7mm Finney7 West Country - 34023 Blackmore Vale
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Phil Harding
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Richard
That sounds like a Zimo with a Paul Chetter sound profile from Digitrains.
Would that be so or is it from another source please?
Phil
That sounds like a Zimo with a Paul Chetter sound profile from Digitrains.
Would that be so or is it from another source please?
Phil
TheSnapper
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7mmMick
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John K
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A Zimo Double Dumbo perchance.
John K
Phil Harding
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Speaker, well after reading Paul's Hornby Mag article on converting a Dapol 08 in which he used a sugar cube and a big base, I was so impressed with the result that I adopted it for steam locos and am very pleased with the result. So I have two Finnney Bulleids with this chip/speaker combination and two more Bulleids awaiting conversion. You can never have too many Bulleids in my view.
Phil
Phil
Dikitriki
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TheSnapper
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Phil Harding
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Simon
In the Dapol 08, Paul Chetter used a DSS 28x40 speaker plus a Zimo twin driver 40x22x9 unit to allow the higher frequencies to cut through, each speaker being 4 ohm and wired in series making a 8 ohm load.
I think every one fitting decoders seems to develop their own speaker combo, this is mine.
Phil
TheSnapper
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Also depends on the loco!
Some of the pre-grouping examples I get from a regular "customer" are a bit of a challenge, especially when they have working inside motion and the boilers are filled with lead.
Tim
7mmMick
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Over the moon this evening! Just received the below picture of Blackmore Vale looking lovely in green. Just crew and coal to finish now, the end is near
Extremely well done to @Paul Moore who's done an excellent job as usual
Mick
Extremely well done to @Paul Moore who's done an excellent job as usual Mick
david duxbury
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So enough on the body work for now, i've also been working on the frames. I've opted for the removable brake gear as per the kit instructions, my only slight deviation is that I've soldered a 12Ba nut on the inside of the frame as I wasn't confident that the taped frame would last regular stripping of brake gear, it may not be needed but i'd rather have it than the headache of a stripped thread once painted!
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Like @dibateg I've opted to replace some of the punched rivet detail with brass rod as it really does alter the look of the brake gear. @Rob Pulham has some excellent photos of Winston Churchill on Filckr and they've been invaluable for the bottom end build detail. he has kindly allowed me to use them here. The front stretched has etched ends and replacing them with rod makes it look a lot better and much more like this;View attachment 103299
Once the brake gear was sorted I went onto fit the motor and gearbox which is a Maxon and ABC combined unit. I then found that there was no room for the width of the gearbox between the hornblocks and compensation arms. Cutting down the gear box is not an option so I followed the advice of @Dikitriki and cut down the hornblocks and guides to allow room for the gear box and side play. I soldered on some .64mm square brass bar to ensure the compensation arms would not slip off;
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A large void to accept the gearbox and everything still works as planned. You can also see the 12Ba nuts for the brake gear. Once inside the frames I found that if I set up the gearbox at 90 degrees the motor can was a tight fit in the frames, stopping side play! So I modified the spare motion bracket and with some brass wire mounted the motor at an angle that would fit inside the body well and allow side play;
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So the frames are at the stage where they only need a few jobs to finish, Sand pipes, speedo and those iconic pipe runs! Again i've used Rob's photos to start running in the pipe work. I'm going for the untidy BR used effect
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I need to separate the smaller pipes a little more but you get the idea. Crosshead lubrication is finished, as are the cylinder covers. The kit suggests scribing in the inspection panel in the cylinder casing so I thought i'd have a go as looking at 34051 it is an obvious detail;
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Cylinder taps are all drilled to accept the copper pipe and once they're fitted that completes the scene here. Smoke deflector fitted with blue tack for effect only at the minute, it WON'T be wonky when finished
A couple of final shots to show progress, the finish line is close
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Can't keep the brass shinny BTW, sorry
Mick
