3mm John

Welcome to the 3mm Association Marakas hope you find everything you need, the 2015 AGM is in Swindon on the 16th of May, details of which I am sure are in your joining pack. Plenty to see and enjoy and of course you will meet fellow enthusiasts for 3mm railway modelling. " The Hobbys best kept secret" Hope to see you there.

Welcome to the 3mm congregation I hope you are successful in building a TT gauge railway, in answer to your query re Triang TT stock the 3mm society does have a good selection of Triang rolling stock ranging from "mint in box" to requires some attention! If you join the society you will be able to access the second hand shop. The society also has area groups around the country so depending on where you are located you might want to contact the relevant one, again once you join the society you will be able to find out the locations. I look forward to hearing how you get on.

As a 3mm Society member who admires the skill of my fellow members of the society, what ever gauge they choose, I am disappointed to see the debate raging on this thread. Whilst agreeing that for some members absolute accuracy is everything, surely we all choose the level of modelling which is comfortable for us. I have chosen 3mm as for me it is an exquisite scale and suits my space constraints. I am currently modeling using 12mm gauge which is of course not to scale but currently it works for me. I am sure that as my skills develop I will make the move to 14.2 but one step at a time, The 3mm society has helped me to get started and I have met some great modellers in 3mm. I am now enjoying my railway modelling and that's what matters or have I missed the point? To anyone thinking of 3mm I say try it, whatever gauge you end up using I reckon it won't matter to your fellow society members.

Hi all just a very quick note to say that the 3mm Society is still going strong and is in fact celebrating its 50 year anniversary this year, it is actually a scale society and not a gauge specific society. The society welcomes all 3mm modellers what ever gauge they choose to model in. Help and advice is available through the society e group and the local groups which exist around the country. Those of us who choose to model in this scale know that there are challenges but that is part of the attraction. Interested then join us you will be made very welcome.