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The train(s) approaching...


legomanbiffo

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blog-0619688001348263578.jpg...will be a bit late. Once again it's been a case of 'real life getting in the way' in the last couple of weeks. I had hoped to have the 60 & 67 out by now but Mrs. B had plans for me in the garden, and the day job, well it's such an inconvenience. Despite this, progress has been made and I now have a few days off so things should pick up a bit.

 

The 67 is almost there, just a handful of improvements to the flow of the engine sounds to satisfy myself that it's ready. The project sounds great in the Hornby model, credit must go to them for putting the speaker in the right place. I'm waiting for the DB-liveried version myself so there will be a delay before I do the video.

 

The 60 isn't far away either. A couple of the engine transition sounds are quite long and I need to build escapes into them in order to maintain responsiveness (something that wasn't possible with the v3.5 chip). This is another loco that is going to need a bass reflex speaker for best results. I'm using one of my 37's as a test bed and it sounds really good through the bass reflex facing down, but it's not quite so good through the speaker fitted to a factory sound-fitted 60. It's still better than the Hornby chip though (not difficult I know but...). I'm planning to mill the tanks off mine and fit an extended bass reflex, but I reckon that you could fit two normal bass-reflexes in the roof space with a little plastic surgery. Thanks are due to Pete Harvey for lending me a couple of Hornby 60's to play with during the project's development.

 

I'm looking forward to Barrow Hill on Sunday. If anyone wants to say hello, drop me a PM.

 

The two recording sessions next week will probably be the last of the season unless something special pops up. All will be revealed once the recordings are in the bag.

 

In the photograph, 67029 approaches Reading with a 'Rugby Special' heading for Cardiff Millennium Stadium on 6th August 2012.

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