Evenin' All
Thought anyone interested in DCC Steam might like to see/ hear this. Comets 8F kit utilises the Margate Hornby loco body with their own etched chassis, tender and detailing pack. I built it before I'd considered DCC sound and with the loco body being plastic I filled the boiler with rolled lead leaving just enough room for a Mashima 16/20 and flywheel mounted vertically in the firebox mated to comets' 50/1 'box. Lack of subsequent space in the loco meant fitting 2x 23mm speakers AND the chip in the tender, not my preferred method with not much option, space-wise, but made easier by not having modelled the coal space originally. A bit of tweaking CV57 to get 4 beats per cycle was all that needed doing but I reduced the Value of CV 63 to 30 and it' still plenty loud enough.
Next on the bench will be 44709, again a Hornby body, Chinese Ivatt boilered variant this time, using Comets LWB chassis and etched tender kit.
Below should be a link to a short video clip, love that wagon clatter/snatch!
Steve
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXEgP2a0lJI&feature=user
Thought anyone interested in DCC Steam might like to see/ hear this. Comets 8F kit utilises the Margate Hornby loco body with their own etched chassis, tender and detailing pack. I built it before I'd considered DCC sound and with the loco body being plastic I filled the boiler with rolled lead leaving just enough room for a Mashima 16/20 and flywheel mounted vertically in the firebox mated to comets' 50/1 'box. Lack of subsequent space in the loco meant fitting 2x 23mm speakers AND the chip in the tender, not my preferred method with not much option, space-wise, but made easier by not having modelled the coal space originally. A bit of tweaking CV57 to get 4 beats per cycle was all that needed doing but I reduced the Value of CV 63 to 30 and it' still plenty loud enough.
Next on the bench will be 44709, again a Hornby body, Chinese Ivatt boilered variant this time, using Comets LWB chassis and etched tender kit.
Below should be a link to a short video clip, love that wagon clatter/snatch!
Steve
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXEgP2a0lJI&feature=user