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I'm glad I'm not the only one who has noticed this. I have also reduced to sound level of the draincocks. Set CV584 to 50 for a more reasonable sound level. Regards, Tim

Hi Charles, The depth is 24.64mm and footplate to base of tank is 12.07mm Regards, Tim

Having picked up my latest purchase (a sound fitted GW version) and I have been looking it over. I already have a sound fitted Minerva 57xx and so I have been able to make comparisons between the two manufacturers. What is slightly disconcerting is the sound project in the Dapol version and unless I have a badly programmed/faulty decoder the following things are present. 1. F10 is the tank filler closing, all very nice but there is no sound functions for opening the filler and water filling! 2. F11 Short whistle #2. This is not a whistle at all, I cant' quite make it out but sounds like a louder injector or safety valve or loud draincocks. 3.F15 Door slam. Sound is flange squeal. 4. F17 is not documented but seems to be draincocks + a bit of coal shovelling with firebox door closing. 5. F18 is not documented but produces another distant whistle. The balance of volumes whilst moving off is poor as the automatic draincock sound is far too loud, completely swamping the chuffs etc. It would be nice if the CVs for each sound could be documented with their respective volume addresses so that the owner could adjust to suit. The firebox glow is on all the time, again better if it could link in with coal shovelling sounds or at least have a function key of its own. CV8 tells me its a Zimo decoder. Does anyone have any further information on the sound project? Regards, Tim