LOW GHYLL

[RogerB]

I wasn't going to mention it. R-
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P.s. What's a spigot whistle?

[Walkingthedog]

As if you didn’t know Roger. It’s similar to a dog whistle except it is for attracting spigots instead of dogs.

[bulleidboy]

A good job - I thought the sound was realistic. I note the Bachmann 08 appears to have a flywheel - would there be more room inside the Hornby 08?
It seems a pity when these sounds kits are introduced, you then have to carve up your loco.

[Steve M]

No idea if there is more room in the Hornby version Barry, I don’t have one. When I bought my two the Hornby version was significantly more expensive.
I presume that the latest Hornby ones have space for the TTS gubbins but the Bachmann ones that I have were never designed to take anything like that. I failed to persuade the memsahib that a trip to Margate to get a second decoder was a good idea, which is why I ended up repainting the shed.

[Steve M]

The memsahib suggested we go out for the afternoon, even though it had been bucketing down all morning.
On our way to Whitstable for the afternoon, I took the opportunity to call in to the modelshop in Faversham - not been there since they moved premises - and was pleasantly surprised to find TTS decoders for only £35 each, including the latest releases.

Another 08 and a P2 are now waiting for installation.

[Steve M]

That’s the second 08 done. Curiously it wouldn’t program to start with, so I had to resort to the ‘program on main’ trick that usually kicks the TTS decoders into life.

The P2 will be a little trickier to do as I have the Railroad version with the decoder socket in the loco rather than the tender.

[Steve M]

I was wrong. That has to be one of the easiest non-TTS ready conversions I have done.

After insulating the decoder, it will fit above the decoder socket and still leave enough space to tuck away all the harness wires. I as looking to extend the speaker wires back to the tender but found that the fixed pony truck is hollow - exactly the right size and shape for a sugarcube speaker.

Next is to upgrade the cheap Hornby lettering with some suitable transfers.


20190509_113953 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

[footplate1947]

If you need spare motors for that P2 Steve I know who has some.

[Steve M]

If you need spare motors for that P2 Steve I know who has some.

I’ll bear that in mind John.

[footplate1947]

May I ask you Steve, have you just bought that P2 and if so would you be kind enough to tell me the numbers or any ID on the motor as I am interested to learn if Hornby have upgraded the motor on this model, If they have I want to fit the new motor to my P2 .........John