Why? these things are no childs-toys - its a frigging expensive hobby with one lokomotive easily go several hunrets of bucks. parents would give up kids to adoption if they would play with it :)
You really model long mainline runs to scale. Just a single loop around the room would be like 4 scale miles. Do a more complicated track plan with multiple levels and 20 scale mile long runs would be easy.
I’ve never been even remotely interested in model railways. But for some reason the gods of the algorithm put this video in my path. Suddenly I’m interested!
This kind of thing has happened a lot over the past couple of months to me. I’ve ended up watching a bunch of videos from channels about things I never knew I was interested in that the algorithm decided I needed to see.
I think the most creative use of multiple scales in a large layout is to utilize a technique called "forced perspective." The way that works is, your scale reduces as you move further from the viewer to force an appearance of depth that would otherwise only be possible with REAL depth. So I've seen this used before where O-gauge is closest to the viewers, and in the background you have HO-gauge, then further back you could have N-Gauge. If your scenery is done cleverly, you could force a perspective that looks very very deep even though each gauge is not very far from each other. With T-gauge, you could do this technique with N, Z and T respectively. The T gauge would look very far away
I model a bit of g scale and worked out the scaling. In 1:20 scale, the 3mm T gauge track would be 60mm, so yea it’s entirely possible to have a roughly g scale layout on a scale layout! Maybe I’ll just have to do that!
rebuild the G layout you have in T and then use 0.15mm wire to do another scale version inside that for total scaleception even better if your G layout is a scale version of the actual railways around you
O scale is 1:48. That's means the T scale would be 1:10 to that. That's coming close to a kiddie ride at the fair compared to a real train. G scale is 1:24 so T scale would be 1:20 compared to it. So setting up a large track going all over the place and some people standing in a clearing "running" a T scale train at the same time would be pretty awesome.
idk how i got onto model train youtube but having read so much about model train clubs and how rad they are i am glad to be here thanks for having a channel
Thought about getting (back!) into model railways, but I live in a tiny flat in Osaka. I looked into it and they actually make (retired) Osaka Loop Line trains, Hankyu trains (main terminus in Osaka) and an older JR train that is still a rural workhorse, if not seen in cities any more. You can even make a 14-car original Shinkansen!
A good few years ago there was a T gauge layout at the Model Rail Scotland show where there was a 3D printed Forth Eail Bridge with T gauge trains running on it, very impressive.
I remember seeing a cartoon in a model railroader magazine in the 60's or 70's showing a guy on a train with a layout in his briefcase. I thought how neat that would be, now it can be done.
This was a lot of fun! Not sure my eyesight is up to dealing with stuff this small though, but as has been said below you could get an awful lot of T-scale layout in a small room. With OO/HO models, things falling on the floor after accidents is always a concern, with T-scale, I would imagine that finding them again if that happens is even more challenging!
Eyesight? Shit...I'm 59...I can absolutely ASSURE you MY eyesight's limit is HO scale nowadays.... I do like HO because you can actually clean it and work on it.
Never mind the hat, what I’d really like to see is how much track you could set up on a typical 4x8 plywood sheet. It would be amazing to see super long straightaways, long trains and a huge rail yard.
Is that a 4 x 8 METRE plywood sheet? That would be reasonably ambitious. Would be large enough to hide the fiddle yard out of sight. I run 10 trains on less than half of that size.
@@Demun1649 Sorry, we're behind times here in the states - that would be 4 feet by 8 feet - which is a standard size construction sheet here. Yes, it would be huge - but just imagine the possibilities. You could possibly do an entire city rail station, including switching yard!
@@cheapme1850 I was quite excited for a while. I suppose it is down to me to attempt the big one. 4 x 8 metres would have to be on four boards, in order to fit in my Karoq, along with the mobility scooter, and clothes bags, spare parts and all the rolling stock. A distinct possibility that it will be either French or Dutch outline, since the ONE train I really, really want to run is the French SNCF TGV train, and that goes to the Netherlands as well. I could have both countries on the tracks at the same time. I'll have to sit down, quietly, and shock myself with the costs! On the plus side, I could have lots of dogs on the layout.
