Here are a couple videos of my Westside J3a Hudson that now has a Tsunami2 TSU-2200 sound decoder, two Scale Sound Systems speakers, one in tender and one in boiler, plus LED front headlight in action. I’ve since tweaked some CVs and I’m open to trying out various CV settings. I took the short video with an iPhone 11 and the longer one with an iPad mini 4. I’ll use the iPhone11 for future videos as the quality is a good bit better, although the HD settings on YouTube helped a lot for both.
Very nice, both the installation and the loco itself. Wow! [8D]
Have you sampled all the files for the whistle? I think you might find one that’s a bit closer to the examples of the Hudson whistles I have heard on audio from the day. It should be a bit more shrieky, higher pitched, but not much.
Just saw this comment and the model came with a Canon “red cap” 5-pole can motor which worked pretty well, but I had it upgraded to a Canon EN-22 motor and Boo-Rim 36:1 gearbox and it’s been a significant improvement.
Kevin, American Scale Models lists one, not sure how of the ratio (probably 36:1). You’d also need to convert the fraction dims listed on the website to metric to see it matches up.
Thanks for that lead. It lists the axle diameter as 7/64", but I believe the model I have that could use a gearbox has a 1/8" axle.
I have a single-idler NWSL gearbox on-hand that I bought for this model. It does not work very smoothy when I tested it from the package. I was going to open it up and run toothpaste through it.
Did your run more smoothly after the wheels were attached to the axle?
The new motor and gearbox, plus replacing the silicon tube with a U-joint, and a Boo-Rim motor mount made for a signficantly smoother running and quieter model. I’ve added moldable lead in various places to help with pulling power and balance. It pulled, with a bit of slipping on the grades on my club’s layout, 16 passenger cars of various kinds including two brass models with the original brass trucks. I added a bit of weight, moldable lead, up front on the engine since taking this video.