Hornby BR A4 DCC Sound Smoke & Lights

[mrchrisniro]

wow fantastic!

[limosalimosa]

Nice! The middle driver has nasty wobble though... I wonder how long the wheel plating will last. Maybe you should get a spare.

[TalktomyfaceBoy]

Its Spencer

[Codenamebravo]

Are all those sounds coming from the A4 or are they recorded.?

[Irish982]

@Codenamebravo Hi the A4 has a DCC sound decoder installed in it with the sounds recorded on the decoder so yes the sounds are coming from the A4.

[whitewingsrich]

Smoke Genorators...... How exactly do they work and can they be left on whilst a train is standing at a platform or does the loco have to be moving? Just i think every steam train i have seen still has steam coming out of it when it is waiting for passengers to get on/off the train. Do they take some sort of feeding Like oil or something to creat the steam effect?

[DEEJAYDAVIDGE]

superb work , I envy your skills.Do you undertake much private work ? .

Deejay

[Irish982]

@DEEJAYDAVIDGE Hi Thank you for the interest and comments. I do some private work not a huge amount any more. If you want something done drop me a private email via youtube. Some of the hobby shops also watch the posting on my youtube account. You may be contacted by one of them. Cheers

[DEEJAYDAVIDGE]

superb work ?, I envy your skills.Do you undertake much private work ? .

Deejay

[DEEJAYDAVIDGE]

superb woe work ? rk, I envy your skills.Do you undertake much private work ? .

Deejay

[drigin1234]

Certainly very realistic nowadays

[MusicRIOTT]

hi

thanks for the reply ive just been unlucky  with my a4 railroad range

it will be interesting to see how long one would last on your rolling rd tester

at the same speed i dont think it last long

[Irish982]

Hi

I have never had any problems with any of my A4's. In saying that I have never purchased a railroad range loco. I think they are well manufactured plenty of detail and are great runners. Hope that helps.

[MusicRIOTT]

hi nice train but what i like to know does anybody out there have problems with

the hornby railroad range ie a4 s falcon my train has fell to bits several times from new i thinck its china using cheep parts so the trains dont last to long

unlike my tri ang which is 50 year old and still going strong

read what i have to say in whats wrong with falon video comments

[dilwich123]

Please Mr Irish tell us how much it cost?

[Irish982]

@dilwich123 Hi if you were to fit all the components yourself including the loksound about 225-250 GBP

[handscombmp]

Looks very nice.

Excluding the cost of the loco, how much does all of that cost.

[Irish982]

@handscombmp Hi see above post

[Poopingbotham]

Very good, though the lights are much too bright.

[Irish982]

@Poopingbotham Your right, but the guy I built it for loved it and ordered another 2.

[GECP4256]

I'm from Canada, and I'd LOE to get one of these, like the Bittern, or Sir Nigel.

[beeman37]

Typical steam sound ,good at slow speed, but once speed increases it goes out of sync. Even when sync swch are fittd , I think diesel good but they cant get steam to sound good once timing is taken into account. Not impressed enough to buy. Beeman.

[Irish982]

@beeman37 Fair enough its your money and thank you for good constructive advice, most just fault find. Thank you and Cheers

[kj369kj]

i dont even like trains but this is hardcore

[Irish982]

@kj369kj Thanks you glad it is "hardcore" for you. Cheers

[ryanlynch97]

that looks pricey, am i right?

[Irish982]

@ryanlynch97 Depends on what you call pricey??? For some yes for others no.

[benjokazooie]

the whistle from bitterne, that A$ is currently residing on the watercress line in arelsford/ropley/alton.

sny progress on the 'puffing' smoke?

[Irish982]

@benjokazooie Slowly getting there now looking at a new angle for syncro....using a Zimo sound decoder.

[beeman37]

@benjokazooie The nearest you can get to 'puffing' smoke was the old Hornby syncrosmoke. Small air pump driven by loco motor. Seuthe smoke unit are just a small oil boiler that causes the vaporised oil to spit out of a hypo sized heated tube. not bad at speed but dont 'chuff'. Beeman.

[benjokazooie]

@beeman37 i didnt know they did one, thanks for sharing. can you still get hold of them?

Benjo

[bash2357]

How did you get all them?!

[Irish982]

@bash2357 Hi Bash Some are sent to me and I just collect them over the years. Cheers

[Knowles87]

LOL, I can't believe you sampled the announcer from B'ham New Street, that's just pure class!

[Irish982]

@Knowles87 Hi well spotted, I have asked plenty of people with English/Scottish accents if they would like to do some "oldies" for me but they all decline, so the next best thing is youtube.

[TrainMaster11234]

Would you mind making a vid about fitting steam and sound, i realy want to know

Thanks TrainMaster11234

[Irish982]

Hi as much as I would love to it can take me up to a month to do one. It would have to be still shots....Lets see what I can do.

[TrainMaster11234]

@Irish982 Thank you so much i realy want to know how to fit somke and sound

:-)

[Irish982]

Hi

Can I make a suggestion, Hornby have announced that they are releasing an A4 with DCC Sound. I can send you some photos on how to install the smoke and that should make it easier.