@@JR-uc5oz To refuse to grow up and move onto an adult METRIC system is rather short-sighted. I can only deduce you are Yenghi. The only country in the world that is incapable of producing educated students who can be flexible enough to learn an ADULT system. Stay locked away in the past, along with your gun-crazy school massacres.
Oh wow! I love the tiny scale trains! Every since I was a kid in the 1970's and I saw that some guy had a Z gauge in a Briefcase, I wanted one. I finally found one locally (Atlanta) in 1993 and it was the only set! I have been looking for Z trains and accessories ever since, though I have yet to set one up in a scene permanently. I do take it out every few years to see it run! Now that you have showed me T gauge, I will forever be on a quest to find as many of these trains and train accessories!
As someone with very limited room, the smaller scales are more practical for me. But I thought Z was tiny at 1/220. T is miniature even compared to that. And while it was relatively rare in the US until recently, TT has been gaining traction. Which does interest me. It fills that gap between N and HO (which are 1/160 and 1/87, respectively). Z is pretty tough to find.
It would be cool to simulate a train going into the distance with this, so start o gauge then it goes behind a hill, then step down and have a similar train pop up and go across continue till you are at the wall the t scale.
Recently I suffered a couple of strokes and am unable to setup my Z scale trains. But despite this I have been thinking about T scale, appreciate you sharing this video and information.
Excellent unboxing Steve! We do recommend running the train in at full speed for 5 minutes each way, after which you should be able to get it down to shunting speed...as long as the tracks and wheels are kept squeaky clean! ;) Looking forward to seeing that Hat!
Ooh! Mfr are here in person! Ok I'll repeat directly to you what I said to steve: I really want to see a tear-down! Can we persuade you to supply Steve a sacrificial power unit? That would be so cool. And maybe one carriage to look at your moulding? I'm imagining its solid at that size to give it enough weight for stability...
I’m an N scaler too, but I’ve been fascinated by Z scale for some time. Now this? It may be fun, but I can’t imagine trying to build scenery for this T scale! Imagine a person standing in the train yard. You’d need a microscope to paint him! Buildings and automobiles would be so tiny, just too tedious for me, I use a magnifier for N scale!
I brought one of these a few years ago now. I'm planning on getting some more track to build a little layout on top of a coffee table underneath a glass top
I believe years ago I saw an even smaller size displayed at some train showed. Except they weren't trains on tracks. The "track" was just a flat painted surface a series of holes drilled at a slight angle. Little tiny "walls" the full length kept the train on the "track." Air pressure went through the holes keep the engine and cars on a cushion of air. With the holes being angled, it had propulsion. The little engine and cars were made from tiny blocks of wood, shaped and painted. More air, more speed.
It seems you've found the ultimate equipment for one of your small layout projects. Probably a 1'x2' magnifying glass so you could see and build a layout. The hat would be fun at a train show!
Just for reference, the smallest motors I can find in a quick search are 3 mm diameter. This is very nice though a little spendy. Imagine making 4 mm tall people for that scale. You could probably find a map or satellite photo to build the layout on.
WOW!!!!! People and big city’s with little e room for a layout would definitely buy something like that. New York City’s popular NYC Transit subway would sell out if they made them.
I’ve seen the real train before. They have recently been retired from my local main line (the east coast mainline) after something like 30-40 years of service. The class 43 was a reliable workhorse and it kept the north east of England & Scotland connected to the south east of england in under 5-6 or so hours. Pretty impressive to see it being modelled that small.
BUSCH have a Feldbahn HOf system based on Z gauge track with centre metal plates and locos with magnets. The locos are small and 1:87 scale (HO) but can be added to full size HO layouts as the buildings and people models are the same scale.
Steve you have a great RUclips page! I find myself getting inspired by your; z,n, and on30 layout approach!I have all of those scales plus 3 😊rail o and g scale! Thanks, George
That is so cute I can put one of those running around my miniature dollhouses i make super cool i will be thinking about t scale !! Thanks Steve so cool!!!
