kevpeo Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) Speaking of loud 37's! I was up at 04.45 this morning to travel to Whitehaven to record 37 423 on the last (for now) ''Ready Brek Express''. It did turn up, no 47's this week! Here's the sprightly 50 year old powering through the tunnel away from Whitehaven - 37 423 leaving Whitehaven 17 2 12.mp3 Completely useless recording for sound decoder use, but LOUD. Enjoy, kev. Edited February 17, 2012 by kevpeo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Speaking of loud 37's! I was up at 04.45 this morning to travel to Whitehaven to record 37 423 on the last (for now) ''Ready Brek Express''. It did turn up, no 47's this week! Here's the sprightly 50 year old powering through the tunnel away from Whitehaven - 37 423 leaving Whitehaven 17 2 12.mp3 Completely useless recording for sound decoder use, but LOUD. Enjoy, kev. Yello Kev, bl00dy hell. Thats a bit hell fire. OzzyO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixteen 12by 10s Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 My looooooordz, Awesome thrash, the last time I had 423 on a train was Fort William- Mallaig! The last Ready Brek for a while, dam, I’m of up the lakes for a few day tomorrow, that was bad timing. Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 17, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 17, 2012 Yello Kev, bl00dy hell. Thats a bit hell fire. OzzyO. We had 37 423 on the one we caught last Monday. A shot at Carlisle and one at the end of our journey on it at Barrow In Furness (just incase you didnt recognise the location!!!). It was breakfast in Wetherspoons before heading off South to colder weather!! Ian 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 There were a fair few bods heading to 'spoons this morning too! kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 17, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 17, 2012 Kev We nearly deviated into the Duke of Edinburgh on way back to the station but resisted - will just have to wait till October for our next visit!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDBLUE17 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Thats a cracking recording of 423 Kev and nice to see your photos as well Ian! 423 is one of my favourites in the DRS fleet and thanks ot Andi Walshaw I have a model of it. Whether it makes Barrow or not depends on it getting sound and having time to add working lights to the Wipacs! 37409 is currently in service though just in case! Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 Glad you enjoyed it Mark. There are a few good recordings in the 11/2 hours of the journey, plus a load of dross! It's surprising how quickly a 37 can reach 30mph when the wind roar takes over, even with a ''dead cat'' over the mic! If I ever find the time to do anything with them that is, I don't know how Biff does it? Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGomez Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Hi Kev. Great recording of the Tractor. I hope you don´t mind but I downloaded it on to my mobile and have it as my wake up alarm in the morning. It puts a smile on my face but the missus isn´t too pleased. Scared the living daylights out of her the first time it sounded. It is the first alarm sound I try not to turn off too quickly ;-) By the way. I managed to pick up a copy of Model Rail. Great article. Fine looking photo too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 Lol, I bet she jumped some when the driver ''gave it some Wigan' in the tunnel! Sorry about the photo! kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 (edited) Not a lot happening in Loch Dour land at the moment, but I did collect a ''legomanbiffo'' 20 sound decoder at Preston yesterday. This is earmarked to go into Coppell's 20 165 at the present time, as that has got the oldest 3.5 decoder in my fleet, with a poor 20 x 40mm ESU speaker under the roof fan to boot. Having tried bif's 20 on the bench it's plenty loud enough! So a simple speaker fitted in where the battery boxes were cast seems the sensible way to go. So after wheeling the hacksaw the chassis now looks like this - A lot less work than 20 121's bass speaker install! There is a hole drilled through the chassis to allow the speaker wires to go through, which will be sealed after the speaker is installed. After fitting the decoder, I'll try this program out in multi with the other 20's in the fleet and see which it goes best with. I may well end up swapping the chassis with 20 121 or 208! Kev. Edited August 27, 2012 by kevpeo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDBLUE17 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Hi Kev, Just wait til you get to play with a 66 with legomanbiffo's sound in October! It is rather good. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) I am your servant for the weekend Mark; you can make me drive anything!!!!!! I don't know if anyone is interested or not, but seen as though I have to take photo's for our club magazine, I thought I'd stick them on here too. This is the method I use for removing the numbers etc. from Bachmann stuff. It doesn't work so well on other manufactures products though, ask me how I know! The magic ingredient, Brasso!!!! - Just rub over the unwanted number with a small wad and hey presto - All ready for the application of the new decals, after a wash of course, and it leaves a nice shiny surface for them too!- Go on try it! HTH, kev. Website - http://lochdour.webs.com/ Edited August 27, 2012 by kevpeo 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 What the ----- !? The're not blue! Fancy a brew? kev. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 Not again! I think my friends are taking the p***! All these kettles and a green 20 are visiting for sound fitting or program ''tweaking''. Normal blue stuff has not stopped completely as 37 408 is now ready for reassembly and weathering. My favorite bit! It may even make an appearance on Coppell at Liverpool show on ''club train'' duties. Kev. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 (edited) Go on Kev, backdate Loco Dour to steam and green Diesels. OzzyO. PS. I guess that I'm walking to the club on Mon. Edited March 31, 2012 by ozzyo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted March 31, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2012 (edited) What the ----- !? Kettles How do we unscribe from a layout thread? Edited March 31, 2012 by bcnPete 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 (edited) I think I need new friends Pete! And to top it all, today disaster has struck! While putting a coat of matt varnish on 37 408 one of the ''0's'' has disintergrated. And what's the one number I haven't got any left of on the sheet. B*****k's. kev. Edited March 31, 2012 by kevpeo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDBLUE17 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Hi Kev, Funny coincidence but I posted a little April fool about Kettles on my DEMU thread having purchased hornbys recent release black 5 which is part of the WCRC fleet so perfect for my charter set. Don't worry I'm sticking to my sound fitted diesels! Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 (edited) Ok, Ok, I get the hint, no more kettles!!! How about this instead! Fresh from an exam at Eastfield (well my workbench!) And they didn't even bother to give it a wash! 37 408 engages in a spot of PW work. Can you spot the ''massive'' speaker? I even got off my backside and fabricated a couple of ETS sockets for this one. Trouble is i'll have to go back and fit them to the others now. I used to use the A1 Models brass one's, but haven't been able to find them for a while, so thought ''what if''? Not the best picture I've ever taken, and the front bogie looks a little odd because the track is coming off a gradient at this point. 408 is fitted with a Loksound v4 and another home brewed sound program, and no, its not recordings of 37 423. That one's still being worked on! kev. Website - http://lochdour.webs.com/ Edited August 27, 2012 by kevpeo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted April 8, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2012 Ok, Ok, I get the hint, no more kettles!!! How about this instead – Oh yes...very nice. Layout thread re-subscribed back to favourites... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDBLUE17 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Hi Kev, Looks very good, nice amount of weathering and will look forward to hearing it in action at some point. Mark 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D802 FORMIDABLE Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Great tip with the Brasso mate, my brother is a watchmaker and uses the Silvo version for buffing scratches out of plastic watch faces if anyone needed to know lol.Does work on Heljan? Love the layout Kev. Cheers Anthony 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 An awesome layout and rolling stock !!! Thanks also for the tips. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted April 9, 2012 Author Share Posted April 9, 2012 Thanks all, as for the Brasso working on Heljan Anthony, it does, but you have to be very careful not to rub through the paint down to the plastic. It's way too easy to do on Heljan & Hornby!!! HTH, kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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