T gauge

[Sokramiketes]

Railwire should beat the rest and be the first to include a T gauge forum:

[3rdrail]

Since our keyboards don't have Japanese characters and few if any of us read Japanese, it might be a mite too early for a T gauge forum!

Have any models even reached this side of the Pacific??

[sparky]

How long until BLMA has grabs and sun shades for the locos? 

[Sokramiketes]

Since our keyboards don't have Japanese characters and few if any of us read Japanese, it might be a mite too early for a T gauge forum!

Have any models even reached this side of the Pacific??

None of the models have been released yet, but rest assured, a few will be making the trek across the pond.

[DKS]

Yes, it looks like September before anything will be ready. Apparently the holdup was some re-engineering, part of which involved a power supply. Also, they've been working on their couplers--evidently they are using scaled-down Rapidos (see http://www.jzf.jp/rinji.html and scroll down to the last five images).

I for one will be one of the first in line (Robert and I will be duking it out, I suspect) to get a set. We'll need to save up our pennies--advanced word is the first sets will be circa US$400. But they will include four (possibly) sets of trains, an oval of track, buildings, figures, cars and other details.

Then it will be just a matter of time to see who does what with the stuff. Zn3, anyone?

[Mark5]

Then it will be just a matter of time to see who does what with the stuff. Zn3, anyone?

of course! on code 10 rail. 

[DKS]

Then it will be just a matter of time to see who does what with the stuff. Zn3, anyone?

of course! on code 10 rail. 

Well, my patent-pending code 25 rail works out to be 5.5 inches high in Z scale, which is pretty good (not good enough to represent really lightweight rail of narrow gauge, but not an embarrassment). And it's about 11 inches high in T (assuming 1:450), which is not awful, fine for heavy mainline, and better than code 80 in N, which is almost 13 inches.

[Chris333]

The stuff looks cool, but I'll stick with Z for my smallest scale.

[DKS]

What's really strange is that a while back I had starting building some models in 1:350. I had an RS-3 mechanism in the works, using a pager motor, when T gauge was announced. That ended that little adventure.

[Sokramiketes]

The stuff looks cool, but I'll stick with Z for my smallest scale.

Yeah right.  I'll give you 2 weeks from seeing the first photo of American T gauge modeling. 

[Chris333]

Nope, I swear...scouts honor

Besides I just bought a On30 2-6-0 to be like my hero.

[Chris333]

Is this T at the top here:
http://okirakuoyaji.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tenji2007-8-11.html

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I like this:

[DKS]

Is this T at the top here:
http://okirakuoyaji.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tenji2007-8-11.html

No, that's Japanese Z scale. I didn't see any T on that page. But there was a lot of nice modeling there, though.

[tom mann]

wow, so many cool Japanese trains ^_^