This is amazing! As a mailman, I have a route case which is basically a desk with stacks of shelves on three sides. I'd love to build a desktop setup with a plexiglass top & I could watch my train go as I case up the mail for delivery & not loose any desk space. Don't think my postmaster would be too found of the idea though LoL
This is what I need for my 1:8 train. Ive always wanted a loop of track where I could have a train running on my train while its running. N is too big by half. Actually on second thought this may be TOO small.
OH COME ON!!!! This is insane! This is a must get! The initial shock of price, best sit down! No steam trains though. They do make switches, which is awesome! We need DCC and smoke fore sure. LOL.
went to a rail show and there was one of these in a Briefcase even with street lights, you could do a layout with differant scale so that you get a veiw of distance
On a N scale layout, a T scale track & loco would make a fun miniature train in an amusement park diorama. You can even have figures sitting on top of the carriages. 😊
This starter set is at $276. It is neat that they have two different starter sets with different sized curved track so that the small oval will fit inside of the larger oval.
@@lancomedic I think I have enough other expensive hobbies these day. I'm thinking that if I ever end up in an nursing home, these small scale sets might be a nice hobby.
I suggest you visit a nursing home to see if you think anyone in there even knows what a "hobby" is. Should you "end up in one", dementia and Alzheimer's will be your only "hobby". I mean no disrespect. @@BryanTorok
@@coloradostrong While many people in nursing homes are there due to mental decline, many are there for other reasons. My grandmother was first in assisted living which was essentially a very small apartment and later spent time in a nursing home. But, she read the newspaper every day and played bingo twice a week. She was in her late 90s when her heart gave out.
Wow that is impressively small, I'd only known of N scale but there are multiple scales that are smaller, T scale is roughly the size of a AAA battery...Amazing!!
With magnets holding the train to the track, you could make a mountain railway - incline and all. I guess the model train would be the difficult thing.
Amazing! British 00 Gauge, the old British TT Gauge and N Gauge all run on narrow gauge track for the scales because they couldn't make motors small enough to fit in the locomotives. How motor technology has moved on since the 1950s.
I heard the new TT120 is perfect? UK trains are smaller than their EU and NA counterparts due to tunnels etc. Proof of the old saying 'dont be first, be best'!
I think it is disappointing the UK stuck with 00 given it’s a decades old forced compromise due to large motors. The rest of the world uses HO with scale accurate track and the UK should have switched to that.
I wonder if this could be like an amusement park train set up inside a larger scale set up? That would cool to figure out; I imagine an O scale with the people looking out over a railed off section would work well.
In OO-scale (1:72), a t-scale (1:480) layout is roughly the same as 10" gauge to standard gauge - ie you could have a credible garden railway on your 00-gauge layout!
I've seen there for a while, and I decided to bite the bullet and get a T-gauge layout. I had 00 growing up. My grandpa traded O Gauge growing up. I love how small it is. I don't have enough room for a 00 gauge anymore. But the T-gauge with the price and features just seems like a brill trade off for me. I could build a complex layout the size of a coffee table.
Very impressive and looking forward to the hat! So have you convinced your family that you need a new coffee table for your living room or family room with a glass-enclosed T gauge or Z scale train layout running around inside it? Or are you saving that for the breakfast and/or dining table? Love your videos! - Bill
Yeah, I’ve had ideas along those lines. Maybe a desk with a glass top? That can get tricky because of ergonomics, but might work too. I think T gauge could be great because the trains won’t derail easily if the desk or table is bumped. But, I don’t know how well they will do in terms of longevity, frequency of cleaning, etc to keep them running well.
I would love to see a tear down of one of the locomotives on this system, that's amazingly small. I'm racking my brain trying to sort out how they deliver torque to the wheels.
I always thought model trains were neat. I had a dream recently where I had a tiny setup inside an Ikea glass cabinet.... maybe a bit small but you could make a neat little scene inside an old cabinet or cupboard
www.vcshobbies.com sells stuff here, but it is more popular in Europe than here in the states so I’m assuming a number of vendors carry it. Don’t know offhand if any. Maybe someone else can chime in.
I would have thought that train was going to fly off the track if you so much as looked at it funny, but with those magnets, it does a better job of not derailing than my HO does. Impressive for something so tiny!
