Yes, it was a quick and greatly explained vid as usual. Tho I am surprised you didn't glue the actual fan blades under the grill for detailing looks, but I figured there wasn't enough space after the depth of the speaker taking up the room under the body.
I bought a Hornby Super Detailed Hoover 50037 at the Bristol show on Saturday for £50.00 which I thought was an absolute Bargain and a half, only thing wrong with it is the Headlights dont work going one way but the Tail Lights works either way so will probably, need to take the Body off and have a look, and yes the loco was boxed
Sadly we buy with care at shows! The best thing to do was a course to test it on a layout nearby before leaving the show. I’ve learnt that one the hard way. Regards Charlie
Hi Charlie, The big speaker makes a huge difference to the depth of the sound. Just done a similar thing. Fitted a Zimo MX645 to a class 56. removed the fan drive assembly and easily got a whopping 52x22x10 base reflex speaker in its place. It sounds great. What did you do about the missing fan. I thought it looked a bit odd without one so I used a strip of black vinyl tape to hold the old fan up under the grill. Seems to look better. ..........John
Great video, Having issues fitting the same base reflex speaker (100ohms) into Bachmann class 37 (254) at the moment :( Don't fancy drilling or cutting!
Charlie has been done to death over his earlier soldering technique but using the wrong flux can lead to corrosion on electrical items. Use 60:40 tin:lead multicore resin solder made for electics/electronics. No extra flux needed. It also flows better. Lead free solder is used in plumbing toavoid containating 'potable' ie drinking water. There's no risk of that here. Hope Charlie forgives me! BobUK.
Chadwick Model Railway at about 10:40 in the video, lower screen centre, there is what looks like a small brass washer. And you have reassembled the model
To say you were putting the new speaker in in place of the fan motor, you should have just left the old speaker in and had the sound running through both in my humble opinion. The older one will no doubt have a better response for the higher frequencies being that it's a dome tweeter type with a sound plate rather than a cone. Still, was a good job regardless. :)
Well, its one of those ones. Probably wouldn't make all the difference in fairness... I'm just obsessed with sound and in my life, more speakers = good. (Imagine Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars shouting: "POWER!" and you'll see where I'm coming from.) And I've been enjoying every video I've seen thus far. Always plenty of detail and tips to be had and you're clearly on the same level as some master builders I've seen so yeah, keep up the good work. Especially enjoyed the introduction to Tortoise point motors. Never liked the loud snap from the standard type so found those ones more to my liking. That and I think they're more realistic with the speed in which they throw the point. In fact, thus far, there's only one video I have to disagree with with regards to one of your statements... The wiring a DCC board one. You said it's simple but from where I was standing, there seemed to be more of a complex wire setup than what the space shuttle needed to get into space. Still, you did do a good job explaining. Hell, a few more of your videos and I might just be tempted to get back into the hobby. I've been out of the game too long by rights. Easily been 25 years since I had a set so for the tips and inspiration, many thanks indeed. :)
Hi Buck, I truly believe that it’s time that you rekindled your interest in this hobby. Set yourself a small project 18 inches x 48 inches and see where that takes you. Regards Charlie
As a newbie I'm amazed what a difference sound makes to the experience. Nice addition to the model railway theatre. BobUK
Thanks Bob.
Most helpful model railway channel on RUclips,cheers
You are too kind Duck Man.
Found this video very helpful when fitting my 50 with bifo sound and bass speaker. Really nice layout by the way.
I’m so pleased that you found it useful and hopefully you have subscribed too.
Regards Charlie
@@ChadwickModelRailway Charlie my baccy class37 has the loksound5 with southwest digital sound, its bloody amazing mate, has 12 function outputs too
Yes, it was a quick and greatly explained vid as usual. Tho I am surprised you didn't glue the actual fan blades under the grill for detailing looks, but I figured there wasn't enough space after the depth of the speaker taking up the room under the body.
Sadly too long ago to remember John.
