Yelrow Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Bexhill Donkey. Beautifully explained. I run Triang TT daily. My understanding is that this new TT will happily run on Peco TT flexi track, in company with my Triang stuff, but that the couplings are not the same. Also, that my TT will run on new Hornby track. Is this, as you see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 I feel that a free track planning app would help the campaign. If I’m going to make that step to change from OO, I want to know what I can do in the space that I have available with TT. Give it time and the usual track planners will have the Hornby TT set-track in their libraries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelrow Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 No doubt SOT will have the original Triang ones. I have theHornby Doblo 3 rail ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronan Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 I must say this is very tempting as if was aimed at me. Which I gave up on model railways a few years back just by chance I looked at the Hornby website I always get the email news. I gave up due to space and expense being indecisive about scales but this might work I have the ideal table as the table was too small for the bigger layout.now I got my finances in order and 15% discount if you join the TT club which is free sounds like a good deal the locomotives are not as cheap as one would like but cheaper I need to be careful this time and choose just one locomotive.think I just stay at this scale but wish there was more Great Western stuff.im very impressed with the selection. I might just join the club for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CORKY. Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 When I came back from the garden to indoors railway N looked tiny and cost similar to OO, and OO had a toy look that I was familiar with from GScale. So OO gave me more toy for my pound. I think TT:120 Is going to be like N was, smaller and still pricey. I can't imagine an equivalent value product like TTRailroad coming along for decades until the tooling becomes dated, so I will stay with my quaint scale/gauge OO Railroad. Preordered intercity Class 43 Exec, bigger and less expensive than the TT, and hopefully I don't have to wait until 2023. Still joined the TT Club though, it was free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Just a couple of points from reading this post to this point while I slept and you UK guys were buzzing:ROW membership - not sure why people thought there was none. All you had to do was scroll down the joining page and there it is. Have already joinedDCC power track - Rob, had already noted the price difference. After I’ve bought the DC version, I think having removed the capacitor I’ll post it back to Hornby with a cynical note, the sneaky whatnots track planner software - current versions already contain other manufacturers’ track, so you can start designing now, no need to wait for Hornby pre-orders to arrive. And you can check whether the geometry is the same as Hornby (they’d be mad if it’s not) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_watts1 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 I'm really excited about this, actually having proper scale models, as opposed to 4mm bodies on 3.5mm chassis etc. The price tags look good too. All I need to know is where are the Stanier Black 5's and the Jinty's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornbyKiwi Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Congratulations to Hornby on this bold move, all looks and sounds very interesting. I hope they are able to secure the manufacturing capacity they need for this and, most importantly, that the product quality will be there.I watched the product launch video and note that the A4 they were running was bobbing around a little on the track, which I expect is down to a combination of the loco being an initial sample and the track-laying perhaps not being 100%.Nevertheless, exciting stuff and I wish Hornby well with this. It cannot hurt from a company perspective to have another string to the railway bow, especially with the continued rise of competition in the 00 market.I've signed up to the TT Club and am surely tempted to buy a set to try the system out. I continue to be frustrated by the high threshold on free freight to this part of the world. I placed both of the sets into a basket and, despite the items having the same ETA and the combined total meeting the threshold, the checkout process suggested I would be charged £100 for delivery.Perhaps this isn't accurate to what would actually occur if I proceeded with the order, but Hornby need to sort this out and make the process more intuitive. HK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 I hope Hornby have really done their market research and sales forecasts homework on this one. Tri-ang tried TT UK 1:101.6 scale and threw shed loads of money at it, after the initial dust had settled sales tailed away. They found OO in particular was too dominant in the marketplace.The new range is continental 1:120 TT scale rather than UK 1:101.6 scale TT and only being available from Hornby and not the model shops might be a big mistake as well.I sincerely hope it's a success for Hornby, the hobby needs new blood and ideas, but I have doubts as to it's long term commercial viability. Anyway congratulations on a very brave move Hornby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dubya Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Excellent news and a boost for the hobby.Personally TT120 is quite far off for me as I really want to crack on with my OO layout (and have too much invested in it, both time and money) I will take the plunge at some point for sure.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter1707822971 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Chistmas came early this year! :^)I am very excited by this development (there were whispers in the 3mm Society and Peco launching their trackwork was a bit of a hint) as I have been modelling TT since getting a BTTB start set in 1973, then discovering second-hand Tri-ang TT, joining the 3mm Society and building a fleet of kit and scratchbuilt locos and stock - all unashamedly "coarse" 1:101 scale running on 12mm gauge.I have seen all the nay-sayer comments (including on BRM Web and in the 3mm Society) but well done Hornby! TT really is the ideal scale and I wish them well in this bold venture and will be supporting them by putting my money where my mouth is - and now have a few items on pre-order.Having seen retail prices for HO/OO sky-rocket over the past few years these seem spot-on, even if they are "introductory" and may then increase in future years (as with Piko when they introduced their TT range) and the club member discount was particularly appreciated.The proof of the pudding is in the eating. I have my spoon at the ready. :^)Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony57 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 HiWell done Hornby on doing the TT gauge, however for it to successful there needs to be at least a 10 year commitment to the gauge, with regular new models each year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 HiWell done Hornby on doing the TT gauge, however for it to successful there needs to be at least a 10 year commitment to the gauge, with regular new models each year. I would recommend with all new tooling that they also plan to provide a full range of spares not only for the locos but also any other rolling stock as necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredoxford-344906 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 I never quite realised what scale tt was! While the range was being announced I ordered the flying Scotsmen set! I presently have an N gauge layout due to lack of space. But I find N gauge locomotives extremely difficult to tinker with, so I try not to at all. Which is not so much fun.The sets are provided with radius 3 curves and just for information the TT radius 4 curves are the same as Fleischmann N radius 3 curves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredoxford-344906 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Excellent idea by Hornby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntpntpntp Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Those of you who have joined the club and pre-ordered, did the 15% discount show anywhere during the purchase process? I'm still mulling over which set to order but I will definitely buy something. We have a little of everything from T to 3.5" gauge in our household :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntpntpntp Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Those of you who have joined the club and pre-ordered, did the 15% discount show anywhere during the purchase process?To answer my own question: taken off at the checkout stage :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_watts1 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Those of you who have joined the club and pre-ordered, did the 15% discount show anywhere during the purchase process?To answer my own question: taken off at the checkout stage :) I've joined the club, pre-ordered the Scotsman set and the price was about £185, yet the conformation shows the retail of £215. I've queried Hornby about this and am waiting for a reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_watts1 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 I've queried Hornby about their track packs since the set 1 shows a retail of 57 quid but the contents are about 22 quid. Hopefully all of these issues along with the checkout removing the club discount are just minor glitches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_watts1 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 TT9009 Platform Ramp and TT9008 Platform Straight. Surely the £12.99 tag is for a pair and not each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rman Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 So track pack comes with 1st radius but non of the steam locomotives that are going to come out can get around 1st radius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rman Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 I like this new range and so I'm going to be giving it a try. I hope that we also get tank enigines both big and small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 @rman - which is the case with every other gauge. There will always be engines that can’t manage the tighter radii. Those that can will be in a later phase. R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frey-1222498 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 HelloI have ordered the eastern train set plus mallard, flying scotsman and duchess plus 11 coaches and all 15 emails sent one email for each item does not show discount but full price,although when ordering I could see the discount Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Hi freyThank you for your comment which was also found yesterday. As Moderators, we have passed the question onto Hornby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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