The leopard who changed his spots...
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The leopard who changed his spots...
OK, ok, I know how anti battery electric I have been in the past but I have done something truely shocking for which you will all hate me,
I bought an AnDel merseysider.
It is purly to see if I can fit an onboard compressor into a battery electric loco for my air brakes and not becuase I have gone soft.....
But me being me I'll not be leaving it as is!
It will have a large radiator grill on the front to get rid of those lights and radiator grill that look like a face!
It will be in dark blue (of cource) and will be manual control, I'll be trying to fit a sound card into it and a horn and also a compressor and air brake equiptment including a pressure valve so that the compressor stops when the system is full.
It is also being supplied as a one off as it will not be built and will come as a kit of parts with no instructions.
I bought an AnDel merseysider.
It is purly to see if I can fit an onboard compressor into a battery electric loco for my air brakes and not becuase I have gone soft.....
But me being me I'll not be leaving it as is!
It will have a large radiator grill on the front to get rid of those lights and radiator grill that look like a face!
It will be in dark blue (of cource) and will be manual control, I'll be trying to fit a sound card into it and a horn and also a compressor and air brake equiptment including a pressure valve so that the compressor stops when the system is full.
It is also being supplied as a one off as it will not be built and will come as a kit of parts with no instructions.
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Welcome to the diesel era and however much you want you can never stop at one. They are like steam engines only less obvious about how they are infecting you.
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I'm happy to have battery loco's, easy to get some movement for those times that you just can't be bothered to fire something up. Also good for trialing new bits of line.
However I have two Nitro petrol motors (One from an RC car & one in my RC Helicopter) that I keep looking at & planning things. Hmmmm Nitro electric...I know it's been done but I'm wondering how many volts could I produce from a nitro engine with dynamo?
I like the idea of Nitro Electric as then I can just use traction motor(s) to power the loco..... Hmmmmm
However I have two Nitro petrol motors (One from an RC car & one in my RC Helicopter) that I keep looking at & planning things. Hmmmm Nitro electric...I know it's been done but I'm wondering how many volts could I produce from a nitro engine with dynamo?
I like the idea of Nitro Electric as then I can just use traction motor(s) to power the loco..... Hmmmmm
Tommy Dodd may have an ARS key but I have a TASS button & a Rope Ladder, just like pirates, except the TASS button bit.
I'm with you there! I have a very long-term plan to build an FR Funkey with some kind of internal combustion engine (preferably a 4-stroke) driving a generator. I thought I had cracked it last year, but the components I wanted to use simply would not fit inside the Funkey body, being both too wide and too tall. Supply of a Funkey kit also became an issue. The idea is on my back-burner but is still very much alive.Pendo Pilot wrote:Hmmmm Nitro electric...I know it's been done but I'm wondering how many volts could I produce from a nitro engine with dynamo?
I like the idea of Nitro Electric as then I can just use traction motor(s) to power the loco..... Hmmmmm
In the meantime, here is some inspiration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSwha_Ug7sk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYYJ3xDEaTc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1EtBOc6418
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mutb7KgA9NM&NR
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Hmmm,
I will be modifying this locomotive somewhat to become a DVLR loco rather than a merseysider. (It makes sense to me...)
Pete suggested it took influence from an early tractor with a large exhaust pipe like a field marshall and have a fly wheel. I think this is a cracking idea. As to the sound system- does anyone know of a sound card that makes the noise of an old tractor (maybe out of a cheap model toy) or one to which one can record one's own noise?
I will be modifying this locomotive somewhat to become a DVLR loco rather than a merseysider. (It makes sense to me...)
Pete suggested it took influence from an early tractor with a large exhaust pipe like a field marshall and have a fly wheel. I think this is a cracking idea. As to the sound system- does anyone know of a sound card that makes the noise of an old tractor (maybe out of a cheap model toy) or one to which one can record one's own noise?
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those things are really hard to set up right, you have to isolate all the background noise to get just that noise (I did it by using my dads very convenient "dead room" in his edit suite, unearthly silence is a very weird thing to experience, he locked me in there once!).mhlr wrote:
Mmmm shot gun round start-up!
The only soundcard I've come across that you can record your own sound was on Cornwall Model Boats I told you about Zach, but it's about £140! You'd be best off looking for one with a 2 cylinder put-put sound.
Unless you get one you can put an MP3 on
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