X-Mas 2020 I got a "nano-train" set 1:1000 scale. The track is 4.5" x 6". I plugged it in almost three years ago and left it running. It's made about 3M trips around the track. I like yours better though.
I really want to see a tear-down! Can you persuade the mfr or your importer to supply a sacrificial power unit and maybe one carriage to look at their moulding? That would be cool.
I feel like you could do some kind of interesting forced perspective setup by having the smallest guage train off on one end of the landscape and a bigger one close by. Would be good for representing some kind of extemely large rail yard or something.
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Knowing how small Z scale is, the way it DWARFS this is incredible. It should come with a mouth guard so you dont accidentally inhale it.
looks like a nightmare for parents
Why? these things are no childs-toys - its a frigging expensive hobby with one lokomotive easily go several hunrets of bucks.
parents would give up kids to adoption if they would play with it :)
Implying model train guys are mouth-breathers 😂
@@citrusjuicebox It could get sucked up your nose, too.
Any smaller, and it would need one of those N-95 masks.
Imagine what kind of a layout you could have in a 12 X 12' room.
You really model long mainline runs to scale. Just a single loop around the room would be like 4 scale miles. Do a more complicated track plan with multiple levels and 20 scale mile long runs would be easy.
@@StevesTrains
One scale mile is just over 11 feet. Imagine mountain railroading in this scale.
You wouldn't be ale to see it from 6 feet away.
@@rocknewtonfilsterwilly7364 binocular
@@rocknewtonfilsterwilly7364that’s where binoculars come in 🙃
I’ve never been even remotely interested in model railways. But for some reason the gods of the algorithm put this video in my path. Suddenly I’m interested!
This kind of thing has happened a lot over the past couple of months to me. I’ve ended up watching a bunch of videos from channels about things I never knew I was interested in that the algorithm decided I needed to see.
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I know that feeling, its fascinating.
I think the most creative use of multiple scales in a large layout is to utilize a technique called "forced perspective." The way that works is, your scale reduces as you move further from the viewer to force an appearance of depth that would otherwise only be possible with REAL depth. So I've seen this used before where O-gauge is closest to the viewers, and in the background you have HO-gauge, then further back you could have N-Gauge. If your scenery is done cleverly, you could force a perspective that looks very very deep even though each gauge is not very far from each other. With T-gauge, you could do this technique with N, Z and T respectively. The T gauge would look very far away
It looks like you could use T Gauge to simulate an O scale layout on an O scale layout. Almost. Maybe LGB. Anyway, mind blown.
Yeah, you could do some fun things. Like a garden railway in the backyard of an O scale or G scale house.
I model a bit of g scale and worked out the scaling. In 1:20 scale, the 3mm T gauge track would be 60mm, so yea it’s entirely possible to have a roughly g scale layout on a scale layout! Maybe I’ll just have to do that!
rebuild the G layout you have in T and then use 0.15mm wire to do another scale version inside that for total scaleception
even better if your G layout is a scale version of the actual railways around you
I was thinking an HO scale park w/ a miniature train for HO park visitors to ride.
O scale is 1:48. That's means the T scale would be 1:10 to that. That's coming close to a kiddie ride at the fair compared to a real train. G scale is 1:24 so T scale would be 1:20 compared to it. So setting up a large track going all over the place and some people standing in a clearing "running" a T scale train at the same time would be pretty awesome.
idk how i got onto model train youtube but having read so much about model train clubs and how rad they are i am glad to be here thanks for having a channel
Thought about getting (back!) into model railways, but I live in a tiny flat in Osaka. I looked into it and they actually make (retired) Osaka Loop Line trains, Hankyu trains (main terminus in Osaka) and an older JR train that is still a rural workhorse, if not seen in cities any more. You can even make a 14-car original Shinkansen!
A good few years ago there was a T gauge layout at the Model Rail Scotland show where there was a 3D printed Forth Eail Bridge with T gauge trains running on it, very impressive.
I remember seeing a cartoon in a model railroader magazine in the 60's or 70's showing a guy on a train with a layout in his briefcase. I thought how neat that would be, now it can be done.
