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Reckon Hornby are doing 50s early on, simply because they and the 66s can use the same chassis without either looking odd. A 50 is only 7" shorter than a 66 between axle centres. 42'8" vs 43' 3". Truck wheelbase & wheel diameter the same to all intents and purposes. I guess you'd do a 43' chassis and both can use it, as well as a 60? Or so the CLAG website tells me. I don't know which model attracts the most love from followers of UK outline. Been told 60s are/were rubbish. Not seen one in a while.

Not just a C-C, no. A C-C with 43' between centre axle points, and trucks of about 6'9" + 6'9" or thereabouts ( I know that isn't exact.) But at TT scale it is going to be right enough for a bunch of US diesels, if they milled a hood chassis & wanted to go in that direction.

I know. Linked drawing img relates to it being the chassis for half America’s diesels. But SD40-2 and its less popular mates in EMD’s catalog are where chassis of these dimensions originated.

Seems to be a bit of American interest. I've not been able to find the comment from Hornby that talked of being a 'link' to the US hobby that is quoted on TTnut, but as I remind everyone, a Class 66 is just an SD40-2 chassis with a longish, narrow, low shed on top of it. And that's the chassis for about half the active diesel loks in Murica really: http://crcyc.railfan.net/locos/ge/8c40w/c408w-paint.gif

In the photo on the Hornby blog post, the flanges do look better than in some earlier photos.

Thanks for the heads up about the 08 and HST pics on the Train Terminal blog post. Interesting with the HST, they show the machined chassis block. That kind of pic is interesting to scratchbuilders & foragers for mechanism parts. Hope they do the same with the Cl 66 (and I personally hope it's a similar design.) OTOH, I haven't enabled 'Disqus' because even greyed out, I can see that folk don't half complain a lot!! ( As you might be able to tell, have never been on a model railway company's discussion 'community' before, but with Hornby it was necessary to have an account in order to get the discount.) Do Hornby really want to invite this kind of discussion on their own platforms? Not pointing at any one individual, just the tone of it all, when my eyes run over the postings. Sounds like it wd. quickly run your spirits down if you were the person charged with having to moderate it.

3mm Society did do 8.2mm spoked wheels (8-spoke) but I don't know if they do any more, as it was getting harder and harder to source them. Whether spoked wheels tended to be larger, I don't know. I got a bag of Steam Era 7.6mm spoked wheels which were .088" - what the Yanks call 'code 88'. Bit fat but well made. Flanges are okay. Assume they were done for Aussie 3'6" prototype.

Axle length may come to be an issue. As those of different suppliers do vary. Spoked wheels for TT are rare. They were not as common in Europe as in the UK. The 3mm Society had 8mm and 9mm ones made over the years. [This Society attracts a lot of negativity at the moment but they were there in TT when no-one else was. I wish people would just put a stop to it. ] I have a bunch of spindly spoked 8mm wheels by a 3mm supplier which look nice, but they are plastic. Also, correct 3' or 7.6mm diameter spoked wheel for 1:120 modelling, ceased being made years ago, so the Hornby ones are welcome.

I said nothing about gauge.

This the UK market tho. And 3mm/ TT3 is virtually halfway between UK N, at 2.06mm/ft, and 4mm.

Once they are blackened it may not matter so much. I am pleased they did spoked wheels. Hope they offer them as a part.

Just out of interest, this is a current, Polish manufactured 1:120 class 66. It's by an outfit called UMF.

Thanks for the photos. People may well have been better to fly into Warley. Chances of getting a train there were not high, at least on Saturday. I note the handy TT measuring tool. So there's an 08 = railway ticket equivalence. Useful for future reference. As the owner of a sturdy TT scale rule, I may start hiring myself out. The flanges look a bit pizza cutter-ish. Aside from that, the mouldings etc look great. I'm dead impressed.

Not seen many photos of the TT at Warley. Are they on another thread?

Unsure of that as there is virtually no RTR US outline TT to run with it.

Possible that replacement wheelsets will become an aftermarket thing. Fox Valley in the US did TT scale ones for a while. I only ordered the 33" (7mm) ones, tho believe they also did 36" ones. H0 scale 26" wheels exist (they're common in H0n3) which scale to 36" (3') in TT. They'd need a new axle however.

Correct. I've written to them already asking for an apron instead of a mere lanyard.

True. Wonder if they are going to do more work on wheels, and those shown may be stand-ins. Farish N has better looking wheels than that. Wouldn't want their new scale to be a case of 'In these shoes? I don't think so . . .'

It was okay. I was less encouraged by the wagons which look to have those NEM wheels with huge flanges. Probably 7.7mm (one of the standard diameters in continental TT.)

Today, what amounts to a a one line newsletter from Hornby, basically. Still don't have the TT Club pack (am in UK) but can't see that it contains anything critical, or does it? I got the discount on my pre-order of a 66 anyway.

Or bogie 'off centres' in this case as the HT-C bogie and that on 59s and 66/77s is 6' 7 5/8" + 6'11 3/4" Distance between truck bolsters 43' 5 1/2" Bolsters are 1 /14" offset from centre axle toward the ends of these locos, so between centre axles measurement is 43'3"

Hi, what is the 25mm power bogie? Looks handy.

As to wheelbase of bogies and distance between bogie centres, a 66 is exactly the same as an SD40-2 and other dash twos like SD38-2 etc. The 66 wheels are 2" greater diameter.

I am sorry to hear that. And it was a nice loco too.

It's unproductive for Hornby to get into , and wisely avoided. Since there can never be a resolution. For one side, for there to be various legitimate stances counts as a win. Rowling for example, is happy with discord in this area, according to her own statements. The other side seems to want a hegemony, so they will pursue it in any forum, no matter how remote from the issue. Any company who wants to appeal widely, would want to duck a situation either of discord or of hijacking of their forums or products in furtherance of one view. It isn't going to add tuppence to their balance sheet.