Joe Keegan

8 hours ago, David Holman said:

Lovely to see you Joe - though not sure about the photo!

Hi David , likewise too

This was the best photo I took

Went to the Uckfield show yesterday from Dublin to see the Iain Rice layouts with a bonus to see Northport Quay and meet David with a fellow SDMRC member 

Clever solution for a refreshment while operating a layout in the second photo 

15 minutes ago, warb said:

Photo taken at Inchicore works ?

On 17/7/2022 at 11:41 AM, Fowler4f said:

Thanks WE, I have a few 141’s that I have fitted sound to already, it was the 8 pin on box that threw me. 

 

This speaker is too long for a Baby GM as you will have to shorten the PCB and if you are not confident in modifying/shortening the PCB then do not modify/shorten the PCB.

The ideal speaker is the Baby Boomer which requires a small amount of filing the chassis/inside the hood and soldering the purple cables to the PCB marked SPK +/- . Polarity is not important in the Baby GM .

The Murphy Models 121 sound decoder is ideal for the Baby GM. 

Picture of the layout would help 

The station reminds me of just outside Newcastle West heading for Castleisland.

 In the old days, just as you got over the long drive to the top of the hill driving towards Castleisland the station was in the cutting to your right hand side.

2 hours ago, 2996 Victor said:

Apologies, Eoin, for thread hijack, but John could you possibly suggest whether Alec's J72 conversion was ever documented?

Cheers,

Mark

The late Alec Phillips former member of the MRSI passed away in the 1980’s.

Back then Alec would you showed/explain to you on how to do the conversion but unfortunately it was never documented. 
 

Alec’s pride & joy was his scratch built GNRi 4-4-0  accompanied him on his heavenly journey.

Barrow Street looks the part in its new home

When is the Barrow Street open day ?  Askin for a friend

Murphy Models 121 EMD567 sound decoder 

Tasty 

Will you be fitting a flywheel ?

cheers 

Joe

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3 hours ago, Billycan said:

Still hoping that someone will know the nickname of SAMBO's sister pilot at Broadstone.

Saint Patrick ?

20 hours ago, Sean said:

 

 

 

Im less confident we will see more baby GM since the tooling is gone and needs redoing from scratch, but you never know..............

Care to tell the forum where you got that information from “ the tooling is gone and needs redoing from scratch ” ?

A picture of both sides would paint a thousand words

6 hours ago, Fowler4f said:

I thought about fitting them to 141/181’s that may come my way this year. Is it possible to solder speaker wires to EMD Sound Decoder ?

Should you get a 141/181 in the future , I would suggest that you solder/hard wire the speaker cables to the PCB as shown in Flange Lubricator  link  / photo below.

Yes , you can solder speaker cables to your sound decoder.

I would not recommend to solder cables for speakers on the sound decoder as you will have to unsolder them in the future to fit the sound decoder in the A Class and also the sound decoder may get damaged aswell from the soldering which may also invalidate the warranty too.

It should be interesting to a 141/181 as it is 12 cylinder instead of the 8 cylinder sound . 
 

I must try this on the next club night 

6 hours ago, Corusman said:

I have a 0 gauge loco I bought as a kit in the 1980s at Telford. The maker was an Irish gentleman who cut the loco parts out of tinplate.

can anyone remember his name. He mostly did English locos but had this Irish 0-6-0 on his stand at an unresistable price.

Any idea what the prototype was?

Bill

 

Ciaran Mc Gowan of Leinster Models .

MGWR J26 or the Bat .

3 hours ago, connollystn said:

It's hard to avoid buying items from the mainland, sometimes, it just has to be done. It's a bit of a nuisance but you should think about the value of what you're buying (are you happy with what you've bought) and not the price. 

There is no customs/VAT charges from the Mainland of Europe

A “ Baby Boomer”  @ £10 speaker available from You Choos in the UK .

Sound decoder from Murphy Models 121 567 or 645 depending on which 141 or 181 loco .

You will have to trim inside the bonnet /chassis and chamfer the speaker top edges to fit inside the bonnet 

I have installed this combination in over 30 Murphy Models 142/181’s to date .

Take your time installing and enjoy the sounds .

41 minutes ago, Old Blarney said:

Not my work- I'm unable to remember where I copies this information from. Suspect it is Noel's work. I hope it is of assistance to you!

 

 

Hi Old Blarney

No picture attached / showing 

Hi Diarmuid

I would suggest that you look at the NCE Powercab which is easy to to use , is  expandable or the Roco Z21 which is expandable and you can use your smart phone/ wired controller / wireless controller.

Joe

42 minutes ago, Warbonnet said:

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You are too late on this one 

This is from another Facebook forum 

Enjoy

Confey , Leixlip this morning 

Enjoy the view before the installation of the overhead electrics commences

Can you post a picture of the Hornby controller that you are using as this will paint a thousand words

Enniscorthyman is correct too

Cheers

18 hours ago, irishthump said:

Is it the specific Lokpilot  for the A Class?
 

*No , there is no specific A Class Lokpilot non sound decoder available from IRM or elsewhere as they have already stated until 2022 .

*ESU have stated that there is a world wide shortage of non sound decoders and will not be available until 2022.

 

If not then the headlights probably just need to be mapped to a function key.

*The headlights operate from F22 via Aux3 & Aux4 .
you will have to remap Aux3 & Aux4 as irishthump has suggested.

18 hours ago, irishthump said: