0027 A tiny distraction - T gauge

Not long ago I stumbled across T gauge - it's crazy small! I ordered a T gauge HST train set and show it in this video, along with my initial intentions with what I'd like to do in T gauge

[davidsheriff]

And here is an announcemnet, " Due to cutbacks, we'll be reducing the size of our trains..."

[Flymochairman]

I've never seen T Gauge running before so thank you for the post. All The Best. Cheers!

[robinvanags]

I've heard of "Running a reduced service",
Seriously, I just love seeing my favourite train (HST) in different sizes.

[ZeroWalker]

Okey that´s just adorable. BUt I love tiny things they are so fascinating and when it´s this small it´s even something I could own in my small apartment.

[CaptainWilliamTRiker]

I recently bought the T gauge HST. Amazed just how much detail they managed on such a tiny model. They even make an 08, although it’s out of stock at the moment.

[mattkirk]

Love this. Just came across your video on T gauge. Can't wait for the next episode

[nicolaiitchenko]

On the museum display layout, a G scale replica of the section of town including the railway Station, I have used T Gauge as a garden railway in one of the suburban back yards in a figure 8 for which I had to make the track at 3mm myself. I also included a turnout to the shed which took four attempts to make without causing derailments every time. I don't plan to do anything more than this in T gauge but I have added an N gauge with modified rollingstock, into the park section with G scale passengers riding on them.

[MokkaMatti]

Greetings from a rail fan Yank in the Pacific Northwest. I was not previously familiar with your channel, and this is the first video of yours that has appeared in my recommended feed. It brought to mind memories of four decades or so ago, when I first discovered the existence of Z-scale train sets in one of my hometown's local hobby shops (back in the days when we actually had truly independent/locally-owned shops – and even more than one – rather than just a franchised location of a national corporate chain) as an adolescent/"tween" in the early '80s, and at the time, I thought they were pretty amazing.

Before I was born, or whilst an infant, my late father purchased at best a few pre-assembled or kit versions of rolling stock and track for a planned HO scale set that he never did anything further with. Like me, he was impressed with the diminutive size of Z-scale when it arrived, though it was prohibitively pricey then, and with limited offerings – so any thoughts of going in this direction also just remained on an unfulfilled wish list.

I wasn't even aware of T-scale being a thing now, and haven't investigated pricing of items in that range – but based your own comments and those of other viewers, it may be worthwhile for me to look into them at some point in the future – provided my eyesight and fine motor skills don't significantly decline 😆. With everything else that I have managed to collect over the years (and likely will have to start parting with), it seems like a far more manageable size than any other scale that I know of, particularly if my future living space must also decrease in size at some point.

Thank you for sharing your impressions of it with us - I look forward to seeing further developments!

[timbo]

Aw, that is sweet! I live in a small flat and have an N Gauge layout. Now thinking abaout a T Gauge one. Thanks!

[modelrailmusings]

That 7+2 HST set is what attracted me to the scale too. When coupling up, I suggest using a pair of tweezers to squeeze the couplers together. That locks them properly into place and lets you avoid any issues with one carriage being lifted off the track. You really have to keep the track and wheels clean, using tweezers again to pick the lint out from the gears and axles. Be careful when handling the power cars - never, ever pull on the bogies or you will stretch their attachment springs, so hold the bogie and body / chassis rigidly together when working on them. And get a pack or two of replacement springs the next time you place an order, just in case. Then sit back and watch the trains run!

[Dr.-med-Anton-A-Belyaev]

Crazy but good! I build me a dream landscape on my WC!

[ChrisEbbrsen]

They remind me of the tiny cars my mother used to buy me. Some I associated with my earliest birthday cakes. Others would fall to pieces on warm sunny days as I played with them outside the garage. They would have been perfect arranged around tea cups. Thank you for sharing your micro trains on this fridge winter day. Now youve got to get decals for them. Happy Christmas!

[Davy.J.Y]

What a fantastic miniature train, T Gauge . You could make a really great landscape layout for these trains .

[Rammstein]

I just got started in this hobby. I'm so excited for my track to get delivered! :D

[railwaymechanicalengineer]

T SCALE FROM JAPAN
T scale 1:450 has been around since 2006. Introduced by Eishindo in Japan. Model Railways are the biggest indoor Hobby in Japan. Indeed there are more N scale modellers in Japan, than there are modellers of ALL scales up to Gauge 1 in the whole of the rest of the World 3.5 times over. With N gauge model fans now estimated at around 20 Million. N scale has traditionally had the biggest following due the average home in Japan being very small.

T - scale being the tinniest commercial scale currently, has attraction for Japanese model railway fans, because it is so small. You can build a complex layout on your kitchen table. Followers of the scale are hard to confirm, as many regular N scale modellers also have a T-scale interest. So figures of 500, 000 T scale modellers in Japan, could be partially a duplicity !!!

Another reason for the huge interest in model railways in Japan is a Cultural result. In Japan the wife takes precedence over the husband within the home, on everything. So the wife has to deal with the Children's hobbies, and quite obviously every little boy needs a train set. Which "mum" is also expected to build !!! Hence even Supermarkets sell model trains !!!

[NoFunNoHope]

I'm tempted to get this as a desktop decoration, having a smol train weaving around my monitor stands would be pretty neat.

[Matt.Thompson.]

Very cool! I never realized T gauge was a thing.
Thanks for the upload! Good luck with the shelf....it sounds brilliant. Cheers from California

[jamieknight]

Love the front at dawlish. I’ve not been since I was little. Thanks for an unexpected blast from the past :)

[isthattrue]

OMG! Those are like Micro Machines but working trains! That's awesome!

[sailordude]

Thanks for the video, that train looks cool! I would like to watch Gomez Adams blow it up.