Class 59 in 00

[Roddy Angus]

Sound was only available directly from Dapol.

 

Roddy

 

 

 

[Hroth]

Stick a Hornby TXS sound decoder in a basic 59 and load the 66 soundfile.  Should be close enough...   🙂

 

[GEARJAMMER]

19 hours ago, Pmorgancym said:

In case no one had seen, DC 59s are currently in the Hattons for the same ballpark price as the Horny Railroad version 

Im not keen on the Dapol class 59.... it has a lot of faults for a loco that took as long as it did to be produced and i dont think it matches the level of quality and detail as locos being released recently, i was very dissapointed with it.

 

However, if it is going cheap i could be tempted........ but i have to ask, is Hattons website always so dam hard to make work, i cant find any class 59s, let alone cheap ones?

[Ian J.]

Still need an original condition 59 001...

 

Just sayin'.

 

😁

[Nova Scotian]

1 hour ago, GEARJAMMER said:

Im not keen on the Dapol class 59.... it has a lot of faults for a loco that took as long as it did to be produced and i dont think it matches the level of quality and detail as locos being released recently, i was very dissapointed with it.

 

However, if it is going cheap i could be tempted........ but i have to ask, is Hattons website always so dam hard to make work, i cant find any class 59s, let alone cheap ones?

They sold out very quickly. I had Vale of Glamorgan sitting in an open tab while I weighed my options, and when I went to add to cart just to see what the shipping would be it had already sold out.

 

78 quid, and then DCC was about 100 quid.

 

They do "look" right - they carry the heft and the colour scheme etc.

 

The only one they have left in stock is ARC yellow at 123 GBP, which is a saving of about 50 pounds, but not the almost 90 pounds of the deal on black Friday on Vale of Glamorgan. https://www.hattons.co.uk/153959/dapol_4d_005_001_class_59_1_59103_village_of_mells_in_arc_yellow/stockdetail

 

Other Dapol 59s listed on the website are available to pre-order.

[Pmorgancym]

2 hours ago, GEARJAMMER said:

Im not keen on the Dapol class 59.... it has a lot of faults for a loco that took as long as it did to be produced and i dont think it matches the level of quality and detail as locos being released recently, i was very dissapointed with it.

 

However, if it is going cheap i could be tempted........ but i have to ask, is Hattons website always so dam hard to make work, i cant find any class 59s, let alone cheap ones?

Possibly sold out?  Things seem pretty volatile!  Yeah sold out, I went for the NP Blue one, none left now

Edited November 25, 2023 by Pmorgancym

[No Decorum]

3 hours ago, Ian J. said:

Still need an original condition 59 001...

 

Just sayin'.

 

😁

I think it was originally offered but only from Dapol direct. A shame it was cancelled.

[The Meerkat]

do any one know if freightliner 59 is still coming q1 2024 with new 68s?

[7013]

Generally I am really happy with my 59, I have a Legoman sound chip with twin iPhone speakers onboard. All sounds pretty good but I would like to put a speaker in with more bass to it. Any recommendations would be appreciated. I don't particularly want to go down the route of milling the chassis or anything along those lines.

[The Meerkat]

3 hours ago, 7013 said:

Generally I am really happy with my 59, I have a Legoman sound chip with twin iPhone speakers onboard. All sounds pretty good but I would like to put a speaker in with more bass to it. Any recommendations would be appreciated. I don't particularly want to go down the route of milling the chassis or anything along those lines.

im sure some one as put em1 or em2 in the 59 sure it was on youtube, best check tho 

[Marcoblanco]

anybody know if its possible to refit the smoke version of these with a sound decoder of choice or does this effect the smoke unit making it not work? 

[lyneux]

21 hours ago, The Meerkat said:

im sure some one as put em1 or em2 in the 59 sure it was on youtube, best check tho 

 

On 30/11/2023 at 11:07, 7013 said:

Generally I am really happy with my 59, I have a Legoman sound chip with twin iPhone speakers onboard. All sounds pretty good but I would like to put a speaker in with more bass to it. Any recommendations would be appreciated. I don't particularly want to go down the route of milling the chassis or anything along those lines.