This was a lot of fun! Not sure my eyesight is up to dealing with stuff this small though, but as has been said below you could get an awful lot of T-scale layout in a small room. With OO/HO models, things falling on the floor after accidents is always a concern, with T-scale, I would imagine that finding them again if that happens is even more challenging!
Eyesight? Shit...I'm 59...I can absolutely ASSURE you MY eyesight's limit is HO scale nowadays.... I do like HO because you can actually clean it and work on it.
The pen in the kit is described as "Energizing Stabilizer Oil Pen" which sounds like a conductive lubricant.
i think that might be an odd translation(?) of "powered rail oil pen" or something, maybe
Never mind the hat, what I’d really like to see is how much track you could set up on a typical 4x8 plywood sheet. It would be amazing to see super long straightaways, long trains and a huge rail yard.
Is that a 4 x 8 METRE plywood sheet? That would be reasonably ambitious. Would be large enough to hide the fiddle yard out of sight. I run 10 trains on less than half of that size.
@@Demun1649 Sorry, we're behind times here in the states - that would be 4 feet by 8 feet - which is a standard size construction sheet here. Yes, it would be huge - but just imagine the possibilities. You could possibly do an entire city rail station, including switching yard!
@@cheapme1850 I was quite excited for a while. I suppose it is down to me to attempt the big one. 4 x 8 metres would have to be on four boards, in order to fit in my Karoq, along with the mobility scooter, and clothes bags, spare parts and all the rolling stock. A distinct possibility that it will be either French or Dutch outline, since the ONE train I really, really want to run is the French SNCF TGV train, and that goes to the Netherlands as well. I could have both countries on the tracks at the same time.
I'll have to sit down, quietly, and shock myself with the costs! On the plus side, I could have lots of dogs on the layout.
@cheapme1850 We are not behind. We gave up going metric back in the 70s.
@@JR-uc5oz To refuse to grow up and move onto an adult METRIC system is rather short-sighted. I can only deduce you are Yenghi. The only country in the world that is incapable of producing educated students who can be flexible enough to learn an ADULT system. Stay locked away in the past, along with your gun-crazy school massacres.
I just ordered this set today after watching the video! Thanks!!!
Very cool! It’s fun!
Oh wow!
I love the tiny scale trains!
Every since I was a kid in the 1970's and I saw that some guy had a Z gauge in a Briefcase, I wanted one. I finally found one locally (Atlanta) in 1993 and it was the only set! I have been looking for Z trains and accessories ever since, though I have yet to set one up in a scene permanently. I do take it out every few years to see it run!
Now that you have showed me T gauge, I will forever be on a quest to find as many of these trains and train accessories!
Man this thing is epic because you can carry it on every where from your house to somewhere
Wow, that is crazy tiny! And so wild the way it stays on the track! You could use this to make a scaled-down garden railroad on a G scale layout.
Yes!
It's like a scale model of a scale model. Like something you'd see setup around a 1/4-scale diorama.
What a cool way of looking at it!!
As someone with very limited room, the smaller scales are more practical for me. But I thought Z was tiny at 1/220. T is miniature even compared to that. And while it was relatively rare in the US until recently, TT has been gaining traction. Which does interest me. It fills that gap between N and HO (which are 1/160 and 1/87, respectively). Z is pretty tough to find.
Yikes, I wasn't ready for that price point but imagine the possibilities of building a small setup inside a very small suitcase.
i am utterly speechless, that is incredible!
It would be cool to simulate a train going into the distance with this, so start o gauge then it goes behind a hill, then step down and have a similar train pop up and go across continue till you are at the wall the t scale.
Woe! Cool idea!
That's called Forced Perspective in the movie biz.
@@mattbrewster8051 ok didn’t know that.
This scale is nice for suitcase layouts. Thanks to the magnet, you could even run the train while carrying the suitcase! lol
I'm guessing the magnets in the train are to add "Weight" and improve traction, since that tiny engine won't be able to pull much on its own.
Scientifically speaking, magnets increase normal and (static) friction forces. And this also explains why only locomotives have magnets.
