Bachmann OO LMS Fairburn with MS Sound

Kit: MS480R; SugarCube8; LifeLink+MGOLANG

Always been a favourite of mine, the Bachmann Fairburn, so time to revisit it here with some Zimo MS kit and a bit stay-alive...

There isn't a huge amount of space, especially as we want the big stay-alive, so we remove the 8pin socket and grind down the screw mounts that held the socket in place - this will create a nice space for the speaker.

All the kit layed out, we remove the unwanted wires from the decoder and connect everything together in preparation, before offering any of it to the model.

We then solder up the pickups (red and black decoder wires) and the motor (orange and grey) straight to the motor terminals. Use Kapton tape to protect the exposed electrical bits. Speaker is mounted on the chassis - we just glued it on here, but could have used BlackTack.

Neaten up the wiring, and the decoder/stay-alive are slotted into the boiler.

Body back on, and all complete!

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