RSC working on an LNER A4

[92212]

Have you left the brakes in the released position? It might be the brake pump? That sound was added by RSC 'in-house'.

Regards
Matt

[ChrisBarnes]

Hit the ton! I don't often get to 100mph in RW, but this is bit fun. Sounds really good going this fast too...

Chris

Update 1: 117mph, but had to slow down to top up the boiler. Fingers crossed, 126mph will be beaten.

Come on Chris you can do it!!

"I just want to say good luck. We're all counting on you!"

I did the ton in testing alarmingly easily though it has to be said.

Regards
Matt

Sadly I only got to 119mph. Then I misjudged the braking distance at Brighton and ploughed into the buffers, so that was the end of that! Oh well, till next time!

Chris

[JustRight]

Have you left the brakes in the released position? It might be the brake pump? That sound was added by RSC 'in-house'.

Regards
Matt

Thanks Matt, it was indeed the brakes! I had them set to 'Running' but at a fairly low percentage. I found when applying the brake that the noise went away. It is much better when setting the 'Running' percentage to a much higher value, at around 18-20% in fact.

It's a very noisy pump, that's for sure!

Cheers,
Trevor

[jarmstro]

What on earth is that loud 'Clank...Clank...Clank...Clank...' sound that repeats over and over when in the cab and moving at speed. I sounds like the fireman bashing his shovel on something metal every second!

This was when driving Mallard. Anyone else noticed this noise?

Cheers.

Edit: OK it's something to do with the brakes. I had the brakes set at a low percentage 'Running', but when applying the brakes, or setting the 'Running' percentage higher this repetitive noise goes away, thank goodness!

Perhaps it's a knackered big end??

[JustRight]

Perhaps it's a knackered big end??

[220389]

Heres a speed report from me

Dominion of Canada

Realistic Steam Chest & Manual Firing.

Weather: Cloudly
Season: Summer

Battersea Park: 55MPH
Clapham Junction: 80.2MPH
Ballham: 90.3MPH
Streatham Common: 100MPH
Thornton Heath: 103MPH
Selhurst: 93MPH
Selhurst Exiting Curve: 86MPH
East Croyden: 91MPH
South Croyden: 98MPH
Purley: 110MPH
Coulsdon South: 115.7MPH
Between: Coulsdon South & Merstham (Tunnel before) 120MPH
Redhill (Area): 128.7MPH
Gatwick: 125.3MPH
Three Bridges: 126.5MPH
Balcombe: 119.7MPH
Haywards Heath: 115MPH
Wivelsfield: 108MPH
Burgess Hill: 111.6MPH
Hassocks: 117MPH
Tunnel after Hassocks: 122MPH
Tunnel Before Preston Park: 124.6MPH
Preston Park: 80.8MPH
Entered Brighton at 18MPH

Top Speed: 128.73MPH
Total Time: 25 Mins 5 Seconds

Went past 120 twice, Although Redhill bit is a bit on a downhill slope though.

[briyeo1950]

Looking at the cab screenshots on STEAM, who would turn up to drive an A4 or anything else with a brand new billy can without a chip or stain on it. It's probably got Evian in it I'm thinking hard about this one, get it now at a discount or wait and hope to find it in a future sale for £9 Well I probably will give in over the weekend and buy it.

[Mr395008]

I've made a scenario (London to Faversham) for workshop and I'm getting the error "The selected scenario has 3rd party or user created content" message. I've only got the following selected - RS - A4LNERPack01 and A4Common.

A4common for the A4 MK1 coaches.

Can someone else check this for me?

Thanks,

Mr395008

EDIT - RESOLVED, scenario now uploaded. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... earchtext=

[ChrisBarnes]

After taking out Brighton station, I decided that I'd be safer doing a much more sedate run with Mallard on GCR. Couldn't resist adding the teaks.


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Chris

[749006]

Just started the 60007 speed trial coming out of London, no AI. I think they've missed a trick here, all these preserved A4s and not one scenario of a special run or anything. Instead it seems to be just one train: stick a player icon on it and set route from A to B, which takes all of 2 minutes. The exterior model looks good though, the shape isn't perfect but it's a hell of a lot better than Hornby or Bachmann and, on 60007, there are a few inaccuracies, but all in all and very happy with it. Quite a shame that 60007 has been given a Bittern cab, therefore losing the Metcalfe vacuum brake that I'm hoping I'll find on Mallard, DoC and Eisenhower, especially when you consider the amount of effort that was put into the detail variations for each one. I can live with it though. Spirax valve tick is a nice touch.

Chris

Have they modelled the current version of 60007 which has Dual Air & Vacuum brakes - which might be why the Metcalfe vacuum brake has been changed.
Also do the locos have AWS?

Peter

[DavidVI]

What a shame. I won't be purchasing unless in a sale on impulse. I don't fancy perfectly clean toy like looking locomotives, I like loco that look like they work hard and have a story to tell

Plus i've got so used to the quality of the Jinty that seeing a trailer that is just a load of shots of the A4's running and not a list of features doesn't excite me.

[ChrisBarnes]

60007 has AWS and presumably (because I haven't checked) so does Bittern, UoSA and Eisenhower. Mallard doesn't and hopefully neither does DoC.
60007 is dual braked but not in the configuration as modelled, which is the same as Bittern ie. straight air loco brake and standard air brake with air/vacuum distributor on the left where the Metcalfe was. The real Bittern's cab layout has been fairly extensively modified if you look at the photographic evidence, with what looks like a steam sander, LMS ejectors and the braking arrangement as described. 60007 and 60009, in real life, have retained their original Metcalfe vacuum brakes but they have got a column to the right of the driver where the standard air brake handle is located. It's not the end of the world by any means, the pack is certainly worth the purchase, I just think it's a bit of a shame that this wasn't modelled.

One thing I noticed when driving Mallard is that the small ejector is just for show, in that it doesn't actually do anything with regards to the train pipe pressure. Makes a nice noise though. I'm also slightly confused by the injectors, as they operate like nothing I've ever used before and neither the manual or tutorial explains them. From what I can work out, it seems to be hold the usual injector water key (K or L) down and then hit I or O just the once, then adjust as required by increasing and decreasing K and L. I suspect this has been done to prevent people from forgetting to turn the water off and wasting it all over the ballast, since the injector water values reset to 0 everytime you turn the injector steam spindles off.

Chris

[bdy26]

Can anyone who has bought this confirm whether the nameplates are 3D and whether there are any obvious impediments in the model to reskinning to 50s / 60s condition?

The modelling and sounds certainly seem to be the part but playing railtours is not my thing.

I do wonder why RSC don't put together the A1, A4 and Deltic and do a post war pack for the ECML.

B

[ChrisBarnes]

Off the top of my head, Ben, the nameplates are flat surfaced, so easy enough to reskin. I would have thought Eisenhower would be a good base, as it should have the AWS (I've not checked this yet) for the 60s versions, although UoSA would be another good one as you could reskin the OHLE warning flashes, but you'd probably want to swap out the cab and brake simulation with Eisenhower. Mallard and DoC cabs would be good for early 50s versions to be rid of the AWS. I'm not sure if the nameplates are child objects or not, but I can check for you.

Chris

EDIT: Unfortunately, it appears that the nameplates are a part of the core .geopcdx, so you would have to pick and choose carefully depending on what named loco you wanted to do.

[prairie4566]

Compared to JT's attempts, as I've said many times, the overall finish on the model and paintwork is vastly superior.

As always, will snaffle these and seriously consider them in my own scenarios in future.