Only magnets in a TGauge loco are in the 4mm motor - the driving wheels are magnetic as well as the front wheels
@@markopinteric*Power cars.
That is correct. Once you get down below 1:300 gravity, for lack of a better phrase, stops working.
Recently I suffered a couple of strokes and am unable to setup my Z scale trains. But despite this I have been thinking about T scale, appreciate you sharing this video and information.
The T scale train is amazing. ❤️ love it.
I have a T Guage set. It's good fun. More a toy than anything. Scale speed is impossible. But I like to get it out every now and again!
Excellent unboxing Steve! We do recommend running the train in at full speed for 5 minutes each way, after which you should be able to get it down to shunting speed...as long as the tracks and wheels are kept squeaky clean! ;) Looking forward to seeing that Hat!
Thanks for the tips!
@@StevesTrains curious how the locomotives look inside, how they solve housing the motor in such a tight space
Ooh! Mfr are here in person! Ok I'll repeat directly to you what I said to steve:
I really want to see a tear-down! Can we persuade you to supply Steve a sacrificial power unit? That would be so cool. And maybe one carriage to look at your moulding? I'm imagining its solid at that size to give it enough weight for stability...
Wow! I thought N was small, and that`s the gauge I model in These oddball scales are fascinating.
I’m an N scaler too, but I’ve been fascinated by Z scale for some time. Now this? It may be fun, but I can’t imagine trying to build scenery for this T scale! Imagine a person standing in the train yard. You’d need a microscope to paint him! Buildings and automobiles would be so tiny, just too tedious for me, I use a magnifier for N scale!
@@alphagt62You'd need to paint it with a sewing needle 😂
Can’t wait to see the hat! Now I’ll be thinking of other places to put a loop… this is great for travelers! Run a train while on a train!
I brought one of these a few years ago now. I'm planning on getting some more track to build a little layout on top of a coffee table underneath a glass top
This is so tiny! How fascinating!!
I believe years ago I saw an even smaller size displayed at some train showed. Except they weren't trains on tracks. The "track" was just a flat painted surface a series of holes drilled at a slight angle. Little tiny "walls" the full length kept the train on the "track." Air pressure went through the holes keep the engine and cars on a cushion of air. With the holes being angled, it had propulsion. The little engine and cars were made from tiny blocks of wood, shaped and painted. More air, more speed.
I had Märklin H0 in the 90s as a Kid. Now i like building Dioramas and man. That size looks phenomenal!
OK I have had n scale for years, (Bachman set I got for Christmas in 87) and I will be ordering one of these, they're adorable,
It seems you've found the ultimate equipment for one of your small layout projects. Probably a 1'x2' magnifying glass so you could see and build a layout. The hat would be fun at a train show!
So awesome. Thank you for bringing this to us!
Just for reference, the smallest motors I can find in a quick search are 3 mm diameter.
This is very nice though a little spendy. Imagine making 4 mm tall people for that scale.
You could probably find a map or satellite photo to build the layout on.
WOW!!!!! People and big city’s with little e room for a layout would definitely buy something like that. New York City’s popular NYC Transit subway would sell out if they made them.
I’ve seen the real train before. They have recently been retired from my local main line (the east coast mainline) after something like 30-40 years of service. The class 43 was a reliable workhorse and it kept the north east of England & Scotland connected to the south east of england in under 5-6 or so hours. Pretty impressive to see it being modelled that small.
BUSCH have a Feldbahn HOf system based on Z gauge track with centre metal plates and locos with magnets. The locos are small and 1:87 scale (HO) but can be added to full size HO layouts as the buildings and people models are the same scale.
I have had t gauge for several years. I did a RUclips of my first one several years ago. The longevity is remarkable.
Perfect for my yacht in inclement conditions. I'll put magnets in the wagons too, thanks.
Steve you have a great RUclips page! I find myself getting inspired by your; z,n, and on30 layout approach!I have all of those scales plus 3 😊rail o and g scale!
Thanks,
George
Thanks!
Wow! N scale looks huge.
That’s adorable! I could build a whole layout in a glass-topped cat-proof coffee table!
