Dave the Busker

I've found that most of their buildings seem to be close enough to TT to not look out of place. I've got several Metcalfe factory buildings and their pub/corner shop so far, and all I've changed on them is to put in a slightly taller door.

Try this link https://uk.hornby.com/community/hornbytt120-club/members-area/blog-and-news/class-50-hoovers-track

It's back to going to last month's for me too now. Weird

That happened to me first time I tried to read it then second time it went through to the proper article. Not sure what's causing it to glitch like that but hopefully they can sort it.

That's the May Train Terminal on the website now https://uk.hornby.com/community/blog-and-news/train-terminal/class-50-hoovers-track

Had the same happen to me. Totally my fault, caught a pickup contact on something and it broke off. Explained that to Hornby, and said I'd be happy to pay for spare parts or repair. They just sent out a replacement pickup unit free of charge and now the Gronk is running happily again. Excellent customer service!

Hello to another very tall TT person. From what I've read on the forums, there do seem to be a lot of us. Funny how the tallest people have gone for the smallest scale Hornby make 🤣

Nice one Kenneth, love a good bargain find! Quarry scene looks brilliant

I think that's the factory scene finished. For now anyway... 🤣

I'm going to be looking on enviously in a couple of weeks 🤣 Budget won't stretch to new locos for a wee while, but looking forward to seeing all your photos of Class 50s in action!

If I recall correctly they were pretty much bang on for the HST in all the varieties released so far. I'd say they're always going to be subject to change but should be reasonably accurate.

No set rules for me. I hid a TARDIS on the layout so Hollybush Railway can visit any era 😀

I wonder if, being a totally new thing for Hornby, the demographic for TT:120 might skew a little younger than they normally have? The reception to the HST suggests it might to me, people wanting to model trains they remember but from a more recent time? Steam being something we've only seen in preservation? I'm early 40s, so it's diesel and electric that I grew up with. Models like a Eurostar could well be a hit for TT.

Yeah, a really interesting video from @Peachy . At first glance it kinda sounded like there wasn't anything much that he was able to tell us at this precise moment, but the fact that so many companies have told him that there's stuff they can't have public, rather than just outright say 'nah, not interested in TT' does rather hint at a bright future 🙂

They look fantastic. I wasn't planning to get any more locos just now for the sake of my bank balance but I might just have to work out a way!

Aye, I should probably clarify when I'd said that the kits I'd made only needed one mod, the door height, I just meant to imply the individual kits I had made so far, which didn't include anything like tunnels, goods sheds, engine sheds, etc that would need bigger clearances for TT120, which I've not experimented with. Sorry for any confusion!

The Greenwood kits look really good, but painting isn't something I'm very skilled at so the printed kits like Metcalfe are more suited to me. On the subject of Metcalfe being over scale for N, here's one I'm working on tonight. The building on the left is a Wordsworth 00 kit made at 63% for TT:120 scale, the one on the right is Metcalfe N. The first floor windows more or less line up exactly on both.

I don't get the impression that Metcalfe are in any way negative about TT, just that it's not something they can make a business case for at the moment. Of course, that does leave the door open for others and if someone does come in with more kits as good as theirs in TT scale then I'll be looking at them too. The Metcalfe kits I've got so far look very much in keeping with the scale of everything else on my layout, but I had this thought about the door today so I thought I'd share. A nice and simple bit of kit modding to make them even more suitable. 🙂

I know a few people have messaged Metcalfe about if they'd ever consider a TT:120 scale range of buildings, and as I understand it the response has been that they've just invested a lot in new equipment for the 00 and N kits and so investing in TT isn't in their immediate future. The N kits I've built for Hollybush actually look mostly a decent fit for TT, with just one exception. The doors on some kits, particularly houses and shops, look just a fraction too short. However, as the kits have door frames that the doors fit into, I've found that printing out some TT scale doors from the print at home download kits I've got from Scalescenes or Wordsworth and fitting them in the N doorway makes it look a much better fit for TT. Do you think Metcalfe might find it more feasible to make an N/TT kit which just has a couple of extra, slightly larger, doors included? Photo: N scale Metcalfe shop with Wordsworth 00 door printed at 63% for TT:120 scale.