rapidotrains Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Fresh from the editing suite... http://youtu.be/o1SF3uJdzQ0 Enjoy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted March 31, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2015 Looking and sounding good there Jason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyneux Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Space cadets! I wasn't expecting it to run backwards at 2mins 15. Nice work chaps. Guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gridwatcher Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Genius from Jason and the boys. We have two (sound fitted) on order for a bit of fantasy railroading.....! Love it! Hope horn will be two tone on one function rather than standard Biff style? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted April 1, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2015 Impressive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted April 1, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2015 Somebody isn't taking this seriously methinks! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted April 1, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2015 "They" say "model railroading is fun" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenman Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 That is utterly delightful (the model, I mean, not the distracting Whovian stuff...!). Thanks for showing us the progress. Hugely looking forward to receiving mine. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 30801 Posted April 1, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2015 With the gas turbine sounds that was very Thunderbirds. I seem to have missed the bit where the prototype super train derails and is left precariously dangling over the baseboard edge with seemingly no hope of rescue... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Vistisen Posted April 1, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2015 Looking really good, can't wait to get mine. I was a bit surprised by the lights, was it just me or were there white headlights on the tail end,as well? If you pause the video at exactly 3:36 just as the tail power car goes into the tunnel mouth they look white to me, In fact they look brighter that the headlines shown earlier as the train leaves the station for the second time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ruggedpeak Posted April 1, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2015 Darn it Jason, I've been trying to resist buying one of these for months and now this...... Lucky we can cash in our pensions now and spend them on trains...... Top video btw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I have to say as an April Fool's joke this has been quite elaborate. I mean, scanning the prototype, getting Locomotion in on it, building a model, putting sound in it and then running it on a railway. I've heard they're planning their next ruse already and even inviting us along to the scanning. Who ever heard of someone wanting to do an APT prototype, I mean really, do they have us for complete fools. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapidotrains Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 Looking really good, can't wait to get mine. I was a bit surprised by the lights, was it just me or were there white headlights on the tail end,as well? If you pause the video at exactly 3:36 just as the tail power car goes into the tunnel mouth they look white to me, In fact they look brighter that the headlines shown earlier as the train leaves the station for the second time. There are no lights visible on the sample. The LEDs are on, but the GPPS lightways haven't been polished yet so no light can get through. If you watch the departure from the station you can actually see the red LED in the MASSIVE GAP between the nose and the body. We're fixing that too..... This is still an early body sample. The factory is working on a huge list of corrections now, the biggest being the fit between the shells and floors and between the body and the nose. You can see this sample in person at York. We shot the video on Monday and sent the sample on Tuesday. It's currently en route via FedEx. Hopefully there are no unforeseen delays otherwise we will have a rather empty display case. -Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 RIP Mike Walton. Can I have his layout? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Vistisen Posted April 1, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2015 There are no lights visible on the sample. The LEDs are on, but the GPPS lightways haven't been polished yet so no light can get through. If you watch the departure from the station you can actually see the red LED in the MASSIVE GAP between the nose and the body. We're fixing that too..... This is still an early body sample. The factory is working on a huge list of corrections now, the biggest being the fit between the shells and floors and between the body and the nose. You can see this sample in person at York. We shot the video on Monday and sent the sample on Tuesday. It's currently en route via FedEx. Hopefully there are no unforeseen delays otherwise we will have a rather empty display case. -Jason Thanks for the reply, I'd love to see it model at York, but it's out of the country for me, I'll just have to be patient Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
legomanbiffo Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Jason has asked for a two tone so yes there will be one. However, in true Bif style this will be no run of the mill two-tone that you quickly get bored of. Sometimes it will go hi-lo, sometimes lo-hi. In each case the hi and lo will be of variable length (within reason of course), and occasionally you might get a three tone! The overall sound project is still in development. The video only shows the engine sounds but also on there so far are horns, tilt pump, hydro-kinetic braking pump & door slams and a multistart option. I have also been given a recording of intercom 'chat' between the test engineers on board and although this would not have been heard outside the train I shall try and include this for its historical interest. I'm under strict instructions from Kit not to put any flange squeal on because they virtually never squealed (I think he said the wheels steered themselves in some way). I too am looking forward to seeing and hearing this at York. I've only heard it rattling around my layout in a Class 25 test-bed loco! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davknigh Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 RIP Mike Walton. Can I have his layout? Mike is expected to make a full recovery, plus, even if he didn't, those of us who help him operate said layout have first dibs.... Cheers, David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 My wife loves jet fighter aircraft, so this is one Train She would Love if she thought that I did not have many anyway. This is going to be one hell of a model to hide! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackthorn Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Mike is expected to make a full recovery, plus, even if he didn't, those of us who help him operate said layout have first dibs.... Cheers, David I won't have to check the obituaries..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy1963 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 It looks and sounds great, I can't wait to receive my sound fitted version. A question, and I apologise if this has already been answered elsewhere, how many decoders are used? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapidotrains Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 It looks and sounds great, I can't wait to receive my sound fitted version. A question, and I apologise if this has already been answered elsewhere, how many decoders are used? In this sample, there are two LokSounds as we haven't finished the inter-car wiring yet. In the production model, the plan is for a LokSound and a LokPilot. If they don't work well together we will have to go with two LokSounds but I'd rather not as we would actually like to make a profit on this model! -Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapidotrains Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 In this sample, there are two LokSounds as we haven't finished the inter-car wiring yet. In the production model, the plan is for a LokSound and a LokPilot. If they don't work well together we will have to go with two LokSounds but I'd rather not as we would actually like to make a profit on this model! -Jason I should add there will be speakers in both ends, whatever option we go with. -Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublecee Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 looks and sounds awesome Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy1963 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I should add there will be speakers in both ends, whatever option we go with. -Jason Thank you for the reply Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Wow what a refreshing new approach to marketing a new model........ fantastic model and that's from someone that's really not into the prototype and very unlikely to purchase one to be honest. These guys are 'nuts' but very cleaver and very often a certain amount of madness and a touch of genius is a good formula !!!! Like the white horse on the hillside in the video One things for certain I will be watching out for the next project Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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