Module00 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Thank you for your reply. Nice pictures ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 Happy x-mas to me! You knew I wouldn't be able to resist, right? First the negatives, mine ran like a bag of s**t! This turned out to be the pick-ups not being set up correctly, and nobody else seems to have had any problems, so I must have just got a Friday afternoon assembled one! And that’s about it really. The Rad grills are not 100% correct, but I can live with that until EE do a better one and the glazing is far better in the flesh than early photo's suggested. The NEM pocket also drooped a little, so needed some packing to keep the KD at the right height. The sounds? Awesome!!!!! I'm still finding things that it does. By far the best sound project I've had my hands on so far ( Jealous, me, never!) To become 24 073 after a few 'Glasgow mods' and can work on Parrot Hall too. Merry Christmas all. Kev. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted December 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2015 Ian was telling me yesterday how good the sound is. Very tempted with a green one but it a lot for something that I don't really have a use for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Module00 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 A realy beautiful model ! I have a Bachmann modele with sound decoder (olivia's trains )and I am totally satisfied. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDBLUE17 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Hi Kev, That does look very nice, you must have been really good this year to get that for Christmas! (I've got an EWS tractor under the tree) Merry Christmas Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Lovely set of photos Kevin. Thanks for sharing. Hope you get 37191 to your liking as you did such a cracking job on her. Cheers Marcus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 I like these on it Marcus - With work on Parrot Hall ground to a halt (again!) due to lack of Wills stone sheets, attention has again turned to Loch Dour. 37 191 has gained a set of correct EE windscreens, the PH Harvey ones were later high impact frames really, and I was never able to glaze them successfully! I’m now pondering whose sound to go for. With the relatively poor motor, a Zimo might be the better option. If Paul Chetter did a 37 version of the SLW 24 program the decision would be made! Speaking of which, 24 073 has had the middle marker lights removed and filled, and is now ready for the fitting of Glasgow works centrally mounted ones. Happy New Year all. Kev. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Thanks for sharing Kev. Those windscreens have totally transformed the loco. Nice job mate. All the best for 2016 Cheers Marcus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 I will have to get a move on with 24 073 now. Loch Dour has had a last minute invite to Kendal show at the end of this month. A layout has pulled out, so we have stepped in to the breach! Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st January. For more details see here - http://kendalmrc.org/Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 37 191 has re-entered traffic, and continues to amaze me with what it can pull! Now fitted with a Zimo 645, loaded with a Digitrains/Paul Chetter program. This has cured the emergency stop and max speed problems but not the slow speed 'hunting' which I think is probably the mech, my Limby 101 displays similar tendencies! 24 073 has been into the garage for the first stage of weathering with the airbrush. When this is dried fully I will re-assemble it and do some smaller brushwork to finish it off. Kev. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 And here she is - Idling away on a ballast job, which is the train she will be seen on most likely! Mods include moving the discs to the middle of the ex-connecting doors, al-la Glasgow works and fabricating a 'temporary' water tank, until SLW release some spares plus straightening and fixing into place the bogie pipe work, and removing half of the small access hatch, as per the photo I was working to. And it still puts a smile on my face every time I 'start' the engine! Roll on Kendal show so I can give her a good run. Kev. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDBLUE17 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Hi Kev, That does look very nice, shame they are too early for my modelling era! Hope the show goes well, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanach Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 If this company do a class 37 they'd clean up! Although perhaps best not as us Scottish modellers would be bankrupt! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 Don't Meanach, just don't go there, I could never afford it! (says he who is currently saving for a 7mm Heljan 37!!!!) I would like a 25/0 to add to the 70's fleet though. Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanach Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Btw I see you are always chopping and changing your sound files , who's do you currently favour for the 37/4 fleet? I need to update some of my loksound 3.5 fitted fleet and am wondering who utilises the v4.0 best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 My 'top thrash' 37 at the moment meanach is Bif's "West Highland' one. Although Digitrains and Coastal DCC are both marketing a 'West Highland' one by Tony Molyneux which sounds very good on the video's. Both on LS v4. Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanach Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Ah yeh , I'd seen the Digitrains one advertised but if not heard of him . I was wondering how it compared to biffs , which I have 2 of . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted March 27, 2016 Author Share Posted March 27, 2016 One of the strangest, if not the strangest loco to grace Loch Dour's rails. ''Fluff'' I was asked to build this by a friend who's daughter got married yesterday,(congrats again Siobhan and Paul!) The ‘prototype’ is a 5’’gauge petrol mechanical, once owned by her late grandfather and regretfully sold on. The bride and groom knew nothing of it until it appeared by the cake! And the other end with controls – I dont think they expected this much detail. And it runs! I did sort out a couple of dodgy spots on the paintwork after taking the pictures, as they highlighted a couple of 'issues' Kev. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted March 27, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 27, 2016 Ah, didn't realise you built that. I was shown it last night and very nicely done too. Would fit right in on New Bryford!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Module00 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 strange model... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
11B Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Any relation to Fluff that was at Haverthwaite? Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 Only in so much as it is painted yellow and called 'Fluff' Ian! But yes, I think that was the inspiration. Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 Hello all, remember me? No. I'm not surprised, cos I've done and posted bog-all on this thread since March last Year! Loch Dour is still run two or three times a week, so it still serves its purpose admirably, but not much has actually been 'done' to the layout in a while. But while running the layout over Christmas, thoughts turned to the fiddle yard extension. This is added to the layout during assembly from behind, but at home the layout is up against the wall, so no access from behind! But where there is a will and all that I figured out a way with boxes instead of legs and behold – This means I can now run five trains in each direction at home, and a lot of them are longer as they are at shows. The picture shows my entire 70’s stock on the layout, and there is still room for more! My fellow operators stock not being present of course. The sheet to the left lists the functions allocated to the F-keys, these all having been (mostly!) standardised. 27 032 is currently being fitted with a Digitrains Zimo decoder and big speaker to be followed by 26 010 from the 80’s fleet when the period will change to 80’s mode. Oh and I now have in my possession a Zimo MXULFA programmer to master! Happy new year all. Kev. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlw Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Happy new year Kev, Did laying track at work get you some mojo to post on here? Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 Day off and a 27 in bits did that Carl! Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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