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https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/news/Hornby-tt-model-prototypes-examined/ At the very least their carriages and most wagons have moulded on handrails and door grabs. However the LNER Toad brake van has separate handrails.

According to my invoice, the train set cost Euro 128.61 including postage, but without tax. So I guess they'll invoice me for the tax due soon.

No issues at all

This is my entry into TT:120. I bought a Tillig starter set from Modelbahnshop Lippe for about £115 including postage. My primary reason for buying the set is its track. Its curved pieces are 310 mm radius. There's also a pair of 166 mm straights. Included is a PKP Cargo Traxx diesel plus three wagons. Hovever over time my future collection will primarily be of British prototypes.

Today I received the club magazine. According to pages 13-14 when Prad Gurung contributes as part of SK's conversation, I'm pleased the class 66 is being designed from scratch and not based on the ex-Lima tooling. I hope Hornby caters for its variations especially the low-emission versions. So far I've held off preordering examples. The only loco I've preordered at this stage (of the diesels) is the rail blue 08 because there are finished pre-production models.

I looked at their Train Terminal blog 10th October entry (members only) at the end of the blog, is an image of the van with the running number E145841, it's a GWR 10T version with planked ends. Should be numbered with W prefix. However their shop lists it as TT 6006, running number E156874. Unfortunately Hornby's not posted any end or 3/4 views of their van TT6007, running number B777345, which should be a BR version with corrugated steel ends. Unless Hornby releases more images I'm still none the wiser which versions are actually modelled. I'm hoping Hornby will model a GWR version with planked ends and a BR version with corrugated ends

I've taken the plunge and pre-ordered 3 TTA Total tanks and 3 Mk2 Intercity swallow air-cons. Now I'll patiently wait for Hornby's 37s and 47s to appear

I'll find out when I receive my parcel from Germany in the next week or so. Then I can compare with my Kato specimens, will let RMwebbers know if that's the case

I'm awaiting delivery of a Tillig starter set with an oval circuit of ballasted track from Modelbahnshop Lippe in Germany. It appears they use similar rail joiners to Kato's Unitrack because in N I know they're robust and allow quick assembly and dismantling see this link https://www.hattons.co.uk/73329/tillig_1833_track_extension_a_passing_loop_pre_ballasted_roadbed_/stockdetail If things go to plan I may reduce my N and OO collections too. I would also go modular too based on Tillig's track geometry.

Thanks for clarification, apologies for repeating some points, I haven't read all the 90 plus pages on this topic yet

I'm curious what advertising Hornby plans later this year on non-model railway media. However I hope the train sets arrive before Xmas, or even by "Black Friday" to capture maximum online sales and that Hornby is prepared for a deluge of customers requiring help and assistance.

If Hornby under its own brand name in the UK doesn't want to take the lead for some models, Arnold could introduce them instead. I'm thinking of S160 2-8-0, WD 2-8-0 and 2-10-0, many of which spent time in Europe. Also other train ferry stock such as Night Ferry sleeping cars plus wagons. A Night Ferry sleeping car might not be viable in OO however many people request it because of its limited market, but release one in TT, it's much more feasible financially from their point of view. PS - a few J94s served on the continent so could be rebadged as an Arnold model

And the original EM1 Tommy which ran in the Netherlands between 1947-1952, and its later British companions. I found out Arnold produces epoch II and III train ferry wagons as well. No worries about scale incompability, unlike N or OO/HO any longer!

Rather late to this topic, but Hornby made a bold move into 1:120. It's the one scale that allows true compatibility across international boundaries - as opposed to 1:148, 1:150 or 1:160 representing N. To start with I ordered a Tillig starter set because I prefer their pre-ballasted track. So far I've held off preordering Hornby stock because I'm interested in a class 47 and they won't appear yet. I'm also curious about their tank locos. I can understand Hornby wanting to appeal to a wide market, so Gresley pacifics make up both starter sets. However apart from the 66s they could have offered a class 92 and wagons compatible with Channel Tunnel use to take advantage of some of the Continental European models available. Overall I hope they make a success in their latest venture.

In the past week, on the "Glensley Celtic" 1920s-30s era football ground module, I completed much of the construction of the main office/changing room; the brick walls around the ground; set out the road layout including provision to bed the structures into the ground, all now awaiting painting. However I've still to construct the large exit gates.

Quite rightly Peco's starting with a clean sheet. Maybe they've realised 1:120 TT will provide better looking and running models than N, but leveraging expertise with their GWR structures range to kickstart their plans. Peco can resize their former N 2251 0-6-0 loco as a start and possibly develop other stock originating from their Ratio brand. I suspect Peco are also attempting to secure part of a market for TT track in continental Europe.

It dawned on me something was missing from my 1920s-30s football ground setup. I needed to model the club's office and teams' changing rooms. While having the Wales v Ukraine World Cup qualifier on TV in the background I began work on the large building, it's a long hipped roof structure between the turnstiles and the toilets. All these structures on the board are scratchbuilt.

Base now being scenified.

I bought a kitchen door from B&Q 715 x 297 mm to mount the football stand representing Glensley Celtic in the 70s and 80s. Road, pavements and car park added from 1mm and 2mm thick mounting board.

Tonight I made progress on the toilet block, it's now incorporated into the football club's boundary wall. I also cut the wooden stand's roof to size. This week a Hornby TTS J36 sound chip arrived in the post to fit in my LNER loco version. I bought an example when it was first announced to encourage Hornby to produce a "Glen" class (which they haven't done yet).

Progress made on interwar era structures. (Top from left to right) both non-VIP stands in wood and concrete, enclosed VIP stand (Bottom from left to right) turnstiles and toilet block. A set of signs is being produced. The wooden framed stand had to be painted before the roof was made, otherwise it would have been difficult to gain access to paint the interior. Glensley Celtic FC in the 1920s and 30s, despite support from the LNER, never had a huge pot of money to spend on infrastructure, so the ground features a mixture of building styles.

Glensley (note revised name) Celtic was established as a football club by ex-North British Railway employees somewhere in the Central Belt of Scotland. Unlike its English Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway's Newton Heath team, it remained as a non-league Scottish outfit, but still supported by the NBR, later LNER. It lost its "sponsorship" by the railway on nationalisation. I realised three years ago I attended a Farsley Celtic (Leeds) home match so I decided to change the name from "Glensford" to "Glensley".

I'm naming the football club Glenford Celtic, its team colours are green and white. On aother note I noticed Astrobase are offering a cloth printed as a combined 8-lane athletics track with or without football pitch in the centre, for those playing with Subbuteo. However its dimensions are 220 x 160 cm, much bigger than many of my layout efforts! https://www.astrobase.eu/product/athletics-track-and-pioneers-pitch/

Tonight I rigged up a Hornby TTS class 37 chip in my modified Lima body/Hornby Railroad chassis of 37 111 Glengarnock. Here also is my recently TTS sound-fitted LNER D49 2753 Cheshire (Margate body, Railroad chassis) My small collection of Scottish allocated stock will be sound fitted.

Three models of older football stands for an un-named club under construction. All being scratchbuilt from styrene offcuts and reused sections. From left to right: Wooden framed stand (roof yet to be constructed) VIP stand (roof yet to be constructed) Open concrete terracing