T Gauge
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No buffers were hurt at this sign
Have a look at http://www.traincollectors.co.uk/images/Gauges/Gauges2.jpg
There's a range of emu's, track with points, and a British supplier does etched overlays for a deltic, hst and some other proposed models.
Malcolm
There's a range of emu's, track with points, and a British supplier does etched overlays for a deltic, hst and some other proposed models.
Malcolm
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T gauge is the new Japanese micro trains "T" stands for 3mm gauge. I think in G scale they are about the size of what a model gauge 3 train would be at 1:22.5.
KGR had some of the train sets last year but I've not seen anyone with extra rolling stock, it is probably easiest to get it on Japanese ebay as since it is so small the postage won't be much.
KGR had some of the train sets last year but I've not seen anyone with extra rolling stock, it is probably easiest to get it on Japanese ebay as since it is so small the postage won't be much.
New sign: Beware Midges on the LineKeithT said:Only under a glass cover! Otherwise a passing midge might derail it.pugwash said:Blimey! My eyesight gave up on Z years ago and I've gradually moved up to G instead of wearing glasses. Incredible. Can you run it in the garden, though?
Just thinking, that sign would have to be written so small you would need a microscope to read it
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I've had a T gauge set since not long after they came out. I posted a photo of a "G" man holding one to simulate a garden railway in G scale back on GSM.
The trains are sold as 4-car sets but don't think I've ever seen extra addon rolling stock for sale. To be honest the sets would struggle to move more than themselves anyway. The sets are readily available from eBay Japan (that's where I got my stuff).
A bit of fun and not expensive but the original sets are not particularly good runners - I think the later models have improved mechanisms. They're fitted with magnets to improve adhesion (remember Triang "Magnadhesion"?), hence the "running upside down" videos on youtube. IMO the magnets are actually too strong and cause stuttery/sticky running. I've tried my set on a temporary rig of two lines of N gauge nickel-silver rail (non-ferrous so the magnets don't stick) and they actually run more smoothly.
The trains are sold as 4-car sets but don't think I've ever seen extra addon rolling stock for sale. To be honest the sets would struggle to move more than themselves anyway. The sets are readily available from eBay Japan (that's where I got my stuff).
A bit of fun and not expensive but the original sets are not particularly good runners - I think the later models have improved mechanisms. They're fitted with magnets to improve adhesion (remember Triang "Magnadhesion"?), hence the "running upside down" videos on youtube. IMO the magnets are actually too strong and cause stuttery/sticky running. I've tried my set on a temporary rig of two lines of N gauge nickel-silver rail (non-ferrous so the magnets don't stick) and they actually run more smoothly.
TT a Triang invention, TT standing for "Table Top" but because of the scale of 3 mm to the foot became known as TT3. Apart from Triang of course Kitmaster made some TT3 models, the rebuilt Royal Scot, and two corridor coaches. The Scot sold initially at 6s11d, the coaches a shilling cheaper. Bec and Gem also made kits. It suffered from the same problems as 4mm to the foot and 16.5mm track, only on this smaller scale the disproportions were more obvious.
I wouldn't have thought there was much of a market for TT3, but there is of course a very active society, the Three Millimetre Society, who would disagree with me
I wouldn't have thought there was much of a market for TT3, but there is of course a very active society, the Three Millimetre Society, who would disagree with me
Thanks for that link - really enjoyed looking at what was available. Fantastic stuff.
funandtrains
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I think I read somewhere that the motors are from mobile phone vibrators.
Alpineandy
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wouldn't fancy fitting a decoder in one..................
Gizzy
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I saw a chap at an exhibition in Aldeburgh a couple of years ago, who had built a T scale layout on a toilet seat!
He had a model of a Class 47 running round it, so it seems you can adapt the Japanese models with kits of UK prototypes.
I believe the chap works for Modeller's Mate in Suffolk, so it might be worth ringing them Tom?
Linky here;
http://www.modellersmate.co.uk/contact_us.htm
He had a model of a Class 47 running round it, so it seems you can adapt the Japanese models with kits of UK prototypes.
I believe the chap works for Modeller's Mate in Suffolk, so it might be worth ringing them Tom?
Linky here;
http://www.modellersmate.co.uk/contact_us.htm