paulbb Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 This new book by Rob Hampton has appeared on Ebay, though the publisher is not clear. It is priced at 19.95 plus postage. Does anyone have a copy? Is it a good read/price, or just a handy reference? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted January 30, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 30, 2018 Haven't the faintest. But I'll ask on the 3mm Society's egroup to see if anybody's come across it. Have heard it mentioned somewhere, maybe in the Collectable/Vintage section. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) Found somebody who'd seen it at the Southampton show. Thought it was very good. Edit: somebody else said it was excellent; highly recommended. Edited January 31, 2018 by NCB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Will look out for it managed to build a big tt layout back many years ago just after it came out thoroughly enjoyed myself good quality then . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 I never modelled TT back in the days of Tri-ang, in fact I've never modelled in 3mm at all except back in 2011 I built a retro TT layout for Twickenham MRC's 50th anniversary show. The idea was to recreate a 1961 'kitchen table' layout and show what modelling was like at the time the club was formed. I have recently dug it out and will be showing at the SW Herts exhibition this Saturday. What has amazed me is that I have literally not touched it for 8 years and without even cleaning the track or the locos it ran perfectly. Yes, without cleaning the steel rails for eight years the locos ran round very nicely. Here's a photo - everything you see with the exception of the tea cup is permanently glued in position. All I need to do is set the board up on a table, put the drape round and plug in - job done! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodshaw Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 When I re-discovered my TT Jinty about 40 years after last seeing it, it too ran perfectly. I'd unglue the ashtray though if I were you, it looks a bit over scale! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted May 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5, 2019 Great thing about Triang TT is it works and it's fun. I never had any of the original Triang TT although was envious of it, much easier to do something in small spaces. Eventually I started at the scale end of 3mm/ft, but over the last few years, out of interest really, have been buying bits of Triang. The first thing was a Jinty. The wheels were covered in a sort of gunge, but it ran first time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted May 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2019 I still think TT could make a comeback... just not sure how. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodshaw Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 11 minutes ago, JohnR said: I still think TT could make a comeback... just not sure how. If you include kitbuilding and scratchbuilding, the long history of the 3mm Society is ample evidence that it never went away. There are plenty people doing their own thing. But I assume you mean ready-to-run? Continental TT is alive and well, and there is a fledgling market for American TT. The subject of reviving British TT, whether in 3mm scale or in 1:120, has been flogged to death over the years and there are no indications that it's going to happen, short of some rich entrepreneur enthusiast throwing heaps of money at it. The markets for N and OO are far too entrenched. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted May 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2019 As I said, I'm not sure how. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 (edited) My old TT layout around 1969. I still have the loco's & stock though the track / points is virtually worn out. All packed away now. Wonderful stuff was Tri-ang TT back then. Brit15 Edited May 28, 2019 by APOLLO typo 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold D9020 Nimbus Posted May 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2019 If it ever happens, it will likely be when there are no worthwhile prototypes left to model (or re-do) in OO. Given the number of firms/commissioners in the market, that might not be so far off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted June 4, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 4, 2019 Hornby (Simon Kohler) did take a look at it a few years ago. I had a feeling they weren't looking at it in the right sort of way. It needs a company willing to start small and produce say a couple of locomotives and a few coaches, and a few wagons although the 3mm Society wagon kits are a vast resource there. Peco HOm track could be used. It's not really Hornby or Bachmann territory, Dapol is more likely, willing to take a punt on a limited range of products as they did in O Gauge. It's the sort of project which could attract sales because the scale is ideal for doing stuff in moderate areas and people could do it as a secondary project just to try it out, even if they have other interests. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class37418stag Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Hello everyone please excuse my English I want know estimate price for KAYS catalogue Golden TT Gauge Train Set produced by Triang gold metal plated clan line locomotive and tender and three gold metal plated coaches unboxed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted March 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 8, 2020 Very difficult to estimate. Try googling it and see if you can find any for sale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 On 07/03/2020 at 07:59, class37418stag said: Hello everyone please excuse my English I want know estimate price for KAYS catalogue Golden TT Gauge Train Set produced by Triang gold metal plated clan line locomotive and tender and three gold metal plated coaches unboxed This is the result of a bet, unbelievably, that they could sell 500 of these sets ready for Christmas 1961. You mention the items are unboxed, but photo shows them in carded set form. Have you tried contacting the 3mm Society? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hampton Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 These are very sort after and a boxed mint set could fetch £1k if there is such a set still in existence. However, in reasonable to good condition one could pay anywhere between £450 - £750. Anyone interested in my book 'Tri-ang TT Railways' I still have a about 100 copies left out of 750 originally published. The price is now £15.99 plus £4.00 P&P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 My father brought home a whole load of Triang TT and I built a layout and ran it for some years my locos I can remember were a Jinty and a Castle.TT had not been on the market long and I enjoyed running it and the buildings were excellent.I have seen several Triang layouts at exhibitions and they always are pleasing. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 (edited) Until about 20 minutes ago I had no idea Tri-ang produced its TT BR Mark 1 coaches in blue/grey livery......... https://elaines-trains.co.uk/index.php?pg=new .......and something (££) tells me there were not many made! Odd that the restaurant car got a red cantrail stripe but the composite had its yellow stripe applied at waist level........and from end to end! Edit - it's not actually a corridor composite (CK) - looks like an FO, in which case the full yellow stripe would be correct, just in the wrong position. Edited June 5, 2023 by Halvarras Took a second look..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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