RMweb Premium Kris Posted May 19, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 19, 2011 That is a fantastic wagon edubs. Can you get wheels that are small enough to fit it if you were to get it built without them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Ooh - My layout would fit on 4 doors! I cant believe that it would ever have any real wow factor though if I am honest.... I can't believe that I'd need an even more powerful magnifying glass to see the thing..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etched Pixels Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 That is a fantastic wagon edubs. Can you get wheels that are small enough to fit it if you were to get it built without them? The standard T gauge wheels are pretty small (too small in many cases!) as they are based on Japanese bogie commuter stock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 You could almost get a shunting plank on a folding wooden carpenters rule! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Stafford on a Shunting Pole, then! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etched Pixels Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 You could almost get a shunting plank on a folding wooden carpenters rule! I am sure you can - a fork on a rule was done on a folding ruler in Z in the 1970s in a magazine article Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edubs Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 That is a fantastic wagon edubs. Can you get wheels that are small enough to fit it if you were to get it built without them? Thanks Kris, I'm intending to get a few Bogies to see what can be done with them in regard to stretching them and putting them under wagons, they seem to be available quite cheaply as spares from Tgauge.co.uk , or alternatively I have good contacts in Japan. I made this wagon just as a quick experiment really a couple of years ago, I think that I could do a bit better if I wanted to. Now that it appears T gauge is starting to take off a bit, I think it's worth having a go at. Eddie. PS. If someone starts a T gauge group I'll be there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Belgian Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Ooh - My layout would fit on 4 doors! I cant believe that it would ever have any real wow factor though if I am honest. Cheers Jim Wow! If one door in T is 36x12 foot in 4mm scale, is your layout 72X24 foot then? I'd love to see such a massive layout! (I don't think I could even see a T scale one now). JE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim s-w Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Hi JE At the moment its only 62 ft long but as its still in planning it might well end up 72 feet yes. Cheers Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 I'm thinking of modelling the Interurban "Chicago, South Shore & South Bend" or Pacific Electric in T, or (and here's the recent thought), the 3' Soller Railway in 1:305 or 1mm/ft. The latter would depend on whether T gauge chassis are available with bogies reasonably close together, or if a single chassis could pull a decent train, as I've heard three unpowered coaches are about the maximum for a single power unit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted May 23, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2011 It is too small for me to work in but when I saw the guitar case layout the T gauge supplier had at York this year I did think that painted blue the boxy units would look close enough to represent Southern 3rd rail electrics for someone to have a go at a south London setting in T (i.e circa 1968). The bit just on the Waterloo/Victoria end of Clapham Junction for example where the lines all loop about on viaducts and underpasses. The off putter though on that demo-stand, and as mentioned above, is they go too fast to look realistic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etched Pixels Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 I'm thinking of modelling the Interurban "Chicago, South Shore & South Bend" or Pacific Electric in T, or (and here's the recent thought), the 3' Soller Railway in 1:305 or 1mm/ft. The latter would depend on whether T gauge chassis are available with bogies reasonably close together, or if a single chassis could pull a decent train, as I've heard three unpowered coaches are about the maximum for a single power unit. See www.t-gauge.net for fairly good diagrams of them. I've tried stretching bogies without success so far. The power units are also very hard to shorten much because the plastic won't glue and also there isn't a lot of empty space in them anyway, the mechanism is nearly full length. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted November 12, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 12, 2015 As discussed elsewhere on the Forum, there is a project to build a new Parkway station at Wilton, on the GW (WSW) route from Westbury to Salisbury. I am thinking that to promote this scheme, the local Business Chamber should have a working model and clearly T scale would be the way to go as there is a large car park to include. I think that I have seen that Class 158 units are available already and elswhere on the Forum someone has made moving roadway that would be brilliant for the car park and P+R buses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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