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Many thanks for all your replies and advice. CL

Hornby BR Merchant navy class. (Brocklebank line c.2002-2004 livery described as BR Brunswick green) I am attempting to colour match the dark green matt of the body shell on this loco.The Humbrol selection of greens on various websites is comprehensive, and I'm sure that the correct colour is somewhere to be found, but it's somewhat tricky to differentiate online where many seem quite similar. (Army green) No 102, via 105,116,149, 155, 159 up to 163 (dark green) all seem contenders.Could anyone narrow the choice down for me to save me the angst (and expense) of buying an example of each and testing each of them? Any guidance gatefully received. CL

Thanks for all replies; a week has gone by and much learned: maybe the most useful lesson was to make notes especially if one is attempting the smallest reset to a decoder function. Once again thanks for sharing knowledge and expertise.

Thanks for your reply, I shall make the purchase. Sadly after posting yesterday I must have got carried away, running the loco with the NCE power cab. In attempting to locate the "chuff function" F17 I must have done something really stupid, change some CV settings, and now my P/c won't read the decoder at all. I tried the CV2, then entered the number 8. it prompts me for a value but then when I enter 8 it just reverts to asking me for a number, rather than reading the Hornby code 48 which would allow me to reset it. All of which is to say, that so far the sounds are Ok, whether they are accurate I am not expert enough to say, but the decoder seemed like the nearest match of those available. As regards the quality of sound one or two (coal shovelling) sound a bit "tinny" but I have no point for comparison, and as I said, being my first foray into DCC, it's so much more exciting than analogue that I am not past the first wave of excitement! (Except now that it has stopped working!). Steep learning curve, but thanks for your advice.

Fowler 2-6-4T; Just purchased my first DCC ready loco, and an R7239 TTS decoder to install. (The R7239 -J36 was the closest I could see to the likely sounds of the Fowler tank). The chip seems to be happy on its end adjacent to the main cylindrical area, but the speaker (being some 25mm in diameter) can only really sit over the trailing bogey (pony truck?). Sadly there appears to be insufficient space even here and there's nowhere else I can see to shoehorn it into the body shell. If anyone has managed to achieve installing the speaker in the body shell could they share their expertise? If not, and presumably if this is a frequent issue with the similarly small locos, is the only option to purchase a replacement (perhaps sugar cube?) speaker, (and a magnifying glass??) and practise my soldering skills in order to achieve TTS? Many thanks for any constructive advice.