Garden Railway Forum

Posted: **Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:55 pm**

I am looking into putting a sound card into the loco I have made from one of the Garden Railway Specialist kits, I have made the loco run via battery and is remote control using Timpdon electronics, has anyone done this to their locos and what pitfalls if any am I likely to come across, any help and info would be greatly appreciated.

freelander

Posted: **Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:52 pm**

Many sound cards run off their own 9 volt supply - I know mine does! I found my locos were too small to instal a sound unit (besides, as forty quid a throw they were more expensive than the loco), so I did this: http://www.mdlr.co.uk/budup.html

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 2:03 pm**

I like the sound of that, the sound card I have seen runs of the loco's battery (mylocosound web site). waiting for the site to get back then will have a chat, if all goes well will get some details on here.

freelander

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 4:19 pm**

To be honest I have yet to come across a supplier in this scale for R/C that has brought out a 'decent' sounding unit that actually is in sync with the loco movements.

We need a commerical offering of a live diesel

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:20 pm**

tom_tom_go:98342 wrote:We need a commerical offering of a live diesel

There's at least one on sale that has the sound of a Class 37 - a little OTT for narrow gauge!

Posted: **Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:12 am**

There is this chap on ebay who is always selling sound boards

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221409739512

Posted: **Thu Apr 10, 2014 6:56 pm**

I have one of those but struggled to get it to sound the way I wanted and gave up in the end. I'm not totally blaming the unit, it may have been me or it may be that I was expecting too much.

Posted: **Thu Apr 10, 2014 7:40 pm**

MDLR:98350 wrote:
tom_tom_go:98342 wrote:We need a commerical offering of a live diesel
There's at least one on sale that has the sound of a Class 37 - a little OTT for narrow gauge!

Which one is that.?
Best wishes
Colin

Posted: **Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:44 pm**

godsteam:99185 wrote:There is this chap on ebay who is always selling sound boards

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221409739512

Don't go there!!! I did and giving it away would be too expensive!!!

Like Bryan I am currently using an ACME unit although mine is running off the main battery of my RC loco and I can turn if on and off using one of the AUX outputs on my Timpton radio. If I was to buy another tho it would be a chuffed to bits unit.

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Posted: **Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:45 am**

I was tempted to fit sound to my Faller Railcar using the Chuffed 2 Bits unit...was a little over the top in the end!

Posted: **Sun Apr 13, 2014 5:36 pm**

as I started this I will go on? well I opted for Mylocosound unit and every pleased with it. it has gone into a GRS 0-4-0 Hunslet loco, bit of a tight fit but it works and the sound is very good and realistic, it can be altered to suit along with the whistle. the beat is controlled by the speed of the loco and slows as the loco comes to stop. if you went to the 16mm show Warton Road used the same sound card. try the web site Mylocosound or give Peter Spoerer a call his number is on the site and he will let you listen to the sounds over the phone

freelander