TT scale trains and models

tomvanhoy wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:06 pm

<snip> The sales have generated some unusually high prices

As have a number of recent TT items... They either tend to go low... or VERY high.

A number of engines in the past few months seem to be going over the pond....

All...

Many items listed, both rolling stock and engines, from a Northern California Estate.
https://www.ebay.com/str/steviewonder2002?_bkw=tt

Seller said source was a TT modeler in Mill Valley... but I have not been able to verify.

NB. I have no connection to these auction items...

Announcement of Cancellation Santa Clara, California—The host committee of the 2021 national convention of National Model Railroad Association, Inc., NMRA 2021 Rails By The Bay, announced today that it has canceled its convention that had been scheduled for the Santa Clara Marriott Hotel & Conf...

My eyeballs are not calibrated to 10ths of a millimeter!!!
I can usually spot the difference between 36in and 33in wheels...
but not 34in (7.2mm) and 33in (7.0) mm.

AFAIK... These are the same wheels used on MTB tank and 3-bay hopper cars. (With few or no complaints...)

rdikken wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:08 am

The difference in height is realy minimal

It looks good from the left coast...

it was a typo )) I was talking about 2bay RTR hopper )) I've nefer mode a tipo miself...!!! The 2-bay hoppers from TiTan TT [AU] are currently ONLY available in kit form... The decorated RTR cars are at the pre-production stage... with Rob Dikken at Zeuke [NL] https://www.zeuke-tt.com managing the ...

Murad wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:35 pm

where i can by rtr 1bay hopper? Could you give me a link?

???
Do you mean the very short 'HMA' Ore Hoppers?
The only TT models I'm aware of were 3D printed and hand decorated/decaled...

Tiny Tree... Tiny Elf....
Happy Holidays!

To me, the car seems quite high. Unfortunately, I can not look, because all kits are sold. I'm pretty sure this was just set on trucks for a photo... NOT as an example of final production. It will probably not be possible to make it as low as the prototype. The model hopper car height is a factor o...

Note that the interior slope sheets are actually metal weights...
so you can run these empty (back to the coal mines!) without derailing.
...a quite effective solution to getting weight in an open car.