Coincidentally, a pal has given me a couple of 20's to turn into a v4 sound-fitted top & tail pair (to go with his RHTT set). Work is still in progress but they sound good whistling round together, with the horns etc only coming from the front loco and reversing when you change direction. This wonderous sight might make its way onto You Tube when I've finished tweaking the 20 sound and he's finished his RHTT.

Saturday saw a sojourn down to St Albans for the show followed by a bit of MML photography near Harpenden on the way back. Two hours in the freezing cold in a muddy field were richly rewarded by some great snaps and the sight of an NR 73 going full chat on diesel power!

I picked up a chip at the show to go into the newly milled 20 and this was fitted on Sunday morning. The improvement gain from having the speaker in the underframe was worthwhile, but only just. There is clearly more bass there but not a huge amount more. Up to now the 20 sound project has been workshopped in my 26 which has the Alan Butcher 28x40 speaker in, so coming back down to earth with a 23mm round (the only thing that would fit into the 20) was somewhat deflating.

I also picked up another BDA at St Albans making the rake up to 6 so far. The first one to be upgraded is just about finished, I'll post a photo next time if I remember. How long do you think before I gash my hand on the rigid brass stanchions? I feel a Railfreight Metals 37 coming on...

Bif