That is so cute I can put one of those running around my miniature dollhouses i make super cool i will be thinking about t scale !! Thanks Steve so cool!!!
That would be super fun!
This is amazing! As a mailman, I have a route case which is basically a desk with stacks of shelves on three sides. I'd love to build a desktop setup with a plexiglass top & I could watch my train go as I case up the mail for delivery & not loose any desk space. Don't think my postmaster would be too found of the idea though LoL
This is what I need for my 1:8 train. Ive always wanted a loop of track where I could have a train running on my train while its running. N is too big by half. Actually on second thought this may be TOO small.
I would love to see this as a ride on park train in a larger scale layout. It looks like it would work in HO scale
guessing the magnetism helps with getting any sort of traction.
The grades that will do with the magnet is quite impressive. The comparison with AA battery is crazy.
AAA battery not AA actually!
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
Terrific! Old Marklin HO guy here. I didn't know this even existed. Cheers.
Can't wait to see the hat layout build. Those are so cute and it ran so well. Thanks for sharing see you next time.
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Thanks! I’m about halfway done with the hat, so hopefully I’ll have the video out in two weeks.
This is just adorable
I’d imagine the magnets are there for traction control. Kind of a neat idea!
Oh great. I'm now obsessed about something I didn't even know existed. Thanks :P
For your hat project you should consider something with a wide, round, flat brim. Like maybe something the Amish would wear, or Billy Jack style hat.
OH COME ON!!!! This is insane! This is a must get! The initial shock of price, best sit down! No steam trains though. They do make switches, which is awesome! We need DCC and smoke fore sure. LOL.
They have steam locomotives now.
@@originaldcjensen really? Got to check that out.
Thanks! This is amazing. I don't have any trains at home but am thinking having this running around my desk at work would be a hoot. 🥳
Thank you so much for the donation!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
went to a rail show and there was one of these in a Briefcase even with street lights, you could do a layout with differant scale so that you get a veiw of distance
My “first contact” with these alien trains from another scale!! Thanks for the introduction!! (..new subscriber 🛤️)
On a N scale layout, a T scale track & loco would make a fun miniature train in an amusement park diorama. You can even have figures sitting on top of the carriages. 😊
This starter set is at $276. It is neat that they have two different starter sets with different sized curved track so that the small oval will fit inside of the larger oval.
That's a little more than half what an HO locomotive costs these days.
@@lancomedic I think I have enough other expensive hobbies these day. I'm thinking that if I ever end up in an nursing home, these small scale sets might be a nice hobby.
I suggest you visit a nursing home to see if you think anyone in there even knows what a "hobby" is. Should you "end up in one", dementia and Alzheimer's will be your only "hobby". I mean no disrespect. @@BryanTorok
@@coloradostrong While many people in nursing homes are there due to mental decline, many are there for other reasons. My grandmother was first in assisted living which was essentially a very small apartment and later spent time in a nursing home. But, she read the newspaper every day and played bingo twice a week. She was in her late 90s when her heart gave out.
Wow that is impressively small, I'd only known of N scale but there are multiple scales that are smaller, T scale is roughly the size of a AAA battery...Amazing!!
This is insane. Carry this entire thing in your pocket and play with it while eating at Dennys😂😂
With magnets holding the train to the track, you could make a mountain railway - incline and all. I guess the model train would be the difficult thing.
that is the cutest thing! -after kittens of course
Its to dang cute..all you need is tiny Japanese commuters going to work 😂
Amazing! British 00 Gauge, the old British TT Gauge and N Gauge all run on narrow gauge track for the scales because they couldn't make motors small enough to fit in the locomotives. How motor technology has moved on since the 1950s.
I heard the new TT120 is perfect?
UK trains are smaller than their EU and NA counterparts due to tunnels etc. Proof of the old saying 'dont be first, be best'!
I think it is disappointing the UK stuck with 00 given it’s a decades old forced compromise due to large motors. The rest of the world uses HO with scale accurate track and the UK should have switched to that.
This is mental. I keep thinking the red car is 00 or HO but it's N....and it looks HUGE in comparison. WOW.
