There is a prescence on the track about handmade/kit built O Gauge locomotives that you can`t get with a 4mm equivalent and DCC sound can add to that
atmosphere.
Some sounds I have turned off due to loudness and in my view unrealistic. Apart from tweaking here and there I am very pleased with the GWR sounds from John Gymer at Youchoose.
This is the last of my quartet of sound projects ......for the time being.............
This is the heaviest model I have put together from white metal and makes a change from the usual 48XX tank.Sound is from a pannier tank recording
and by switching off certain sounds has suited this model quite well.....
Continuing with my O Guage Sound investment, I tackled one of my early kit builds..............
and again fitted a Zimo MX645 decoder with a bass reflex speaker... ..
Not a particularly original pickup arrangement but I needed to avoid plunger pickups with can lesson the effects of sprung suspension that I like to employ in my stock.
Because of the rather crude pickups I needed to insulate the inside of the front splashers and other suspect areas with black tape before progressing.
Having been tempted by RTR additions to my loco and rolling stock since Hornby and Bachmann introduced quality products it was time to rationalise things prior to my retirement.
Not all of my RTR loco conversions to P4 gauge were absolutely successful and this was due mainly to rigid long wheelbase chassis of the more recent productions. Older products such as Bachmanns Jinty, BR Class 5, BR Standard Tank were made with one driving axle sprung. These have been kept and together with my etche
It has always been a mystery to me about the cost of adding Sound to O Gauge locos, so I thought I would share my own experiences so far.
I recently joined the Warley Model Railway Club where DCC operation in O gauge is the norm. Gathering other peoples experience encouraged me to upgrade my 7mm locos into DCC Sound.
One important facter pointed out to me is that current sound decoders cater for N Gauge, 00 Gauge etc and for the very larger scales LGB, Guage 1, etc but there is little in