[TrainMaster11234]

@Irish982 thankyou so much

[VinylBeatz2010]

where do you get the sound for the sation from

[Irish982]

That came from youtube if I remember correctly.

[gentarion]

I absolutely love that whistle!!!!!! fantastic piece of kit you've got there, really makes me want to go and by one :D %***** faved

[Irish982]

Thanks, is is a great sounding chime whistle. Thanks for rating and pleased you enjoyed it. Cheers

[apachewarrior2]

Shame they are so much money.

[gresleya3kid]

almost as fast as the real thing!

[buttercupline]

nice vid so the smoke can you have it slow or is it always fast

[Irish982]

Hi

I only have the ability to switch on/off but I can change CV's on the move to reduce the smoke but too much work so I leave it as it is.

[superbike1981]

That is awesome. i didnt think the sound would make much diff when i first heard about it but it brings the loco to life.

[Irish982]

It does make a big difference, and when you hear it in the flesh its far better. Thanks for the comments.

[G45407]

thats pretty awesome thanks for posting the it 5 *

[mackiemachine3]

where did you get the head lights from?

[Irish982]

Hi

I built them myself out of plastic and LED's. I have just tested the new pre-production "LMS" loco lights which will be soon on the market. I believe they come in packs of six, pre-wired with resistors. I will post a LMS Jinty and you can see them. Thanks for looking.

[mackiemachine3]

is that the andrew .k. mcosh A4 class engine from the northumbrian train pack? if so what i ur certificate number, mine is 1905

[kerrstuartaxefireman]

does'nt sound very good at high speed

[ea268]

the smoke generator is good because if it were live steam it wouldnt be DCC

[xx2polo2xx]

Hi there, how do you get the station announcements?

Thanks

[Irish982]

Hi

This is added to the sound file using a lok programmer. You can put any station announcement in you want, or make up your own.

Thanks for looking.

[abarth248]

Hi again,

If you could I was wondering how much you would sell one of these modified locomotives for.

Thanks

[3819oli]

oh boy, just shows how far model trains have come since i was a boy. jsut out of interest, can you please make a video of the trains running so i can see how the smoke works while in motion.

many thanks

[Irish982]

Hi

I have a 4 video's at the moment that I cannot upload. Something wrong my end I believe and I cannot figure out what it is. I have a nice one of a black 9f duel smoke running in a valley but until I can fix the problem......

My videos upload to about 45-55% and then lock up, any ideas?

[3819oli]

depends. who is your internet provider? you may be exciding your upload limits, if so you need to get unlimited upload/download. sounds silly, but try uploading onto your acount from a friends PC

[Irish982]

Thanks very much for the advice for that problem. The problem is my laptop as I did what you said on another pc and I was able to upload 4 times quicker. I will have to find out now what is wrong with the laptop.

Cheers

[abarth248]

How do you fit ligths? are there sockets or do you make them if you do how?

[Irish982]

Hi

They are an LED I got from DCC Concepts. Fitting I bend the legs solder wire to them and drill holes 0.5mm in the body. Put a resistor in series on the positive side and link up with the function of your choice.

Hope that helps.

[abarth248]

thanks alot i might give it a go sometime if i get round and have the time. =)

[mecrazy5]

shame you can not scale down smoke :(

beautful loco!

[dankerthanclanker]

that makes my models look awful

[Damocles178]

Now that's what I call impressive! :)

[owlking149]

Sweet loco! Hornby make exellent models! Thanx fur sharin'!

[Irish982]

Yes they are compatible on DCC but I suspect Hornby told you this because their decoders have a max output of 500mA. You need to use a no 22 as it is rubber lined. If you have a look at the Bachmann 9f I did I have also used a relay to control the smoke generators so I don't overload the decoder. I will post shortly another duel this time it has bigger generators, a storage tank and a pre-heater "for those who want a massive amount of controllable smoke" I will explain more on that post.

[raynortheastern]

Hi there,

Ithink this is just fabulous. I was told (Hornby say so also) that smoke units are not compatible with DCC, since they can overheat and melt the body. How did you do it. And where did the lamps come from? Thanks. Great job.

Raynortheastern

[howarth004]

another first class job

[mackiemachine3]

is that the 'andrew .k. mcosh' 60003 engine from the nothumbrian pack? if so, what number is ur certificate? mine is 1905

[bootonie]

yeah thanks,very usefull ta.

[JohnPW22]

That middle wheel looks very out-of-true?!?!

[Irish982]

Maybe because it is not on rails and on a Hornby rolling road, did you consider that?

All wheels are running true!

[bootonie]

awesome,my model shop told me theres not enough room to fit a smoke unit!

is it a seuthe unit???

[Irish982]

Hi

Thank you for the comments. It is a Seuthe No 22 and it does require a bit of gringing of the weight to fit it. I also shortened the genny by 2.5mm and this is the real hard part.

Hope that helps