D1054
Western Thunderer
A cheeky lot, them just outside Derbyshire.....lolYou gotta get yours working first !!
Or lit up like xmas trees in yard ??.
PMSL.
Steve
7mm Boris' Workbench - Jltrt Westerns (various)
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40126
Western Thunderer
Hi Ian,
Its a running joke bout Lancer's wessies. They are all 'stored' loco's !!
& i'm sure he'll give me some
bout this later 
Steve
iploffy
OC Blue Brigade
Slightly OT,but I understand plans are being made to bring Western Couriour to main line spec. Also a suggestion to new build IOOOO
regards
Rog
I do like these idea's I remember when I was a newly qualified Senior Conductor for BR one of the trainers tried to get me interested in a covernant for a proposed A1 Pacific that a few like minded individuals had thought up estimated cost £1,000,000.00 at those prices 20+ years ago, lets hope this project gets off the ground then perhaps we can get on to some reals loco's like a NBL or whatever
Ian
welshwizard
Western Thunderer
Ian do you work on the railway as well
iploffy
OC Blue Brigade
Oh yes I am a guard working from Wolverhampton, I take it from the as well you work for the railway.
Ian
welshwizard
Western Thunderer
Yes Ian at Newport i am a driver with DBS hence the Avatar, i drive the steam on the mainline also.
Phill Dyson
Western Thunderer
Howes for me, liked the horn on that one too
lancer1027
Western Thunderer
YEP definately Howes.
D1054
Western Thunderer
Hmmmm.. pretty comprehensive then. Actually, I like the acceleration on the SWD, but the ticking over, the horns and the twin start-up means I'll be sticking with Howes for mine too.
Driving was fine with both, but then I'm a careful driver anyway
The delay on starting off is a real pain (SWD) if you want to move your loco quickly but, in fairness to SWD, they do include CV 3 & 4 disabling through F12 which resolves this if you're in a hurry.
Ah well, on to the next one - going for glass windows in these next ones
! D1063 & D1026 next on the rota.
Driving was fine with both, but then I'm a careful driver anyway
The delay on starting off is a real pain (SWD) if you want to move your loco quickly but, in fairness to SWD, they do include CV 3 & 4 disabling through F12 which resolves this if you're in a hurry.Ah well, on to the next one - going for glass windows in these next ones
! D1063 & D1026 next on the rota.
westernfan
Western Thunderer
i listened to D1015 start up as a benchmark
but i liked both samples swd and howes
D1054
Western Thunderer
Hi Alcazar, and sorry for not replying to your posting which I'd overlooked! Howes retail at £170 and SwD at £165 - both require purchase of speakers which can range in price, but perfectly functional speakers are as little as £6 each. Its the soundcard which is the pricey bit.
Ian.
D1054
Western Thunderer
Hi Ian,
Exellent mate i look forward to both the fibre optic plans/pics etc and the voting on the sound
Rob
Rob (and Phill) - the fibre optics are pretty straightforward and I'll show you how I do mine over the next day or so now we've got Xmas out of the way!
It all starts with a jig I made up from plasticard......... (to be continued)