 

I used a Sugarcube and an EM1 together: 

 

[Revolution Mike B]

Me too Guy. I found that the sugar cube helped with the ying ying as it got a little lost with just the EM1 on its own. It’s even worse with just an EM2

[GBRf 66 The Flying Dustman]

On 30/11/2023 at 14:53, The Meerkat said:

im sure some one as put em1 or em2 in the 59 sure it was on youtube, best check tho 

Yes I have fitted a EM1 in my Dapol 59 sounds great with Legomanbiffo LokSound V5 

[big jim]

One for Dapol to do maybe? 
 

pic from flickr by David Hann, click to enlarge and for more info 

 

[adb968008]

So Everyone has a bright green diesel now, apart of Colas…

66003 DB

66796 GBRF

68006 DRS

59101 Freightliner

 

Though Freightliner undoubtably started this with 66501 onwards!

[Adam1701D]

Very tempting. I wonder if any JHAs will get the same treatment?

[lyneux]

5 hours ago, Adam1701D said:

Very tempting. I wonder if any JHAs will get the same treatment?

Very unlikely. When I spoke to the guys at Whatley it sounded like they’d be gone very soon.

 

Guy

[matchmaker]

On 30/11/2023 at 21:40, Marcoblanco said:

anybody know if its possible to refit the smoke version of these with a sound decoder of choice or does this effect the smoke unit making it not work? 

Mine works fine with a Loksound decoder from Road and Rails.

 

[Pmorgancym]

On 05/12/2023 at 00:46, big jim said:

One for Dapol to do maybe? 
 

pic from flickr by David Hann, click to enlarge and for more info 

 

Ohh there's a shame I rather liked the Hansom orange/grey/blue

[7013]

On 01/12/2023 at 17:15, Revolution Mike B said:

Me too Guy. I found that the sugar cube helped with the ying ying as it got a little lost with just the EM1 on its own. It’s even worse with just an EM2

Hi Mike

Should the two speakers be wired in Parallel or Series? I have an EM1 waiting to go in but would like to add a sugarcube 

[Roy Langridge]

10 hours ago, 7013 said:

Hi Mike

Should the two speakers be wired in Parallel or Series? I have an EM1 waiting to go in but would like to add a sugarcube 

 

Series. An EM1 is 4 Ohm, so you don’t want another 4 Ohm in parallel as that will result in 2 Ohms, well below that quoted for a Loksound. If it is 8 Ohm, in series you get 2.67 Ohm, again too low. 
 

If it is an 8 Ohm sugarcube in series, you are going to get a resulting 12 Ohm, which will make it sound quieter. Ideally, you want a 4 Ohm sugarcube in series. 

Hope that helps?

 

Edit: typo corrected thanks to SRman. 
 

Roy

Edited December 11, 2023 by Roy Langridge

[SRman]

2 hours ago, Roy Langridge said:

 

Series. An EM1 is 4 Ohm, so you don’t want another 4 Ohm in series as that will result in 2 Ohms, well below that quoted for a Loksound. If it is 8 Ohm, in series you get 2.67 Ohm, again too low. 
 

If it is an 8 Ohm sugarcube in series, you are going to get a resulting 12 Ohm, which will make it sound quieter. Ideally, you want a 4 Ohm sugarcube on series. 

Hope that helps?
 

Roy

 

I think you mean "parallel" where I have highlighted that bit of text, Roy, just to save future confusion.

[Roy Langridge]

11 minutes ago, SRman said:

 

I think you mean "parallel" where I have highlighted that bit of text, Roy, just to save future confusion.

Quite right, and I even proof read it! I have edited my post. 

 

Thanks. 
 

Roy

Edited December 11, 2023 by Roy Langridge

[Revolution Mike B]

20 hours ago, 7013 said:

Hi Mike

Should the two speakers be wired in Parallel or Series? I have an EM1 waiting to go in but would like to add a sugarcube 

They're wired in series using an 8ohm sugar cube and the 4ohm EM1 giving 12ohms - perfectly acceptable for a Lolsound V5 in a Class 59 which doesn’t need to blow the windows out of your house. Hope that helps.

 

Mike