Yea, if they offered an NYC version I would probably get one…
Tom
Maybe next run. Or I can always get an undec and paint it. Not like I don’t have 6 Atlas Undecs to paint…
–Randy
[(-D] Yea, I already have two decorated Atlas RS-3s so I don’t really need another one. I do have an undecorated RS-1 and S-2 that needs painting & detailing. Those are waiting in line behind the Stewart FTA-Bs that I need to finish detailing…
Tom
yes , I have ordered 2 Bowser DCC ( Delaware and Hudson)
i seen that the ball started rolling with the RS3’s years ago and they are now almost scheduled for delivery
ive only been back into the hobby 12 months fom a 30 year absence
also Bowser’s original price has been dropped by $60 over at factory direct trains and cheaper still at Trainworld, however Im in Australia and get slugged hefty postage but delivery is usually within a week
Phil
Im taking the RS3 to a friend in my local hobby shop and may do exactly as you suggest.Hardwire a V5 Loksound Direct .
I return home from work on Thursday and should have an answer by Friday on the direction I will take for this project
Post pictures when you get them! [tup]
will do Henry
Phil
Lee English (Bowser) was on the latest What’s Neat. My impression was he was very pessimistic about “engine” production in China, but he did not specifically mention the RS 3. He said he “should be back in the engine business early next year”
Maybe that’s when they will arrive from China. See what you think at 30:50, alhough you should listen to what he has to say earlier in the vid about 3D
Thanks for the update Henry
My Bachmann RS3 is undergoing the decoder swap now.
It will be ready in the New Year
Unfortunately im back to work for 2 weeks and wont pick it up until the 15th
Meanwhile Bowser’s revised delivery of their RS3s is now 28th March 2020
Phil
Here is the install
Loksound 5 with sugar cube speaker
As someone pointed out V.5 replacing most other decoders…
Somehow I missed your post, great job.
Hi Alco_Pop,
The locomotive sounds really good! Did you do the install or did someone do it for you?
I would make one small observation about the horn sound. The locomotive has a single horn but, if I’m not mistaken, I’m hearing a multi horn sound from the decoder. It should be possible to change the horn sound to match the model but it will take someone with more knowledge than I have to explain how to do it, and I suspect that you will need access to a LokProgrammer. In any case, I apologise if I seem to be too picky. If your happy with the horn sound then leave it alone.
Dave
Thanks Henry
Hi Dave
Thanks for your reply
Yes I had someone instal the decoder
The horn does sound multi tone and im not sure if there other horn sounds built in, the previous horn was more of a “tugboat” style sound
Thanks for bringing this to my attention
Phil
Edit…Dave you got me curious
I went back and listened to both videos i have as a before and after sound
The horn is a single horn and really shound have a monotone
…but it does have a blended sound
When im home in 2 weeks I shall endeavour to fix this
Phil
While the LokProgrammer is a handy tool, it is not a necessity for choosing the different sound types on the Loksound decoders. The Loksound manuals list the different type horns available and what CVs need to be changed to which value.
Someone can correct me if I’m wrong but I believe the RS3s were generally Leslie A200s. The one on my NYC RS3 is a single-horn with a pretty long neck.
Tom
It’s CV 48 but that’s a CV like CV 29 that controls multiple things. Maybe we should call these cluster CV’s. It controls prime mover sound, bell rate, horn and brake squeel.
On the Select the Leslie 200 is 6, Prime mover choices are 0,16,32,48 Bell (slow/fast) 0 or 64, brakes 0 or 128. You add up your choices and write them to CV 48
Depends - one of the reasons I got a Lokprogrammer is because the Select 4 didn;t have the horn I needed for my RS3 as one of the built in selections - Reading and a few other railroads used the M3RT1 3 chime with one angled up and facing back over the cab, and the other tro facing front, mounted on a bracket in the top center of the front (long hood) cab wall. The actual horn casting is available from Cal Scale, they call it a D&H horn. Loksound’s library of sound files you can download to put together your own combinations does include this horn, so I used a V4 and swapped the horn sound slot with this one from the library. It’s just another detail I need to do to my Atlas models - remove the single chime horns installed on top of the hoods, plug the holes, and attach the correct detail part.
–Randy