tomsquires Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Well, its happened...ok, so no connecting rod action but if you watch this clip for the duration you will see what I think...it's so small...a B12? http://youtu.be/dfN_uGOicS8 I'm extremely jealous and excited, sorry if this has been posted before but I couldn't see it elsewhere! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Natalie Graham Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 That's not steam, it's electric powered, I'm most disappointed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Interesting to see how the trains virtually came to a stop on the gradients. The light weight clearly doesn't help traction. I hadn't seen these before so amazed to see what was available. I did see an HST Class 43 at Ally Pally in T gauge though and thought that was a big step forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanders Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 From watching it, the driving wheels are fake (blanks) and the drive is coming from a Bo-Bo chassis providing the pony and truck wheels. Clever, but not what you'd normally expect when you hear "T gauge steam locomotive". Shame about the poor running, too. That 08 is nice though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Natalie Graham Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Arthur Sherwood's 1:480 GNR 0-6-2T had spoked wheels and working coupling rods and his US G3 Pacific had moving outside valve gear too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovenor Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Featured in "Model Railways" September 1974, over 37 years ago. The 0-6-2T is quoted as 0.925" long over the buffer beams. Arthur's 1:480 models were electric but he built live steam in 1:240 Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I think it is brilliant. In such a small scale there has to be compromises, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Some of Arthur Sherwood's models here: http://www.zen98812.zen.co.uk/aasherwood.html Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Natalie Graham Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 oh sorry its a load of *** then..... least I know that now No, it is a nice piece of modelling in T gauge and it is always good to see someone doing something different in these small scales. I just thought if people were interested in T Gauge steam they might like to know that moving coupling rods and valve gear can be, and have been, done in this scale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsquires Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 I just love that people are out there having a go and trying to get it to work. I looked at A.A. Sherwood's models on the link posted and was amazed. Maybe my girlish small hands can finally be put to use in the world of ultra small scale modelling! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 One of Prof Sherwood's former students told me one of his last live steam models was a Norfolk and Western Y6b 2-8-8-2 compound Mallet, and it actually was a compound! Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nat Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 The video is by a chap who goes by the name of ozrail on other forums. He's designed all those locos and the goods wagons and some are available for sale on Shapeways. The Steam loco is based on the Flying Scotsman. The 08 is unpowered but pushed by a motorised carriage. Eishindo (or is it Railway Shop?), the original manufacturers of T Gauge state thet they are working on a stem loco WITH working valve gear. Most of their stuff is Japanese, but there is speculation that it could be British or American outline, given that these seem to be the areas where T gauge is most popular. They take a lot of time in pre-production for their models, so won't be available quite yet - but watch this space! There is a german chap who has produced a small (well, I guess they all are small!) T-Gauge steam loco with working valve gear. I'll see if I can find a video and post it here. naT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nat Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Found the video I was referring to. He has done a number of steam engines (including working valve gear -even on this one IIRC), but this one is particularly amazing, given the size (even the drive mechanism was made by him). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1KCVMV7PI8 That other loco above it is N gauge for comparison! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humbolt136 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 N guage looks huge in comparison! Anyone know of any British (preferably steam) shunting locos in t? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martink Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Ozrail has 3 types of tank engine at Shapeways (unpowered of course)... http://www.shapeways.com/product/XQ9YJP547 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Ozrail has 3 types of tank engine at Shapeways (unpowered of course)... http://www.shapeways.com/product/XQ9YJP547 What motors, chassis,con rods and wheels do they use and where can they be purchased from? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 What motors, chassis,con rods and wheels do they use and where can they be purchased from? It's an un-powered model. Therefore no motor, no con rods. They use the usual T-gauge wheels. And the model itself can be bought from Shapeways (in the link given). The wheels from T-gauge website. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnylinny Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 I recently got some of these actually, and they're rather nice (though need a bit of care fitting the wheels as the retaining clips are so tiny and delicate - I managed to snap off the middle set by mistake!). Shown here is the GWR pannier in front of a Bachmann 00 scale model of the same. It's been painted and I'm trying to decide if it's worth trying to put a representation of the lettering on... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted April 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 13, 2018 Just a slightly silly thought. T-gauge could be used to represent a Gauge 1 model railway in a doll's house. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Just a slightly silly thought. T-gauge could be used to represent a Gauge 1 model railway in a doll's house. No. It's more like O gauge (1:12 scale x 3mm gauge is 36mm). And I've done it a few years ago. As I don't have my own picture to hand at the moment see here: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w7iZXvh62o8/UI8DKkBJowI/AAAAAAAAGcQ/wzdVvO5gXHg/s1600/DSCN4490.JPG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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