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On 18/04/2021 at 19:12, woodenhead said:

If you imagine how small the market for N is, then imagine how big a z market in the UK would be.

 

Farish are not being left behind by Dapol and Gaugemaster are not building their own stuff it is rebadged Dapol or in the case of Mr Kato, they are simply selling them like they do other Kato stuff.

 

Dapol locos still don't have the best electrics, they are just getting around to putting in Next18 but still not leaving space for speakers except for the class 50 which actually has a space to put in a speaker.  Contrast with Farish, they are going through their range and converting the chassis to Next18 and putting in speakers so you simply need the sound decoder.

 

Then there is the recent release of an 8F, the class 40s and 31s plus some nice coaching stock, Dapol by comparision apart from the 68 are doing very little new in N and the latest upgrade to the M7 doesn't even come DCC ready.

I wonder why Hattons have stopped selling new Farish & Bachmann products? I know you can still get existing Farish & Bachmann stock at Hattons but Hattons aren't selling any newly released stock & appear to have largely dropped Farish & Bachmann.

On 07/07/2019 at 10:10, aNONYMOUS said:

I was looking for UK rolling stock in z gauge, as I only have a small place & wanted to model the trains I  grew up with back in the 70's. I was seriously disappointed as z gauge doesn't cater for UK rolling stock. No starter train sets in z gauge for UK rolling  stock, either. I have however, just bought  my first t gauge starter  train set & am really impressed with it!

With a 12 inch by 16 inch coffee table, you can do a basic 2 loop oval layout. Despite it's very small size, t gauge is very well catered for. The train set I bought is the BR Inter-City 125 HST. You can get 2 versions of this actual set, whereby one set has track that goes round the track from the other set, giving you you your 2 loops of track & start of a basic layout. You can also get the GNER Inter-City 125 HST train set, which is similar. These sets are no more expensive than n gauge sets by Gaugemaster. There are also other options in t gauge if you follow this link: https://www.tgauge.com/ 

I do do n gauge at present & am happy with that, but just fancied trying a smaller scale out of curiosity.

Hi mate. Gaugemaster & Dapol both do rolling stock in O, OO & N gauge, 3 different scales. I'm surprised neither of these companies have gone down the z gauge route for British rolling stock. Both Dapol & Gaugemaster collection are doing fantastic model locos in N gauge of late, with 5 pole motors & all driving wheels. If these 2 companies could transfer these skills to z gauge we could have quality British rolling stock in this scale.

These 2 companies are really leaving Graham Farish behind with regards to N gauge. Farish have lots of new products due for release & have been due for release for years now! It's like they're still trying to sell off old stock first that just doesn't seem to be shifting, before releasing new material! Graham Farish used to be my first choice when buying N gauge rolling stock, but I've virtually given up with them now. I just hope Farish doesn't fold because that'll mean one less N gauge manufacturer! They seriously need to get their fingers out!!

I too have several t gauge train sets, the EWS starter set with 1 loco, oval of track & battery operated controller. I liked this so much that I bought a 2nd EWS loco to add to the set. Since then I've bought 2 of each of the 2 different HST train sets with different sized tracks & done as you've quoted in your post! Vid link below:

https://1drv.ms/v/s!Ak-2LtKBk-iUgjHUOAH_swgKmfRk

That would be good. N gauge is my main scale for modelling in but I really do love TGauge for it's novelty. It's almost like you could do a layout on top of a birthday or Christmas cake as decor, it's so small!

On 26/11/2010 at 09:08, Captain Electra said:

Details and pictures here:

 

http://www.tgauge.co.uk/product/109/0/br-inter-city-125/e5387330c9aa607f56592969a238f7bc

 

T Gauge seems to be really growing in popularity and the quality of some of the newest models no longer puts it in the novelty executive toy category. With the right controller, the trains are responsive with good slow-speed running, so the first RTR UK item can only be a good thing.

TGauge is great! I have 2 HST starter sets with different track sizes which allows you to run 1 oval of track inside the other, thus giving you a very basic layout. I also have the very basic EWS 67007 starter train set where you only get 1 loco, an oval of track & a battery operated controller. I've since bought a 2nd stand alone EWS 67007 loco to add to the existing loco & they both run excellently together! It would be good if TGauge could do some DMU train sets with 2 or even 3 cars! TGauge unlike Z gauge has really taken off in the UK with UK rolling stock & as technology improves, I can only seeing TGauge improving! Below is a video link of my basic TGauge double oval track layout!

https://1drv.ms/v/s!Ak-2LtKBk-iUgjHUOAH_swgKmfRk

On 27/07/2019 at 06:32, Mike Harvey said:

Kato will be attending this year’s International N Gauge show, following on from this announcement.

 

http://www.jp-ngauge.info/ngi/2019/07/kato2019-6f3c.html

I'm an n gauger & a t gauger & have my eye on both those Kato sets.