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Still waiting for the TT Royal Mail Yorks and Modelu TT Postal workers 😝

I hoped you could make up your own train name ...

Good to know that TT:120 is and will be successful into the future with more items available from a variety of dealers. 🚂👍

Another watchable video. If they bring out a turntable, they've got my order. And while we're at it, a West Hill Wagon Works liveried wagon would be a welcomed addition.

Great video again Chris. Just got some 7 plank coal loads from west hill wagon works and they’re excellent 👍 (used the peachy code at checkout). Just need some coal loads for the Haa hoppers too 😉

Did they say TT 120 sales are out selling another gauge?

Excellent West Hill thankyou for my point levers arrived yesterday they are Ggrrrreeeaaattt thankyou fitted and painted on my TMD.

One space saver on the spiral layout would be to replace one or both of the loops with dual or triple gauge track. Ho/Hom/Hoe (OO/TT/N). Tillig make Ho/Hom and Ho/Hoe dual gauge 3-rail track and points. At the moment triple gauge would have to be custom built with option of 6-rail symmetrical or 4 rail common one side or 4-rail common outer rails. Without turnouts and points its easy to run more then one gauge together. But turn outs and points are electrically complex.

For signals i need 3 aspects with 3 feathers too . Caroline

Isn't it great that we have so many independent modelling related companies established in recent years by true enthusiasts like these guys. West Hill Wagon Works, Modelu, WWScenics, Revolution Trains, Cavalex, Accurascale.

Thanks

Will be using hunt couplings with the Revolution box wagons. caroline

Hi Chris. My wagon works is coming on well. just doing floor. 3 road as per worksop. Caroline

Hi Chris, how about organising a TT120 exhibition ? 😂😊

Another great interview Chris.👍

Excellent Peachy.

Great video, looking forward to future TT releases, i hope one is hard standing depot for Hornby TT track as current one is peco track only 🤞

All my locos and rolling stock use their magnetic couplings, due to poor eye sight and long fat fingers syndrome I was struggling with the default couplings. Used to get a few decoupling incidents but not anymore. 😊

Hi Chris. A most useful video. All I need to do is learn to lip read (LOL)! Your dog has a TT:120 layout and he fits decoders and stay-alives!? Where does he keep his layout - under his basket!?

Hi Chris/Greg. Great interview with Ben & Mike. They showed a pop-up image from their website of how to make up a train; being a bit thick, I couldn't find the image on their website. Help!?

Shame about hornby’s new order amended from 10 to 2

Hi Chris hope you are well . Watching this video again cause I’m trying to set up hm6010 and noticed in the instructions you show the wiring shows red green black yet in your video it’s red black green which one should I go for thank you

Another enjoyable video Chris, very useful. Just put a running session on my channel, showing amongst other things of course my TT120. Cheers Doug.

Thanks that was incredibly helpful. Just off to cancel my order with Hornby!

Nice insight into the power banks. But how do they behave in the event of a short circuit, for example if there is a derailment at the turnout? Also, can any of you read lips?

The Tramfabriek ones are out of stock already

As you said I think the smaller Hornby one is not targeted towards TT120. Perhaps it’ll work for the J50

Is there any trickery on the PCB on the train-o-matic item? Because if it is doing the clever stuff 0:26 0:26 , it should be possible to swap the capacitors supplied to different types/capacities that might fit just about anywhere.

I’m shocked at the noise difference, even in a video, of the small chamber to large chamber

Interesting to see a resolution to carriage poor running. It’s easily the Achilles heel of the scale ! I’ve had to carve out bits of under frame ( none of which is noticeable from the exterior ) but I’ve also put clock repairers brass washers between bogie and body. Everything tickety boo now but it does make you wonder about testing and quality control. It’s not good if you buy your first train set and it doesn’t go round corners! I have noted there is far too much vertical play in some wheel sets so I like the idea of the shimmy. I must say the plum and custard Staniers are gorgeous.. would be wonderful with a blue Duchess..😊

Well that answers a few questions. Nicely produced. I'll keep the Hornby pre-orders for the HST's and get a few of the Nano stayalives ordered for everything else. Now to find that AI app that does lip reading....... 😉

Really useful video. When you fitted the Train-O-Matic you selected the smaller capacitors. I think the larger ones would have given you a longer connection. Could the larger capacitors be used in the 08?