Man I grew up with Marklin mini trix (N) and mini club (Z) and I always thought those were tiny but this really takes the cake dang.
I wonder if this could be like an amusement park train set up inside a larger scale set up? That would cool to figure out; I imagine an O scale with the people looking out over a railed off section would work well.
Omg I wish I found these before z scale I would love these tiny things lol
In OO-scale (1:72), a t-scale (1:480) layout is roughly the same as 10" gauge to standard gauge - ie you could have a credible garden railway on your 00-gauge layout!
I've seen there for a while, and I decided to bite the bullet and get a T-gauge layout. I had 00 growing up. My grandpa traded O Gauge growing up. I love how small it is. I don't have enough room for a 00 gauge anymore. But the T-gauge with the price and features just seems like a brill trade off for me. I could build a complex layout the size of a coffee table.
Very impressive and looking forward to the hat! So have you convinced your family that you need a new coffee table for your living room or family room with a glass-enclosed T gauge or Z scale train layout running around inside it? Or are you saving that for the breakfast and/or dining table? Love your videos! - Bill
Yeah, I’ve had ideas along those lines. Maybe a desk with a glass top? That can get tricky because of ergonomics, but might work too. I think T gauge could be great because the trains won’t derail easily if the desk or table is bumped. But, I don’t know how well they will do in terms of longevity, frequency of cleaning, etc to keep them running well.
I would love to see a tear down of one of the locomotives on this system, that's amazingly small. I'm racking my brain trying to sort out how they deliver torque to the wheels.
I always thought model trains were neat. I had a dream recently where I had a tiny setup inside an Ikea glass cabinet.... maybe a bit small but you could make a neat little scene inside an old cabinet or cupboard
T gauge is so cool.
Where can I get T gauge. I live in Scotland? What accessories are available? Thanks.
www.vcshobbies.com sells stuff here, but it is more popular in Europe than here in the states so I’m assuming a number of vendors carry it. Don’t know offhand if any. Maybe someone else can chime in.
I would have thought that train was going to fly off the track if you so much as looked at it funny, but with those magnets, it does a better job of not derailing than my HO does. Impressive for something so tiny!
Ive got a Z scale diorama with a train running on a flatbed from my G scale garden railway.
Could be fun doing it in T...
THERE'S SMALLER THAN Z SCALE!1!??? [MIND BLOWN]
That is nuts!
X-Mas 2020 I got a "nano-train" set 1:1000 scale.
The track is 4.5" x 6".
I plugged it in almost three years ago and left it running.
It's made about 3M trips around the track.
I like yours better though.
I recently saw those!! I may have to check them out.
It might be the magnets on the motor that is pulling the train down, hence only present on the locos but not the unpowered cars
T scale.
More small.
Z scale.
N scale.
Excellent 📹📽️🎥 my friend.
Thanks Steve... Very 😎!
Look forward to the 🎩 layout 👍...
All the best,
Peter -
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I really want to see a tear-down! Can you persuade the mfr or your importer to supply a sacrificial power unit and maybe one carriage to look at their moulding? That would be cool.
It might not be that the locomotives are magnetized, but that the magnets in the motors are exerting magnetic pull on the rails.
Next video: I got a REAL train
Don’t give me ideas! Lol
@@StevesTrainsyou will buy a real train 👋🏻
Hey its Steve! This is my ac4400cw with sound and real diesel exhaust! 😂
@@StevesTrainsthere are two Andrew Barclay tank engines in Thomas muir scrapyard if you ever need an engine
@@StevesTrains real life train is for 4bilion$
an amazing introduction!
I feel like you could do some kind of interesting forced perspective setup by having the smallest guage train off on one end of the landscape and a bigger one close by. Would be good for representing some kind of extemely large rail yard or something.
Classic InterCity 125, nice choice!
That is just Mad 😮😂
Fascinating. 👍🏻
Wow those are wild! But its cool some kids out there dont have tones of room ya know so it is cool they go even that small. Pretty wild tho
OMG that's cool. Though I wouldn't buy it for myself, as I lose things too often and something that size . . .