I bought a Hornby Super Detailed Hoover 50037 at the Bristol show on Saturday for £50.00 which I thought was an absolute Bargain and a half, only thing wrong with it is the Headlights dont work going one way but the Tail Lights works either way so will probably, need to take the Body off and have a look, and yes the loco was boxed
Sadly we buy with care at shows! The best thing to do was a course to test it on a layout nearby before leaving the show. I’ve learnt that one the hard way. Regards Charlie
Awesome videos and they're so realistic nice work
Thank you very much JC.
Hi Charlie, The big speaker makes a huge difference to the depth of the sound. Just done a similar thing. Fitted a Zimo MX645 to a class 56. removed the fan drive assembly and easily got a whopping 52x22x10 base reflex speaker in its place. It sounds great. What did you do about the missing fan. I thought it looked a bit odd without one so I used a strip of black vinyl tape to hold the old fan up under the grill. Seems to look better. ..........John
Good tip John, I'll give it a go.
Great video. makes a great deal of difference
I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it Chris. Regards Charlie
Also one of the Buffer Steps needs putting back on
Not to worry Thomas, it will come off again! Regards Charlie
Great video, Having issues fitting the same base reflex speaker (100ohms) into Bachmann class 37 (254) at the moment :( Don't fancy drilling or cutting!
I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it DJ
... and hopefully you’ve subscribed too.
@@ChadwickModelRailway been subscribed for a little while now :) Keep up the good work.
Helpful video, thanks. What is the manufacturer of the speaker you used?
I’m unsure but I bought it from Legomanbiffo. Regards Charlie
Chadwick TMD Thanks.
like chalk and cheese. that sounded so much better.
Tasty too Brian. Regards, Charlie.
Charlie has been done to death over his earlier soldering technique but using the wrong flux can lead to corrosion on electrical items. Use 60:40 tin:lead multicore resin solder made for electics/electronics. No extra flux needed. It also flows better. Lead free solder is used in plumbing toavoid containating 'potable' ie drinking water. There's no risk of that here. Hope Charlie forgives me! BobUK.
Bob, I have moved on to 60:40.
Please forgive my early inexperience.
In the end i can see dcc controllers having a bass and treble control
I think that you’re more of an optimist than me. Fingers crossed. Regards Charlie
Sounds a lot more “throaty”. Did I see a spare washer left on your mat?
I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it Bruce. What washer,😜
Chadwick Model Railway at about 10:40 in the video, lower screen centre, there is what looks like a small brass washer. And you have reassembled the model
To say you were putting the new speaker in in place of the fan motor, you should have just left the old speaker in and had the sound running through both in my humble opinion. The older one will no doubt have a better response for the higher frequencies being that it's a dome tweeter type with a sound plate rather than a cone.
Still, was a good job regardless. :)
Hi Buck,
A fair point, one which I hadn’t considered.
I’m glad that you enjoyed the video.
Regards Charlie
Well, its one of those ones. Probably wouldn't make all the difference in fairness... I'm just obsessed with sound and in my life, more speakers = good. (Imagine Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars shouting: "POWER!" and you'll see where I'm coming from.)
And I've been enjoying every video I've seen thus far. Always plenty of detail and tips to be had and you're clearly on the same level as some master builders I've seen so yeah, keep up the good work. Especially enjoyed the introduction to Tortoise point motors. Never liked the loud snap from the standard type so found those ones more to my liking. That and I think they're more realistic with the speed in which they throw the point.
In fact, thus far, there's only one video I have to disagree with with regards to one of your statements... The wiring a DCC board one. You said it's simple but from where I was standing, there seemed to be more of a complex wire setup than what the space shuttle needed to get into space. Still, you did do a good job explaining.
Hell, a few more of your videos and I might just be tempted to get back into the hobby. I've been out of the game too long by rights. Easily been 25 years since I had a set so for the tips and inspiration, many thanks indeed. :)
Hi Buck,
I truly believe that it’s time that you rekindled your interest in this hobby.
Set yourself a small project 18 inches x 48 inches and see where that takes you.
Regards Charlie
More speakers also halves the impedance which can destroy a sound chip in 10 seconds. unless you wire them in series but then it will sound terrible