DCC Decoder Fitting Hornby RailRoad Flying Scotsman | Tutorial How-To

In this video I will show you how to fit a DCC Decoder into the Hornby RailRoad Flying Scotsman. This model does not feature a decoder plug, so requires wires to be cut and a decoder to be soldered in to work so I thought I'd make a tutorial guide to show you how.
Website Guide (not a video):
www.hornby.com/uk-en/hornby-d...
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Video Music:
Ehrling - Clouds
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Joakim Karud - Sunshine
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[@lms_steve6693]

A lot of people are worried about hard wiring because of possibly "frying" the decoder. You can now buy an 8pin female socket with wiring harness for about £3 or less. Once you have hard wired it you fit a blanking plug. That way you can check on DC that your wiring is correct. Gaugemaster sell a DCC 29 Decoder which you can then fit after first removing the blanking plug.

[@Castlebridge-00]

Excellent, given me the confidence to seriously think of getting an old Hornby Duchess (possibly R2230) and have a go. I have subscribed

[@triplet7861]

Love the way the train moves, thanks for posting man :) - TinyTrainTrack

[@OwensMR]

Great video,

[@LaytonJunction]

great how too video really well explained really enjoyable cheers for now al 😁🙋‍♂️👍👍👍👍

[@attuslebeard5133]

Excellent thanks - just the inspiration I needed to tackle my streamliner coronation which has a similar chassis

[@AberystwythStation]

Hi McMetro.

[@Pennington_TMD]

Great tutorial !👍

[@adamsrailway]

I have sooooo many locos that need hardwiring to DCC... I tend to cheat with my Lima Class 37s and 47s by swapping their bodies onto Hornby TTS locos (same moulding!). I usually hear the pinky-beige wire referred to as orange, so might depend on the decoder how bright that colour is! Yet another great video 👍🏻

[@fyfieldjunction]

Great guide. One thing to note is I’d recommend removing the capacitor from the loco as this can interfere with the chips operation and the chip itself replaced the capacitors function. Great vid though, I’ve subbed 👍

[@dwaynejohnson4892]

Beigey pinky colour = orange.

[@capie1410]

As you can see, obviously 👍

[@chriswake8590]

Hi do we know if would work on my mallard but it's tender driven thanks chris

[@steveader]

Hello. I'm new to this DCC game. After a loco is hard wired like this, can it still be powered by a DC controller on a traditional track ?

[@DunkyJ]

Hi mcmetro, just about to get stuck into all this dcc stuff and do have a flying Scotsman that I would like to convert, but a couple of questions if I may?

[@skelligringphotographyandw7012]

Stop saying 'obviously'. If we are new to something, nothing is obvious. Just tell us what we need to do. On thing is obvious though, you didn't turn your microphone up loud enough.