. The trackwork and ballasting is very convincing too.

By one of those strange coincidences, our washing machine was going into a spin cycle while I was watching the second video and the sound matched the turbocharger whine very closely. I guess I could save some dosh if I could just put it in a van behind the loco. Tardis anyone?

David

Can you do a vid of the notching for me?

Thanks

 

[Ozzie21]

Nice fitting job and SWD have done a nice job on the sound as well it most certainly sounds like one I was just listening to.
Well done.

Ozzie21

 

[Peter_Harvey]

One thing that I have found with adding the sound decoder is that the class 40 model desperately need some more pickups on the remaining wheels that are at the back of each bogie and I may sort this out this weekend if I have time, I will post pictures of how I solve the problem.

Pete

 

[Piemanlarger]

QUOTE (Piemanlarger @ 31 May 2007, 21:48) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Can you do a vid of the notching for me?

Thanks

any chance of notching?

Do you have one or two speakers fitted?

 

[Peter_Harvey]

I only have one 20 x 40 speaker fitted I only have a Bachmann EZ Command at the moment I don't think that can do that but I have a Hornby rolling road so I will see what I can do.

Pete