crazynitwit Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 I know that Hornby make a decoder but from what I've seen the the wires seen to be quite brittle. This has made me a reluctant to convert over to dcc as I wouldn't be able to run my sentinel. If there are any other ways of giving it a decoder or companies who make a 4pin decoder please tell me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Depending on how good your soldering skills are, you could hard-wire a decoder into the Sentinel, giving you a much wider choice of brands and types.For my own Sentinel diesel, and three Pecketts (in which Hornby also saw fit to use the non-standard 4-pin decoder), I fitted a TCS M1 decoder (which is smaller than Hornby's intended decoder) by wiring the decoder to the 'blanking' plug. The metal sockets can be pushed out using a small screwdriver to lift the plastic retaining tab.Otherwise, Hornby make the only 4-pin decoders that I know of, so they have tried to create a captive market. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Mine are also fitted with TCS M1s although I did a complete strip down on them so discarded the 4 pin socket and also removed the capacitor which is buried under the motor. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazynitwit Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 This is a bit off topic but where the small railing on the sentinel (nearest the door) is a small crack/split. Will this expand over time. I think it should be fine as I had to put a tiny bit of plastic glue in there to fix the railing in place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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