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We'll probably never know what really went on behind the scenes, the only things that will come to light will be what suits the person telling the story, which could be true or fabrication... Rather like history.

I've always used the largest (width, height, etc.) loco I am likely to use on the layout for clearance testing, in some cases it could still be a small loco that happens to have a taller chimney than the rest!

It comes with extra injected money... ;)

Closeup photography certainly is! My layouts and stock are modelled to be looked at from normal viewing distance (in my case 2 to 3 ft away), by all means take close up photos if you wish but don't expect the detail or finesse you might see on a finescale model if you do. I will also be taking that approach on my TT layout, hence, unlike many on here, I am not getting hung up on the finer detail and whether the rods are completely to scale or if the cylinders a a mm too wide!

Peco used OO12 but those of us who modelled in it stuck with 00n3!

Older modellers might do, but from what I've seen most of them use TT3 or 3mm scale. Younger ones will only know the latest version. In Europe the "i" is used in narrow gauge for industrial versions, such as H0i for H0 scale using 6.5mm gauge track to represent industrial 600mm gauge so using it in a different way only confuses. Why do we have to change anything Peco and Hornby use TT120, so why bother with anything else.

And quietly forget to re-open them... (just predicting the next bit...)

I'm not sure how that is simplifying it, TT is 1:120. There's no "International", it's still 1:120 in the UK as well. I see no reason to complicate things, we've done that enough with 00 and N, don't let us start doing it again with TT, that was the whole point with them adopting 1:120!

... it's Red Bull doing the cheating... (There, finished it for you...) ;)

Totally agree, Andrew, TBH if it does go the whitewash way it seems to be going I think I'll leave you all to it. What's the point in having rules restricting the amount of money that can be spent and get away with it. They wanted to make sure Max won it last year, well they succeeded by cheating twice! My only hope is that the other teams say enough is enough and demand punishment that fits the crime. People say it isn't fair on Max but he's the one that's benefited from both the incorrect implementation of the rules in the last race and the extra development RB got from the extra money. Would he have won last year without them, no he wouldn't.

Is that the stuff that Ratio later sold? When I was modelling in 00n3 I used sleeper strip with Peco code 80 rail but I'm sure it was Ratio's.

If those are misleading what were the T-H catalogues of the 60s, then! Most of them were just coloured drawings from what I remember especially of the new releases!

Isn't that a Corgi 1:120 model?

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Whitewash then. Disgusting.

Although there are no Hornby models as yet to compare there are 1:120 models which we can and have compared! There is a separate thread for that which this link will take you to a post by Nile which compares a Corgi 1:120 A4 with a British N scale A4:

So is Hornbys launch stock, a decent combination of well known mainline preserved steam and modern diesels! "Contemporary" changes over time!

I feel that's missing the point, they are launching a new scale and trying to get new people involved, probably many without much interest or knowledge of railways. So a 4f for example wouldn't sell well, but a Pacific that looks like those they may have seen on tv or even in real life will. Horses for courses. We'll see other options in due course, but we'll have to be patient.

Oh, that is soooo ugly! Someone get in some decent designers, Battista Farina and the other Italian designers must be turning in their graves. Harris Mann is still around, they should employ him!!

Crazy Track and Mainline are aimed at two different markets, Mainline is very much modern 750/760mm gauge track and is very good, code 80 is just fine for that, also it competes with Tillig which has the looks but isn't as robust, and Roco which has good plain track but not so good points. I'd agree that Crazy Track needs replacing with the "code" 55 rail, though, it was brought out in a time when pizza cutter wheels were the norm, but with modern RTR we don't need the rail depth and the rail height is far out of line with most modern heritage narrow gauge line which use far lighter rail. There's a couple of layouts going round based on the Welshpool which use code 40 and it's amazing how much better they look. Even the code 55 would be better than code 80. Can't see it happening any time soon, though.

Will most of the people that but the models actually notice? I somehow doubt it...

It's also used in Europe as TTm for metre gauge prototypes, there's stuff on Shapeways based on the Harz and Brohtalbahn, there may be others but I haven't investigated it any further... As yet!

Just shows what can be fitted in compared with 00/H0.

Wouldn't be much use to the train set brigade they are aiming at, flexi track isn't as easy as set track on a trackmat! Seriously, though, Peco will do the things that you ask in due course, so no need for Hornby to do it?

You've probably said, but to save me going through the whole thread, how big is it?