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Hi Moccasin. I too have been keeping a beady eye on the Train Terminal page. A watched pot and all that I suppose

Nice one @Dodge1965 Had no interest in the HST… or so I thought….! The weight of the driving car is quite something in the hand, isn’t it?

Re coach and wagon packs, yes absolutely! I think the new TTAs would have been excellent to offer as a three pack at a slight discount. Even if just the saving of packaging and shipment was passed on it would be worth it.

I would just say that Martyn Weaver was playing down expectations for the April event at Glasgow yesterday. With so much already announced via the phases we could be in for a low key event. If so I don’t think that of itself indicates Hornby are losing their nerve with TT.

Thanks for raising this GHU. Yes of course Sam is only offering one view but it is greatly influential. Like GHU and others I think where he goes wrong is in the interpretation he makes of the data from his poll. It’s clear that other ways (and I’d suggest, much better ways) are not considered at all. It’s hard to get away from the sense that he used his polling to confirm his presuppositions instead of the other way around and let his view be informed by the data. To me the key thing is the 6%. 6% of his tens of thousands of subscribers (if we extrapolate from those who actually polled) are now in the hobby simply because of TT120. That is a phenomenal figure. If TT120 is responsible for anything close to a six percentage point increase in the user base of this hobby that is tremendous and well done Hornby and Peco for finally expanding the base. I cannot think of a aisngle thing in thirty years that has had that impact. I left a comment on Sam’s channel along these lines. I think the fundamental misunderstanding for Sam is that TT is not in competition with OO. It’s in competition with non-modellers other options for hobbies. It’s a gateway to railway modelling. More modern. More accurate. More space efficient. More compatible. More compelling. That’s the pitch. It’s Hornby’s best bet in decades to break out beyond the traditional modeller and get new custom. If they succeed then it will do the entire hobby a massive favour.

Delighted to see it in use!

@ellocoloco which way did you go out from the hall? If you turned left up to the main entrance that was the error! By doing the same thing I missed the bus I intended to get by twenty seconds. There’s another exit the other way where the main car park is. Sorry to miss you!

Sorry for double post

@ellocoloco which way did you go out from the hall? If you turned left up to the main entrance that was the error! By doing the same thing I missed the bus I intended to get by twenty seconds. There’s another exit the other way where the main car park is. Sorry to miss you!

Some photos from today. Just TT stuff. Had to remove some photos - they upload as a pure black block of colour

At today’s exhibition Peco confirmed that their signals are now in production, but they need to wait until a significant volume of them are ready before releasing them, as they anticipate good demand based on their wagons and track.

Should have said, that it includes a courtesy bus to and from the city centre.

£15 entry. Really don’t think you can complain at that at all. Will try and get a few photos up tonight.

Hi. Missed Elocoloco and Mocassin! If you guys are still around how about we meet at the 12millbridge layout at 2pm? im in a red top, glasses and small backpack

Will do. Hope to take plenty of pics. First exhibition in years for me so looking forward to it. Eyes peeled for the unfeasibly tall man and the chap trying to avoid to offend one half of the city or the other…!

Lol - if you see someone looking confused and dishevelled that'll be me! (Point of information - does anyone ever look 'shevelled'?)

Gentle bump to this thread. Heading away tonight to Glasgow - only got Friday at the SEC - hope to catch Moccasin and Dave if you're both about. Anyone else venturing to the wilds of old Caledonia?

Always admire the sense of atmosphere that Dave gets into his scenes. Top stuff!

Hi Moccasin You can use the HM700 app for point control already. It is already a live feature. To do so you need: suitable point motors HM6010 accessory units, each of which can power up to four switching operations. I have used a 6010 with a small fiddle yard and it operates 6 points - the reason it manages 6 is that two sets are facing each other so can be switched simultaneously, using the same output. I have also used plain peco solenoid style point motors. Provided they are centred correctly they work well. Ideally yes it would be good to see some point motors with their ‘throw’ set to TT120, but for now it seems to work well this way. I do not think you can use the HM6010 with servo style motors but others will be able to confirm that.

Morning Tim You’re not the only one longing for HM7k with the 08! But it’s definitely going to be a while. I keep hoping that Hornby will spring a nice surprise and get them in stock early, but from RAFs comment we can’t expect any such miracles!

Singer, how much ‘give’ is there in the drawbar with the screw in? Has it twisted at all?

This is almost identical to my own situation. I was unable to have a large board, so went with a small shelf style idea just to “taste-test” the new scale. Having done a single board (also about 1.2m x 0.25) I then spotted that it could be stored in my garage window sill. And so of course I now have four boards….! But yes, try a shunting layout for sure. I have been pleasantly surprised how well TT works for shunting.

It’s going to be a great first layout! Keep us updated!

Thought it might be worthwhile to start a thread on next week’s MRS. Anyone heading up (or across or down) to Glasgow? Pictures and Posts of TT120 stuff etc, after the event. I expect to be there for the Friday, but not more than that I’m afraid. Be great to meet other TT120 folk if possible!

Indeed - the irony did not help me feel better about it!! Ho hum. The joys of modelling