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Great to see you here John.your expertise is always welcome.

Welcome to the site Des.Now you do know that you have pay hello money to become a senior member.lol.

Very impressive work there-fair play.

And that sound of a 071 at full throttle and turbo screaming is a sound to behold.

Thanks.

Just wondering lads a few times I have got too large a file when trying to upload photos. I am not the best when it comes to the IT end of things.Any Hints?.

I dont think so Seamus.If you have heard the 071 class chip, that does not have the turbo charged roar at 90 mph that you heard miles away,as the 071 class that was recorded (088) was stationery in Waterford yard.I dont know if IE would give permission for a recording at speed for a 071. As for the A class we will never see 60/70 mph on these again.

If you like Fire Engines ,patrticulary older ones....why not visit- 10th Irish Pumpathon, Emily Sq, Athy, Co Kildare, Sunday 13 May 11 to 5.

Thats exactly the speed we done.When Gerry Byrne organised Mr Sound guy to travel to Downpatrick,the ITG(who own A39) said that A39 is looked after very well and is not pushed very hard and kept to about 25 mph as Patrick has said.However as can be seen from the first video we did push the empty stock up hill for a while and got a load condition.That is probobally as good as it gets,as the days of laden beet 001s charging up Taylorstown viaduct will never happen again.As can be seen the ITG have done a fantastic job in the engine room as well,with a hell of a lot of work done painting etc.I cant wait to hear the sound chip.Keith(Mr Sound Guy) was telling me about the process involved in recording the sound wihich is the easy bit,however a lot of work is involved to get the sounds right for the chip.Keith has considerable experience as a sound engineer so that helps.As for the future,class 80,121,C 226,and anything with a engine or steam can be recorded.

Wow fair play to you.

Another book I picked up at the Wexford show-Railways in Ireland part 4-Great Southern and Western by Martin Bairstow.Great photos and ideal for model reference. Also the two dvds of the West Cork Railways come highly recommended.

I dont know how long it will be before the chip is released.I was at Downpatrick for the recordings as Gerry Byrne who organised everything could not go so I got the job of driver for Mr sound guy.Anthony came along as well and we had a great time.The staff were very friendly and helpfull,and even have a small layout in a station room.Here is a video of actual recording on the way to Inch Abbey with a empty stock working.You might hear me asking the driver how thirsty is A39 on diesel and he replys -18 lts a hour ticking over.Click on image to view.

For the good of the hobby-that's what says it all for me.

Very slow progress even though there not too much left to do. I will be getting a sample of the new A class sound chip soon so when She is good to go I will post up photos and video.

I don't know if this is possible but I will talk to Gerry Byrne to see if mr Sound Guy can do this. By the way the locos that were recorded back in 2007 for the locos were 211-185-088. It was pointed out to me that 185 has a clanking in the idling of the engine that is reproduced On the sound chip.I don't know if this is fault on 185 at the time but it seems she had this noise when recording took place.

Yes I told a good few people.I feel very much at home here and it's good to see more mod.

Your "check it out" did not last very long on some other site.

Wow is all I can say:)

I sprayed them red oxide with can of ral 3009(Vinne Byrne) and then gray paint-cant remember which.

Thanks Rich.I do prefer rtr stock but there comes a time when you have to build and Paint stock that you want.

Glad you like it Seamus and yes its a cracker and great for modelling Purposes as well.

Thanks Dave for that.I am thinking of selling 201 and 217 with boxes but detailed at one end.

Yes 012 looks great,plenty of dirt and filth:)

I was thinking of one of these photos for my avatar,what do people like?.