Hi everybody Can you give me a little help… A few years ago I had a TT scale (1:120) collection, even built a small layout (I didn’t care about scenery details, time period etc. -just for fun only, and looked like a poop of foam on some wooden board). Now I’m thinking of returning to train modelling, but I am new to many things: I still have many equipment of TT scale but I see thah H0 looks better and is more popular. Why is it so? In Poland, where I live TT is still common, but looks like one time companies stopped caring about that scale and focused only on H0. Here (on American internet) I can barely find any info about TT. Now I want to build a real layout and I’m afraid if i can find accesories to it. Should I change to H0 scale (which I must admit looks better:) )? Or are there still many copmpanies that produce TT gear ?
second question:
“model tracks”…
In TT i used normal tracks (i wasn’t able to find the model ones to that scale though…) . I searched for eventual H0 rails on a polish equivalent on ebay, some internet shops, etc… But there are couple of makers - which one is worth considering and will the tracks be compatible to others or will the linking place look ugly? I also saw a flex type of track… What are the pros / cons ot each of above, prices, availability… What do you suggest?? (remember that I live in Poland, where Earth ends and are hardly no modeller shops…)
third (the last quetstion
“decoder, DCC…etc”
What is it and how ii works? Is it a type of electronic encoder used for programing train route? Ten years ago when I was gathering a TT collection nobody heard of something like that. Now nearly each H0 engine has a DCC option, more over I see even DCC cars !
When N scale came out in the USA, the TT market went down here. There are still a few TT modelers in the USA, but not many. TT scale is still very popular in Europe and Germany, modeling European trains. If you want to stay with TT scale, model the European railroads if you like them. Tillig in Germany is a big TT company and supplier, and there are others. Many things are available. The new TT track is well made with solid code 83 rail and plastic ties (sleepers). I would switch to the new type track if I could, and sell your older TT track to someone else.
If you want to model American railroads, you should switch to HO scale or N scale as there are many items available. You can also model European railroads in HO scale, but most of the European models are made and sold in Europe.
DCC is a new type of control system for model trains. The name DCC means Digital Command Control. Think of it like a radio transmitter and radio receiver. The radio signals are put on the track. Each locomotive carries a receiver (Decoder). Each receiver has its own unique address. This allows you to control many locomotives on the same track at the same time, all independent of each other. In actuality, the signal is a Digital signal that is put on the track, which has AC voltage on it all the time. DCC is available in Europe too. Some TT model locomotives have places made in them for installing a DCC decoder. You can also control track switches and signals with DCC. That is probably where you got the idea that it controlled train routes.
I model American TT and HO, and I hope this helps.
I’m not TT knowledgeable, but chances are if you have been away from the hobby for a while then your stuff is obsolete by today’s standards. If you have to retool anyway, you might as well go with what is most available.
Flex track is more flexible (I know. Bad pun.) in that you can fun the tracks where you want them to go. There are also less joints where problems can occur. Flex is more popular with people who have been around for a while. There is no reason not to use it.
There isn’t much U.S. TT modeling, but there is some. Check this site http://www.ttscale.com/. HO is the currently the most popular scale in the U.S. followed by N. Z, S, O, and G also have enough commercial support for modeling in. TT fits nicely between N and HO, but needs a large manufacturer to get it over the hump so to speak.
Can you give me a little help… A few years ago I had a TT scale (1:120) collection, even built a small layout (I didn’t care about scenery details, time period etc. -just for fun only, and looked like a poop of foam on some wooden board). Now I’m thinking of returning to train modelling, but I am new to many things: I still have many equipment of TT scale but I see thah H0 looks better and is more popular. Why is it so? In Poland, where I live TT is still common, but looks like one time companies stopped caring about that scale and focused only on H0. Here (on American internet) I can barely find any info about TT. Now I want to build a real layout and I’m afraid if i can find accesories to it. Should I change to H0 scale (which I must admit looks better:) )? Or are there still many copmpanies that produce TT gear ?
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