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The R8206 has a capacitor under the black cover, this is for DC track only.........the R8241 is without capacitor so is for DCC track only........if you change from DC track to DCC track the black plastic cover can be lifted and the capacitor snipped out.........HB

Thanks Rob, a logical solution......will give it a go.........HB

Thought I would add TTS to my NRM City of Truro............firstly it needed a 21 to 8 pin adapter......... /media/tinymce_upload/222eb01bd8db246dbbc6ec1f4152d934.jpg but when the 8 pin was plugged in it was too high so body would not fit...........also the round speaker is too wide so will need a small sugar-cube......... /media/tinymce_upload/7999c9a65037be905751d6aa4a3c991c.jpg shucks, will have to get a 21 pin sound decoder......... 🤔............HB

That's a cracking set of photos WTD.............HB

The mid-priced sound decoder is the Soundtraxx Econami @ about £70.......HB

@Chrissaf.........."There are also a small number of non Hornby sound decoder brands that fill the middle ground (price wise) at about £50. The actual brand names have slipped my memory at the present time, as have the makers of the cheap generic motion detecting battery operated modules."...........The battery operated motion triggered sound module is made by Traintech............the budget sound decoder was made by MyLocoSound but is no longer produced in small scale............HB

Hi Davina.........Welcome to the Forum.........Peter's Spares are a good source........have a look here, they have coach bogies.......... http://www.petersspares.com/?searchStr=coach+bogie .........HB

Before your time, WTD.?........it was all tin-plate then I believe, no A4s...... 😆............HB

What a thoroughly unpleasant comment..........un-warranted, un-necessary and un-welcome......... ☹️..........HB

My Average Age is 492 Lunar months.......I'm over the Moon about it......... 😎..........HB

WTD is very astute..........unlike some, he definitely would not buy anything that could be classed as a "rip off"......... 🤔........HB

My latest two new models..........a King and a T9. I think they are both extremely well detailed and good value for money.......the King TTS cost just £109.50 and the T9 with TTS decoder cost £139........both run extremely well and I am very pleased........... 😆..........HB /media/tinymce_upload/11fdd61245674c50ea5e30434796928e.JPG

Sounds good, WTD, are the conveyors motorised?.........HB

What's your latest acquisition?

Just installed the Fowler 2P TTS sound decoder into the tender of my new Hornby SR T9 with a sugar cube speaker...........works a treat 😀..........only mod needed was to remove the weights..........HB

That's about 30 posts discussing Ebay on the "What's your latest acquisition" topic...........should've been a seperate thread in "Off Topic" ...........a classic case of going "off topic"..........just saying......... 🤔..........HB

Always worth taking photos of packaging and items when they arrive to show any tears, holes and damage then you have the evidence if needed.........HB

Hornby R3457 SR 4-4-0 Class T9...........very pleased to get one at last at a very good price..........very well detailed model..........pick-ups on each wheel inc front bogie.........8 pin socket in tender, room for suger cube........well detailed cab interior........... 😆...........HB /media/tinymce_upload/3ba3e740e5fecedc1f67334c1f2ba366.jpg /media/tinymce_upload/86ba5b4f00f890fcf65858be809a4ed4.png

@wobbly.......... Have a great day...

Should've gone to Specsavers, Wobbly, you've mistaken a 3 for a 6......... 😎..........HB

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Jimbo...........Hornby only list X8011 as the spare.........I don't believe there are a,b or c variants.......just ebay sellers trying to make theirs look different.......all the holes in the components they fit into are the same size so I would just order whichever is the best deal...........HB

Many thanks to you all for your replies and advice.........I have ordered a couple of replacement Mosfets from RS-online, only £2.40 with free postage.......further research was interesting..........the programming side of the circuit works perfectly as does the 15v DC aux output so all is not lost if the track output side fails to repair, it can be used as a dedicated programmer and accessory output.........HB

My original Elite, dated 28th Feb 2008 has been getting hot recently on rt hand side.........then t'other day a smell of component burning emanated.........decided to have a look inside and this is it......... /media/tinymce_upload/e1db90ff58d03f40f34a8c8ea511fd21.JPG is this repairable or terminal?.......... 😢.............HB

@RAF96.........."Its times like this where you just need a LIKE tick rather than having to post an actual NICE LOCO" You can, Rob, just jpeg one like this.......... 😀..........HB /media/tinymce_upload/3fcb002ace25fb6b8dd618592cbfacec.jpg