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Helmut
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6V6 - did your Fender 'Champ' guitar amplifier go bust in the end?
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Cool little crane.
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Hi Si,
That little crane looks just the part; slightly reminiscent of a type often formerly seen at canal wharves, & sometimes bolted onto the external walls of old warehouses.
6V6G - audio output. Are you a Fender player ?. (Helmut's Champ comment above, must be an old one - all solid state now). Have you seen rectifier valve prices these days ?.
Regards, Michaelangelo (medieval Chapel ceilings a speciality)
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Si.
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" That little crane looks just the part; slightly reminiscent of a type often formerly seen at canal wharves, & sometimes bolted onto the external walls of old warehouses."
Hi Michael.
Thanks for the memory-jog !
As a kid, when I wasn't scrambling around Norman-ruins & Neolithic-embankments, with my Mum...
...I was probably hangin' out with Pops, around some stinky canal, examining the wonders of rusty Victorian Junkque !!
I knew I'd seen these cranes, the moment I eyeballed the kit.
Not sure I've ever seen one in a railway yard...
...but yes; canal banks & the sides of old warehouses.
I realy like ANY crane in fact.
Back in the day, did I want the Matchbox diecast Ferrari ?
The Spitfire model ?
Or the farm tractor ?
Nope.
" I want the crane lorry " ... !
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Here's a close-up of the 'Ratio #531 Yard Crane' sprue ... N i c e !

I hadn't seen any Ratio stuff before.
But am very impressed with the moulding.
Nice high-density styrene.
Pin-sharp, absolutely NO flash; just a teeny-weeny parting line.
Nice detail.

It took me an evening of modelling time to remove all the parts & clean them up.
I have become totaly O.C.D about getting rid of parting lines.
I totaly hate doing it though ... Tedious.
But those muthers ALWAYS show up, right at the very end of painting...
...which AIN'T GOOD ! 
VERY nice set of parts ... Me ... Happy bunny ! 
Si
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" Regards, Michaelangelo (medieval Chapel ceilings a speciality) "
ANY excuse to get PLASTERED !

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Hi Helmut.
" 6V6 - did your Fender 'Champ' guitar amplifier go bust in the end? " 
Not a bad guess dude ! 
Close...
...but NO CIGAR ! 
I actualy use a late '50s 'Selmer' push-pull...
...made in London, OF COURSE !
(not sure about Leo's American made tat )
However...
...the 6V6G is for a 'near' clone of (the one BEFORE the 'Champ') the Fender 'Champion 800'/Gibson 'Les Paul Junior' (pre 12AX7, 1947?).
Both I think in fact, an R.C.A design (the same), who supplied the tubes to both manufacturers.
The straight 'clone' was appealing; but it would be NUTS not to take advantage of a few mooooodern 'tweaks' !
Improved choke P.S.U, with modern capacitors.
D.C heaters.
Replace R.C.A preamp pentode; with Marconi 'kinkless tetrode' (KTZ63).
Model railroading sound systems have kinda interested me, vaguely...
...but only if they at least 'attempt' to sound 'real'.
Some guys I knew years ago, used the P.F.M sound-system.
Complicated synchro. cams & stuff.
Was it analouge or low-bit digital ?
I dunno; must research this whole sound thing; not time yet.
Another friend has used recorded sounds, as an 'ambient soundscape'...
...Brian Eno does model railroading ??
I would like to make a mono tube-amp that could potentialy...
...reproduce the sound of a Caterpillar SIXTY starting up etc. !!
The (G) suffix 6V6, is supposed to have KILLER BASS ! (I have (GT)s & (M)s already).
It's like a Poker-game though; I gotta PAY to find out !!
Of couse, a suitable speaker is needed as well !!
Kinda wondered whether to start a dedicated 'sound thread' on Freerails...
...as I don't see one at the present.
Mmmm...
Cheers.
Si.
P.S. Anyone know if an I2S-bus is available on modern digital train sound systems ?
( yer never know who reads this jazz ! )

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' M:R:W Motor Speedway !!! ' - 1:32 Slotcar Racing Layout
http://www.slotforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=59295&st=0&a
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