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Any TT scalers out there?

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Posted by narrow gauge nuclear on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 9:50 AM

I am a narrow gauge guy, of course.  TTn3 would be a bit of a stretch for these old eyes and hands.  I find that Nn3 exists, but is for much younger and more stable hands only.  I find working on HOn3 rolling stock and kits an extreme challenge at my age.

Besides, how many K-27 or K-28 D&RGW locos are in TTn3?  Is there such a thing as TTn3?

TT should have had more of a chance than it got.

 

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Posted by Chessie cat on Sunday, January 5, 2014 4:06 PM
There is a bit of TT narrow gauge in Germany but I think that's all (as far as RTR).
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Posted by Chessie cat on Monday, January 6, 2014 11:37 PM
There are some rumors that MTB's next US loco will be a geep 38 (maybe a dash 2).
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Posted by CSD on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 9:58 AM

narrow gauge nuclear
... Is there such a thing as TTn3?...

Actually it is the prefered scale in New Zealand, except they call it NZ120. Using relatively affordable N scale mechanisms they are able to model Kiwi railways.

http://www.nz120.org/

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Posted by Chessie cat on Friday, January 10, 2014 8:27 PM
Has anyone bought the SW1200 (I have several)? If so, what do you think about it?
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Posted by bigpianoguy on Friday, January 10, 2014 9:06 PM

Jason Schron at Rapido Trains mentioned TT in his last blog & even had a preproduction model illustrated...

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Posted by CSD on Sunday, January 12, 2014 11:44 AM

bigpianoguy
Jason Schron at Rapido Trains mentioned TT in his last blog & even had a preproduction model illustrated...

Jason did put the MTB SW1200 in Rapido Newsletter #49. I haven't seen anything TT since. Could you post a link to the blog you mentioned? Thanks.

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Posted by bigpianoguy on Thursday, January 16, 2014 2:11 PM

Maybe it was the newsletter that I was thinking about; was that the one showing 3 different scales of the same engine?

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Posted by Chessie cat on Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:29 PM
^^^ I believe it is.
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Posted by CSD on Friday, January 17, 2014 7:35 PM

bigpianoguy
... was that the one showing 3 different scales of the same engine?

Yeah. That model is from MTB, not Rapido. Jason just put it up as a solid because he thought it was cool.

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Posted by Ars on Thursday, January 23, 2014 12:42 AM

Hello, guys!

I am Rusian and I am TT scaler :)  And I am collecting models of the American prototypes in TT. Not too easy! :)

But I nevertheless have some American models on my shelf:

   

 

Here in Russia TT scale is quite popular, much more popular than N. And I think we could help our overseas Allies ;)  with the TT-scale models of Russian Decapod, S160 or ALCO RSD-1 locomotives... if they would be available in TT. Unfortunately for today they are not available...

But some Russian cars and trucks look like American ones - I have kitbashed ZiS-150 truck model as International Harvester K-serie truck of the 1940s and ZiS-110 limousine as Packard, for example.

Look at this ferry - it is 1:120 (TT-scale)! It was made by some Russian modeller and was exposed on the railroad show in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. All cars on the deck are mine.

 

And I have some locomotives - modern SW1200 model from Canadian Sazmodel/Czech MTB, motorized Lionel's EMD F3 (there are some Lionel models in 1:120 available on Ebay, made in early 2000s; they are non-motorized, but I've got power unit for it also); also I have some old steamers from 1950s (Consolidation, Pacific and Mountain) - they are rough but I love them, and also non-motorized Hudson steamer made by Lionel - I hope it's possible to motorize it using German BR23/BR35 steam locomotive as power unit/chassis. Also I have ALCO FA resin cast kit in TT and I want to use it on the German power unit from BR218 locomotive - it fits almost ideal!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHskpZ_70o8

For today the biggest problem for me is lack of the American-style people figures in TT. I need policemen and firemen for my TTown. I have the German ones, but they do not look like Americans... :(

  

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Posted by "JaBear" on Thursday, January 23, 2014 4:53 AM

Ars
Look at this ferry - it is 1:120 (TT-scale)! It was made by some Russian modeller.....

Great looking ferry, CoolThumbs UpBow

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Posted by benscaro on Thursday, January 23, 2014 7:15 AM

Chessie cat
There are some rumors that MTB's next US loco will be a geep 38 (maybe a dash 2).
 

 

Not an MTB loco, so far as I know, but a state of the art GP38 or GP38-2 shell has just been released by the TT Scale Society. 

There had been a previous spartan cab GP from the German group but suffice to say it was generic rather than conforming to any particular loco.

I model TT as I like the size and the potential for getting something a bit more finescale looking that is at least visible.

It has also stimulated my research of the prototype.  If you are going to have to make your own stuff, it may as well be accurate. Have done masters for Viking and Hutchins roofs.

Wheels are an issue, I use what you'd call code 80 British wheels and NWSL code 88 for locos.  Code 72 would be preferable, but NWSL (and others) don't make them in TT diameters.

 

 

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Posted by Chessie cat on Thursday, January 23, 2014 11:38 PM
Speaking of Russians (or at least former ones) - there is a Ukrainian company RailTT that's making all sorts of American automobiles in TT scale. You can find them on Ebay somewhat regularly. I believe that's what's in Arseny's pictures.
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Posted by Steven S on Friday, January 24, 2014 12:25 AM

Go to Shapeways and type TT Scale into the search box and you'll get 22 pages of stuff.   It's tough to tell how good it is because nearly all the pics are just 3DCG renderings.  Very few photos of actual models.

 

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Posted by Ars on Friday, January 24, 2014 3:59 AM

Steven S
Very few photos of actual models.

I have one covered PS2 hopper made by Shapeways.

If I am not mistaken, it depends on chosen material. If you choose "WSF", the car will need some smoothing...

My friend polished and painted it for me:

The decals are self-made; I've got the painting and lettering scheme for the SOO Line hoppers from the Soo Line historical society. Gold Coast's trucks and Micro-Trains couplers were used.

The only thing that I am worrying about - it seems to me that it is too dark...

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Posted by Ars on Friday, January 24, 2014 4:05 AM

Chessie cat
there is a Ukrainian company RailTT that's making all sorts of American automobiles in TT scale. You can find them on Ebay somewhat regularly. I believe that's what's in Arseny's pictures.

You are right - the 1952 Ford and Scenicruiser bus are from RailTT. 1947 Chevrolet is from Mini-Things (American company).

RailTT produces not only automobiles, but American railroad cars too.

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Posted by benscaro on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 6:27 AM

The Shapeways products by Bone Valley are ACL and SCL prototypes and are very good quality, requiring little clean up beyond sanding.  But they are for a very specific area, phosphate traffic around Tampa, and getting decals for them is an issue.

Ben

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