Hey all... At long last I've decided to drink the kool-aid and put sound in my remaining 'silent' locos. Some of 'em are a little tough, though, and I wonder if anyone here has suggestions/experience... best of all, photos and discussion of installs...
The locos I'm looking at are (All HO)
Spectrum 3-truck shay. I've seen the Soundtraxx DSX install at Tonystrains.com, but wondering about other options. I vaguely recall a plug-and-play sound decoder for this shay that actually sounded like a shay...
Mantua 2-6-6-2 logger, no tender. This is a tough one... I don't think it can be done. But if someone thinks otherwise, I'd love to know.
Rivarossi 2-truck Heisler. Another "is it even possible" candidate...
Concor Pioneer Zephyr. Several candidates for this, and not a tough install, but if anyone has thoughts/input about ones that will sound the "closest" I'm all ears.
And a few I'm pretty comfortable I have covered, but certainly open to opinions or ideas:
Heritage 2-8-8-2
Spectrum K4s
Spectrum Heavy Mountain
The locos I'm looking at are (All HO)
Spectrum 3-truck shay. I've seen the Soundtraxx DSX install at Tonystrains.com, but wondering about other options. I vaguely recall a plug-and-play sound decoder for this shay that actually sounded like a shay...
Mantua 2-6-6-2 logger, no tender. This is a tough one... I don't think it can be done. But if someone thinks otherwise, I'd love to know.
Rivarossi 2-truck Heisler. Another "is it even possible" candidate...
Concor Pioneer Zephyr. Several candidates for this, and not a tough install, but if anyone has thoughts/input about ones that will sound the "closest" I'm all ears.
And a few I'm pretty comfortable I have covered, but certainly open to opinions or ideas:
Heritage 2-8-8-2
Spectrum K4s
Spectrum Heavy Mountain