Christmas Decorations Box - 1 ---- New River Mine Kit with custom minehead structure - 0
This was not a good day. A small box of decorations fell off the storage shelf and landed on the layout.
I see an opportunity. I can now more easily install the internal lighting that I was planning and maybe even some sound generator to give the scene some action.
I knew there was a reason not to build valuable storage space above the layout!
Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum
Where are the police, the ambulances, the fire department, the engineers in hard hats scratching their heads, the insurance adjusters sitting on a nearby curb with their heads in their hands,...?
I think you staged this.
-Dan
Builder of Bowser steam! Railimages Site
Hmmmm mining sounds. I think you are on to something there. We could use that for our club layout. What do you have in mind as a source of sound for your mine?
I have been toying with the idea of the Dreamplayer module. http://litchfieldstation.com/xcart/product.php?productid=280002&cat=156&page=1
My feeling is that it is likely that the sounds that would be heard up by the mine head and tippple would be more along the lines of heavy industrial. I was thinking that with the Dreamplayer I could have generic sounds running and then trigger the sound of coal dumping from the tipple activated by a detector as the hoppers are moved under the tipple.
There are several sounds that are distinctive to a crusher which you might explore:
All in addition to the usual hum and gear noises of electrical-powered machinery.
Fun, isn't it?
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - with a couple of crushers on line)