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On the 2-BILs they're clear plastic and part of the glazing. But just looked at a Maunsell coach and they're black so not sure what they're attached to. So have a look yourself - they're fairly obvious - but do proceed with caution!

There are 4 tabs at each corner. You need to carefully push these in with a small screwdriver. I've not opened one myself but if they're the same as the 2-BIL coaches then there's a tab in the centre as well. Best to slide a piece of plastic between the coach sides before pushing the tabs in.

Did the Hornby transformer supply DC power rather than AC? According to the manual this can damage it.

You can pick up SH LS150s off Ebay quite cheaply these days - around £25-30 or so.

Just slide a thin-bladed screwdriver underneath and gradually prise up. Fingers are fine - they protect the wires - but you risk bending the pins!

I believe they are filler pipes for the toilet water tanks.

Although the seller claims the unit has live frogs requiring polarity switching that's only partially true. The 3 simple turnouts are Electrofrog but the double slip and diamond crossing are both Insulfrog, so only 3 out of 7 frogs are live. I assume therefor it's Peco code 100 components rather tha...

Sounds like his track is fixed to some underlay thereby raising it up so there will most likely be a need to add some packing strips for the shed. My track is on a 5mm underlay, but it extends to the side so the shed sits on that too and I have no problems.

I believe what you need is the Hornby R913 Connecting Rod spanner. Alternatively, have you tried with a small pair of pliers? I've removed and replaced rods on Hornby locos when changing the wheels and found a small pair of pliers works too.

I have the Expo tool Roger mentioned above.

In simple terms the tracks in the centre of the points need a break in them. The normal way to achieve this is with the use of insulated rail joiners. No this won't be enough. The layout is DCC so these turnouts positioned here constitute a reverse loop and hence some form of auto-reverser will be ...

Both the Zimo and Lenz decoders have a similar wiring harness, but there should be plenty of space in the tender to accommodate it.

I believe the "working brakes" is only a feature of Zimo sound decoders.

The decoder socket is in the tender so you should have no problem fitting a suitable decoder of your choice. I would recommend either the Lenz Standard+ or the Zimo MX600R.

Yes it will work - that's how all my Hornby Pullmans do.

Suggest you have a look at the Coastal DCC website - https://www.coastaldcc.co.uk/

Lenz Standard+ is 10231-02, and Zimo is MX600R. Coastal DCC will charge postage at cost whereas others seem to have a flat rate of £4 even for a small item. As they say, shop around!

The DCC socket for this loco is in the tender so there should be no problem fitting a non-sound one. My recommendation would be the Zimo MX600R or the Lenz Standard+, both of which are excellent, quality decoders at a reasonable price of around £20. Can't advise on sound but provision is made in the...

Hope that helps Well no it doesn't! Quite simply I think if you are going to dispense expert technical advice in this way you really ought to know your subject which it seems you don't. As a long standing DCC-user with a large layout containing 70+ Electrofrog code 75 points and slips perhaps I can...