As I have not used the HM7000 decoders on my TT:120 locos, I have found that only the 08 class really needs the keep alive due to it's short wheelbase. The A4, A1 & Class 50 are Zimo fitted and work reliably over Hornby points. My HST has ESU Lok Sound V5/V5FX decoders and again works flawlessly over Hornby points. The 08 however, does have issues. I have 2 08s, a BR Blue & one that I have converted to the Dock Tank. In both of these I have used a Zimo MS500N, sugar cube speaker & a TCS KA2 stay alive. With the KA2 I can get up to 25 seconds of sound and about 15 of sound & movement. I must admit that is is a bit of a squeeze to get it all in, but both work without any issue over all my lines. Very educational video Chris.

Hi Chris , I only have A1,A3 and A4 , I pre ordered the new powerbanks to fit , and your saying that they won’t go straight in, so I’ve cancelled that order and will try one of the other model powerbanks

Ordered 4 of the trainomatic stayalives 🎉🎉

Hornby have really dropped the ball on this. Brand new products not working with each other is just stupid. A 20 year old loco? Whatever, fair enough. Locos being released THIS YEAR not working? No. Amateur hour.

Another great video, i have pre ordered 4 hm7070 so its good to know which locos will fit, thank you

I have two power banks from Hornby on order (seem to be waiting for ages) so I’m assuming they will be the new ones. I think I’ll hold off buying any more for now and wait to see what develops.

On the Class 50’s. There’s probably just enough room to fit the Hornby stay alive. Where the cab roof to the lid. With a sticky pad.

Wow, that's excellent news about DCCconcepts. That's a game changer! It's at times like this that I'm grateful for my lip reading skills 😉

I wonder if Hornby will do a TT version of the stay alive, you really only need a few seconds to pass a dead spot or point so much smaller capacitors could be used. An alternative is they build the stay alive into the loco as default. For the few pence it costs for capacitors I doubt it would dent the profit margins too much.

Re stay Alives and steam locos - I've taken to removing the often rubbish stock plastic coal loads, I then put other black electrical tape OR folding the void left by the coal with cling film, I pop the stay Alive onto of the cling film, add real coal, and essential trap it and hide it within the coal I add - obviously, you need to let it dry for a few days otherwise you risk a shot circuit. Then you just trim the cling film away Easy

The more manufacturers sell TT the better 👏👍

Question i need to ask.. can you mix and match hornby tt120 and peco tt120 track systems ? I’m having serious problems getting fishplates that work to connect the 2… Thnx

hello love the show.i bought a class 50 the BR one and it was falty straght out the box.sent back to key model world to fix or a new one i thought.they told me they had sent my loco back but the box was my box but when i added the loco to the app no sound .spent 16 hours unstalling the app and renstalled the loco so many times that i had it.I watched one of your class 50 video to watch how to take body of and o my soar eyes there was no speaker fitted or sound decoder in the loco just the normal one .....Wot do i do many thanks.......

I'll be ordering a rake of those box wagons, they look superb. Also a dmu would be brilliant.

Thanks for arranging this - another great discussion. It is wonderful to see the friendly faces behind the company and in the small world of TT:120, I think personalities matter and encourage us to buy more products. The wagons announced recently look fantastic although I think that they will be a little large for my layout. I would welcome something like their VEA Vans as a possible future product and these I definitely would buy.

I hope there will be a HM 7000 6 pin decoder with sound, so the smaller loco's fit in with the rest

I think the Modelu figures are great in TT120

Something you said just opened my eyes about HM7000. I have a Railroad Tornado in OO scale that is unreliable with an HM7000 decoder, and I even added my own tender pickups, but it didn't seem to help, with the decoder frequently stopping and restarting at the slightest provocation. I might just use a different decoder and see if that resolves the problem, or get a power bank.