Stormbringer Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Hi all, I've been looking at fitting tts sound to my Railroad Tornado (ex Tornado Express set). Having taken the body off it looks like the decoder and a small speaker such as a sugarcube will both fit in the smokebox. Has anyone tried this and if so how well does it work? TIA Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Stormbringer said: Hi all, I've been looking at fitting tts sound to my Railroad Tornado (ex Tornado Express set). Having taken the body off it looks like the decoder and a small speaker such as a sugarcube will both fit in the smokebox. Has anyone tried this and if so how well does it work? TIA Pete You could consider "upgrading" the loco to proper TTS spec buy fitting everything in the tender as on Hornby Sevice sheet 407: hss_407_class_p2_tts_service_sheet-1.pdf 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 13 minutes ago, Richard Croft said: I just did a flying Scotsman which will be similar inside and used an iPhone speaker which was nice and flat, I put the decoder on top of the speaker under the chimney. I had to mill away some of the weight to make a bit more space. Richard, unfortunately the iPhone speaker doesn't fit on the smokebox, that was one of the things I looked at. I'm 99% certain a sugarcube will go as will one of your slim sugarcubes. 3 minutes ago, melmerby said: You could consider "upgrading" the loco to proper TTS spec buy fitting everything in the tender as on Hornby Sevice sheet 407: Keith, I looked at that option as well but as the socket is at the front of the loco I decided to go with the smokebox option. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 11, 2020 16 minutes ago, Stormbringer said: Keith, I looked at that option as well but as the socket is at the front of the loco I decided to go with the smokebox option. Peter Fair enough. I was just making you aware in case you hadn't seen it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 8 minutes ago, melmerby said: Fair enough. I was just making you aware in case you hadn't seen it. Keith I hadn't actually seen that document but had looked and discarded the idea. But thank you anyway. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 23 minutes ago, Richard Croft said: This new speaker would do it, it's tiny https://roads-and-rails.co.uk/store/p186/21x11x4mm_'Sugarcube'_Speaker.html Thanks Richard, I ordered a couple earlier. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kaput Posted January 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 11, 2020 Speaking from previous experience the non factory sound Tornado can be a little flaky over isulfrog points on DCC due to lack of tender pickups - just something to watch for. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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