Looks Like I'm About To Become A T Scaler!

[Cannonball]

My birthday was last month and I couldn't find anything I really wanted until I remembered the little 3mm T scale trains.

Just ordered one of these:
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(With the wife's permission of course. :mrgreen: )

The layout potential for these things in a relatively small space boggles the mind.
I only wish they would come up with some American locos as well.

[Steamtrains]

Even in the enlarged view it's hard to make those Tiny Trains out....Do they come with a magnifying glass..??

[Charlie B]

WOW!! what a pike in a 24X40 building. I could model the whole state of Ohio.
Charlie

[Cannonball]

Even in the enlarged view it's hard to make those Tiny Trains out....Do they come with a magnifying glass..??

I think I will most likely have to invest in one as I'm considering changing the paint scheme. :mrgreen:

WOW!! what a pike in a 24X40 building. I could model the whole state of Ohio.

hhhmmmm..... If I bought a small out building from Home Depot or Lowe's, I could do one crazy layout! :mrgreen:

[TCWORLD]

As it stands, I wouldnt recommend it as a good venture TBH. I got a T-Scale set last year, only to be somewhat dissapointed. As it seems, the only possible speeds are stop, 100MPH or crash. If you have more than one, maybe two carriages as a train, they derail one pulling the others off.

Its a good novelty item, but it doesn't in my oppinion have any value beyond that.

[shaygetz]

I wouldn't mind a set for the novelty of it...here's a blog I follow on it. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://1-450.blogspot.com/">http://1-450.blogspot.com/</a><!-- m -->

[Cannonball]

I wouldn't mind a set for the novelty of it...here's a blog I follow on it. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://1-450.blogspot.com/">http://1-450.blogspot.com/</a><!-- m -->

Thanks for that link, Shay!
I've seen a few other things from David K around the net but haven't seen the blog.
There is a video of his working T scale crossing lights on YouTube. They're pretty amazing.

[Brakie]

That's a tad to small..

I would hate to even try to install a DCC decoder in one of those T locomotives.

I jest of course..I don't think anybody makes a decoder that small!

[TrainNut]

I came across T scale just last week. I work in N scale and I've got an industry that needs some smaller track around it for utility carts and such (kinda like a little mining train but in N scale). It would be a static display mind you and I'd need really small radius curves... like 1". As I was looking at Z scale track, T pops up. Interesting stuff.
In N scale, Z would work out to be 40" between rails while T would be 18" between rails. If I could get a piece or two of T scale flex, I'd be a happy camper. I just can't seem to figure out where to get it from. I went to the Eishindo site but it's all in characters and my mother in law didn't teach me how to read that stuff before she passed on.

[TrainNut]

Look... this nutcase even built his own T scale switch!
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[Cannonball]

If I could get a piece or two of T scale flex, I'd be a happy camper. I just can't seem to figure out where to get it from.

I stumbled on these guys this morning. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.tgauge.co.uk/">http://www.tgauge.co.uk/</a><!-- m -->
They're in the UK but ship to the US. They even have a price converter down on the right side towards the bottom that will change their whole site to US Dollars.

And they have the flex track.

Look... this nutcase even built his own T scale switch!
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Shaygetz posted the link to his blog yesterday.
He's also built his own handlaid track and a working railroad crossing light.
Talk about dedicated! :mrgreen:

[TrainNut]

Wow! One piece of flex track is 41" long! The site says that it Bends down to Radius of 4.7" but I'll bet I can get it to go a lot tigher than that. I can get N scale almost that tight.

One piece of flex... ordered. Thanks for the link.

[Sumpter250]

I would hate to even try to install a DCC decoder in one of those T locomotives.

I jest of course..I don't think anybody makes a decoder that small!

In this day and age, a decoder that small would be a "piece of cake"........a speaker?, for sound?, that could be actually heard?! Now that would be a technological leap! ( I think that would be a leap of at least, ten "T" layouts long )

[Cannonball]

That's a tad to small..

I would hate to even try to install a DCC decoder in one of those T locomotives.

I jest of course..I don't think anybody makes a decoder that small!

In this day and age, a decoder that small would be a "piece of cake"........a speaker?, for sound?, that could be actually heard?! Now that would be a technological leap! ( I think that would be a leap of at least, ten "T" layouts long )

I've actually seen references here and there where guys are trying to develop encoders for these things.
If they could get the switches down, could you imagine a herd of these things running on a 4x8 DCC track???

[tv_man]

The main addition I'd want for t gauge is the ability to move the trains at a slow pace. The aforementioned 0-100-crash speed scale isn't too appealing. Not being able to do switching isn't a problem, not being able to slowly accelerate and decelerate a 10 to 50 car train is. Imagine 50+ car freight trains on a *moderately* sized layout snaking through the landscape.. Yep, that would do it for me. Easily convertible engines and cars would be next on the wishlist.