Class 33 Diesel Loco
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Having sound fitted
Hi All. I am having a recently purchased Loco fitted with sound. It may not be everybody’s first choice, but, I just fancied the idea of a thumping Diesel on my Planks/ Modules. But it is taking a while to do, or so it would seem.Do all DCC sound jobs take a fortnight or more to do, or does it mean that I will get a fantastic job and it will be worth the wait? Best wishes Kevin
Staying on the thread Kevin.
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All companys lead times will vary and of course their stock levels they have .
Give them a ring and ask.
Brian
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I do have a loksound 4 i could have reblown to a 33 if i wanted to.
Hopefully it wont be long untill you are fit enough to play with the 33 Kevin
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I may have said this before, but I have eight of them in various liveries and guises, four with sound. As the bodies simply clip off and on, it is easy to swap identities between similarly liveried locos (e.g. between two or more green versions, or two or more BR blue ones - th limitations being largely due to the solebars being painted suitable colours for the liveries, such as black for green locos or blue for blue locos, and also only within the sub-classes, if you see what I mean).
Only one of my 33s has a little gear whine, which will probably be cured if I scoop out the white grease and then oil the gears.
For the record (at risk of boring everyone), my Heljan 33 collection is as follows:
33/0:D6547 in BR blue
D6570 in BR green with full yellow ends and coaching stock crest
D6585 in BR green with Digitrains' sound on a Zimo MX645
33 030 in EWS livery
33/1:
D6520 in BR blue with legomanbiffo sound on an ESU LokSound v4
33 108 in 'Dutch' livery33 117 in BR blue with Howes' sound on an older ESU LokSound v3.5
33/2:
6591 in BR blue (no 'D' prefix) with legomanbiffo sound on an older ESU LokSound v3.5
The earlier 33/0 models had the incorrect flatter roof profile, which I have mostly disguised by carefully reprofiling the cab roofs to a more curved profile, misleading the eye slightly as to the overall shape.
As you can see, I can field class 33 locomotives for several overlapping eras, with several available for my 4 TC sets. As Kevin said, they were a workhorse and used for all sorts of duties, from frontline mainline services to secondary duties, mail, parcels, freight and engineering duties, and even menial shunting work. A true maid of all work.
For comparison, newer moulding D6570 pretty well straight out of the box, with correct roof profile.

P_20181227_113801_vHDR_On by Jeffrey Lynn, on Flickr
And original moulding D6585 with the disguised flatter profile.

P_20181227_114005_vHDR_On by Jeffrey Lynn, on Flickr
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I think a positive attitude makes a big difference in a disorder like rheumatoid arthritis.
Brian
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Staying on the thread Kevin.
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72 is not old you have probably got many good years ahead of you yet.
Anyway you are not allowed to be ill as the forum posting rate plummets when you are not around.

Brian
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I had a class 33 when I was younger and will add one to Teasel at some point :-)
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Best,
Bill

At 6'4'', Bill is a tall chap, then again, when horizontal he is rather long and people often used to trip over him! . . . and so a nickname was born :)
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