TT:120 - 16T Mineral Wagons

[J-Lewis]

On 31/10/2023 at 16:00, peak experience said:

I would love both of those. Another essential piece of rolling stock missing from Hornby's programme is the BR Standard 20T brake van. 

Yes it’s definitely a strange choice of brake.  The standard brake van would have seemed like a more obvious choice.  Apparently there is suggestion that the TT and 00 range are sharing research/design elements, so the Toad E was chosen because the 00 version is getting upgraded at the same time.

[Arun Sharma]

On 17/11/2023 at 18:38, J-Lewis said:

Yes it’s definitely a strange choice of brake.  The standard brake van would have seemed like a more obvious choice.  Apparently there is suggestion that the TT and 00 range are sharing research/design elements, so the Toad E was chosen because the 00 version is getting upgraded at the same time.

If true, that would make sense. Both models and their injection moulding tools are nowadays designed by 3D CAD processes and whilst not as easy as you might think, models can be scaled up or down in size fairly readily.