There have been quite a few instances of locos going back, two of which went back 3 times. But, thankfully I have 4 and so far all run well. They really do have an appeal. I personally think the valve gear needs to be stronger, and that is from a seasoned modeller (I have had model railways for 65 years) but Hornby say they were aiming at new entrants like families and these models will not stand up to that.
@@garryhall5552 It is fortuitous that Hornby has introduced TT:120. It does mean a more accurate representation of a real station can be created. A drawback is the extremely limited range with only Hornby making it. It will be interesting to see if other manufacturers get on the bandwagon!
@@garryhall5552 With OO scale, buildings have to be reduced so people can fit them on their layouts. An example is Rye, which in real life dominates its surroundings, but its OO scale counterpart, is very diminutive; I seem to remember you have this building as a TT item, which of course would be too large had it been modelled to a realistic size!
nice loco. Very tempted by all the variants on A1,2,4. Wish Hornby/Peco would get on with releasing more track though. Double slip would be nice especially when the idea of TT is fitting more in a smaller space
Variant A2? Hornby do A1, A3 and A4 but not an A2 and none mentioned in their future plans yet. I am led to believe Peco diamond crossings and smaller radii points will be available in the next couple of weeks and their wagons for Easter. I have used a double slip in a couple of videos and two in the last one, those are Tillig which matches the Hornby dimensions/angles.
Nice tables! Good to see the Unicorns watching too 🤣 I am really impressed by the slow speed running on these, things have moved on since my last layout in OO about 15 years ago.
Hi Rallymatt, the tables are supposed to be used, what does TT stand for, just dont tell my wife. They certainly are very nice runners, for those of us who have not had a problem. I do have 4 locos but not keen on anymore for a while for various reasons although a BR green A3 could make an appearance one day. One reason is an expensive holiday coming up, and then, I cannot keep having large locos as something small is needed and there is no indication of anything with any date. I may have to succumb and get an 08 but repaint in BR green as I don't have corporate blue diesels on any layout.
I’m with you on that, much as I’d love to recreate Gateshead Shed full of express locos, it’s what I have been wanting avoid. My German experiment has allowed a bit of licence and now with a Roco BR108 my shunting is taken care of, I don’t think the Hornby 08 could ever match it for sheer running finesse.. it’s jaw droppingly good!
I could also be tempted with a late crest A3, Trigo looks like a potential candidate, shame the real one met the cutters torch before period I am leaning towards… love those German smoke deflectors
@@HighFell thankfully I don't model anything specific, it is any model to the end of steam. My 3mm layout has Stirling and Dean singles alongside EM2 and AL1 electrics with anything between.
Yes Alan they can without any problems. The only thing to make sure is use the Hornby fishplates, Peco rail slides in nicely but Hornby rail will not fit the Peco fishplates. Height wise there is no problem, base or rail
Hi, when you say older releases what did you mean? TT 120 only arrived in this country mid/late December so everything is new. It was only four weeks ago the A4 set arrived then two weeks ago when any other loco appeared and that was all the other A1/3 and A4's.
That looks very smooth. Mine is too, though it doesn’t much like the DCC turnout clips. Are you running that on DCC, and if so, with shot decoder and controller? Thanks for letting us see it.
I am not a DCC fan so everything I have is analogue. I am old school and DCC just does not appeal to me personally. For controllers I only use H&M or Gaugemaster and never any with feedback/pulse etc just plain standard dc.
Running well. These TT:120 locos are such a temptation to collect!
There have been quite a few instances of locos going back, two of which went back 3 times.
But, thankfully I have 4 and so far all run well. They really do have an appeal.
I personally think the valve gear needs to be stronger, and that is from a seasoned modeller (I have had model railways for 65 years) but Hornby say they were aiming at new entrants like families and these models will not stand up to that.
@@garryhall5552 It is fortuitous that Hornby has introduced TT:120. It does mean a more accurate representation of a real station can be created. A drawback is the extremely limited range with only Hornby making it. It will be interesting to see if other manufacturers get on the bandwagon!
@@AllensTrains in what way do you mean "a more accurate station can be created?".
@@garryhall5552 With OO scale, buildings have to be reduced so people can fit them on their layouts. An example is Rye, which in real life dominates its surroundings, but its OO scale counterpart, is very diminutive; I seem to remember you have this building as a TT item, which of course would be too large had it been modelled to a realistic size!
@@AllensTrains I have some Hornby 00 buildings on my 3mm layout but no idea what they are based on.
nice loco. Very tempted by all the variants on A1,2,4. Wish Hornby/Peco would get on with releasing more track though. Double slip would be nice especially when the idea of TT is fitting more in a smaller space
Variant A2? Hornby do A1, A3 and A4 but not an A2 and none mentioned in their future plans yet.
I am led to believe Peco diamond crossings and smaller radii points will be available in the next couple of weeks and their wagons for Easter.
I have used a double slip in a couple of videos and two in the last one, those are Tillig which matches the Hornby dimensions/angles.
Nice tables! Good to see the Unicorns watching too 🤣 I am really impressed by the slow speed running on these, things have moved on since my last layout in OO about 15 years ago.
Hi Rallymatt, the tables are supposed to be used, what does TT stand for, just dont tell my wife.
They certainly are very nice runners, for those of us who have not had a problem. I do have 4 locos but not keen on anymore for a while for various reasons although a BR green A3 could make an appearance one day. One reason is an expensive holiday coming up, and then, I cannot keep having large locos as something small is needed and there is no indication of anything with any date. I may have to succumb and get an 08 but repaint in BR green as I don't have corporate blue diesels on any layout.
I’m with you on that, much as I’d love to recreate Gateshead Shed full of express locos, it’s what I have been wanting avoid. My German experiment has allowed a bit of licence and now with a Roco BR108 my shunting is taken care of, I don’t think the Hornby 08 could ever match it for sheer running finesse.. it’s jaw droppingly good!
I could also be tempted with a late crest A3, Trigo looks like a potential candidate, shame the real one met the cutters torch before period I am leaning towards… love those German smoke deflectors
@@HighFell thankfully I don't model anything specific, it is any model to the end of steam.
My 3mm layout has Stirling and Dean singles alongside EM2 and AL1 electrics with anything between.
Hi nice video I like the look of this TT range do you know if horny & peco track can be used together
Yes Alan they can without any problems. The only thing to make sure is use the Hornby fishplates, Peco rail slides in nicely but Hornby rail will not fit the Peco fishplates.
Height wise there is no problem, base or rail
When Hornby said Table Top, I don't think they meant one the size of King Arthur's round Table.🤣
Ha ha, it is actually two tables end on. My wife wanted enough room for when the family get togethers happen.
Hi - You've put out a few TT120 videos this last week - are all the models new, or are some from older releases?
Hi, when you say older releases what did you mean?
TT 120 only arrived in this country mid/late December so everything is new. It was only four weeks ago the A4 set arrived then two weeks ago when any other loco appeared and that was all the other A1/3 and A4's.
That looks very smooth. Mine is too, though it doesn’t much like the DCC turnout clips. Are you running that on DCC, and if so, with shot decoder and controller? Thanks for letting us see it.
I am not a DCC fan so everything I have is analogue. I am old school and DCC just does not appeal to me personally. For controllers I only use H&M or Gaugemaster and never any with feedback/pulse etc just plain standard dc.