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The Hornby 87 has surprisingly little space and its a model that people often ask about when they are fitting sound. Start by prising off the body, it has clips along the sides and comes off fairly easily. Take out the 2 screws holding the PCB so that you can get to underneath it. Even though Hornby provide space for a speaker at the opposite end to the socket, we dont recommend using it as its very restrictive, instead we use black tack to hold the speaker under the PCB, above the drive shaft, at the same end as the 8...

Start by removing the two plastic parts which cover the screws. There are only 2 screws for the body, both at the front. The model has a next18 socket and a built in speaker enclosure. (We didn't use the enclosure). We used a 15x11 speaker with a self adhesive gasket and stuck it straight onto the flat part of the PCB to form an air tight seal. Heljan provide 2 speaker wires, these have to be soldered onto the speaker. We also took some detail out of the cab (a seat and a box) and fitted a stay alive. This...

Hornby have changed the design of the tender on the new Dublo model. it has a new connection which just pulls apart, and one screw under the coupling holds on the tender body. The tender weight has been redesigned and has a square hole in it, perfect for one of our 20x20x7 speakers. Position the decoder towards the back of the tender out of the way of the coal bunker. Find the decoder here.

We fitted sound and a stay alive to this Bachmann 105 Start by prising off the body with a prising tool. The Loksound 5 micro decoder fits neatly into the space provided, take care not to trap or kink the ribbon cable. The Train-o-matic SPP stay alive fits in the space behind the motor. A 26x14x7 speaker sits neatly behind the last row of seats and is well hidden once the body is back on. The dummy end also needs a decoder, any 8 pin decoder will do as it's only to operate the lights. The body comes off in...

We had this fantastic Bachmann DP1 in for sound fitting. It has been fitted with a megabass speaker at each end and a stay alive. Start by removing 8 screws, we recommend using one of our magnetic tip screwdrivers. The speakers fit at each end behind the cabs. Use black tack to hold them in place. This model was also fitted with a stay alive, we used a Train-o-matic SPP. Find the decoder and speakers here.