I subscribe to MR and have every issue back to the 1970's. Also a member of the EL Historical Society. I have a scattered amount of RMCs, bunch of NG&SL Gazettes, and N scale mags. I recently subscribed to Ztrack. I don't need to see Z scale modeling in a magazine for it to be of help. Styrene cuts and glues the same in every scale. Just about anything seen in MR (or any other mag) can be built in Z scale. So I defend MR, but I wouldn't get excited about any review they do in any scale. The people who produce the models they review also pay them money for ads. Draw your own conclusions there. Plus reading what people have to say about a product on the internet is usually faster and more accurate.
Yes. I have heard the name. For those who do that scale, Sn3 is possibly the largest, most noted segment of S. In recent years, I have noted that some have been leaving that size, simply due to it's (brass) cost. Boxcab E50
Plenty of Sn3.5 scale in New Zealand. It's the predominant scale for NZ prototypes and has been for at least 30 years.
I would agree with Chris that MR is a good referance for the train hobby i general, and anything being done in the big scales is completely doable in Z. I get MR to look at layout and opperations ideas as well. Tony B..
I forgot about that.... though I do remember NZ120 - TT on N track, also to represent 42" gauge. I still have trouble thinking of TT as anything other than extinct.
Funny thing is that John Harmon that did much of the work for the PennZee quick kits (buildings) and the original masters for the Heavyweights, is actually doing North American TT now instead of Z. Randy
Tony, While I still pick up the occasional Model Railroader for specific articles I want, I wouldn't go as far as saying anything from larger scales will work in Z. Many of the techniques or at least the specific materials used) WON'T work fo Z because of size issues. Look at how hard it is to find properly sized ballast in Z. Some fo the material u sed for things like trees in larger scales are also way too bid to be used in Z. Now if it's simply prototype info or more general modeling info, a lot of that CAN be used. My favorite magazine right now is Mainline Modelers, but I even pick and choose issues of that instead of getting all of them. randy
In Europe, there are still manufacturers who make TT scale. Sometimes, you can watch TT layouts on exhibitions.
Criss, they are no longer in production. They are made of resin, and suffer from large amount of bad casting. There was a big amount of rejection rate. They found it too time consuming. The last time I heard any were on sale is because they found some good casting . They were sold through Uncle Will, and there was a big waiting list. I doubt there are anymore in good condition.
I know of at least one manufacturer (Tillig). My point is that, even knowing that, I still don't really think it. Sometimes, I wonder why TT isn't still a significant scale in the USA. In the 50s (incidentally, when TT was the new thing), Linn Westcott called S a happy medium, since HO and O were the most popular scales. Once N achieved second place, I might have expected TT to become the compromise scale. Major scales seem to be separated by a factor of a little less than the square root of 2, in a mathematical progression: Z, N, TT, HO, S, O, 1, G. However, TT is now so rare in the US that the pattern is broken. For many modellers, it's a choice between HO and N, with nothing in between.
Roco still makes TT scale (even an engine that runs in Holland!): RocoTTengines RocoTTfreightcars OK, it is not much, but these are not old products, but recently designed and manufactured. The site of TT the Netherlands: http://www.ttnederland.nl/ Some pictures of (Dutch) layouts: http://members.chello.nl/c.teijgeler/
In Europe it appears TT scale has especially been popular in the former Eastern bloc (ie former communist). And when looking at the Roco website, it looks like it's a confirmation of it. Dominique
There are actually at least three TT Yahoo Groups. But only one is active. Has 200+ members. Boxcab E50
Yes, it is true: TT was popular in the communist countries. Sometimes you find some old plastic kits, and they fit quite well with HO scale. For N scale these kits are to large. But I have bought a pack of doors and windows that can be used for N scale, though. The diesel engine Roco produces is a Russian engine, built for East Germany. Today, you find these diesels also in Holland, where they bring or pick up trains for Germany.
