Thanks for the review Sam. I've been a casual viewer of your channel for a couple of years, but previously not taken the plunge into OO due to limited space. That's all changed with Hornby launching TT:120, so I really appreciate you reviewing TT.
@GelatoTaco
Жыл бұрын
I was JUST talking with my cousin last night about how I wanted to use a Greek naming scheme for my OO Pullmans and here is what I wake up to in the morning. Your timing lately is immaculate Sam.
@Fafmagic
Жыл бұрын
Loving all the TT stuff. I think there’s room on your channel for multiple gauges.
@gregmacdonald927
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this Sam. No need to apologise for more TT. Was really hoping you would be reviewing this scale, as I do find your reviews very thorough and helpful. Haven’t taken the plunge yet but once there is a smaller steam shunter I think I’ll be giving it a try too.
@speleokeir
Жыл бұрын
There's a J94 in the pipeline for phse 3 or 4 and at Warley I had a quick chat with Simon Kohler who mentioned another shunter was in the early design stages. Off the top of his head he thought it was the J50. There's also a large tank engine, GWR/BR class 5700 on the way. I also told him I'd love to see a small tender engine e.g. a J15, J36, K1 or Drummond 700. He was playing his cards close to his chest, but I wouldn't be surprised if one of those came out in a couple of years time. They've intially concentrated on the big steam locos because A1/3s, A4s and Coronations and other express locos tend to be very popular and big sellers. I suspect another reason may be that small locos might well take longer in the design phase for TT due to the difficulties caused by lack of space for motors, gears, chips, etc and Hornby are keen to expand the range asap to grow the market, so if big locos can be put into production more quickly it makes sense to concentrate on those first. In the meantime the class 08 diesel is the logical choice for a first 0-6-0 shunter as they fit from Era 3 up until the present day in a huge variety of liveries and they're very popular.
@gregmacdonald927
Жыл бұрын
@@speleokeir Thanks for the details reply. Very helpful.
@derekcole5593
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review, Sam. I've just come back to the hobby and have decided that TT120 is the way to go for me. I have the Scotsman set with the unlit coaches and plan to buy more to build a larger rake. So my choice is to either run half lit and the other half unlit, which I think would look odd. Or, wait until dome one produces an after-market lighting kit. I look forward to more TT120 reviews from you.
@daystatesniper01
Жыл бұрын
Enjoying these TT reviews , we have to remember this is a re-launch of a scale not seen for decades in RtR form for UK railways ,iif it takes off i would suggest the detail will improve esp' if the other firms start to make stuff
@mkaustralia7136
Жыл бұрын
Hi Sam Remember the old adage in selling: “There is no such thing as a bad product - just bad pricing.”
@TheLordFinwe
Жыл бұрын
If you can Manage to get a Hornby OO Pullman coach with working lights. you will find sprung buffers and far better detail. I own 8 of them and they look amazing behind any of my steam locomotives.
@osimodfrance7279
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks for this excellent review. I saw in one of the comments that there are also some continental manufacturers such as Tillig. As I live in France I did a search on one of the train shops i have used in the past...probably the equivalent of Hattons/Rails......... and was amazed at the enormous selection of TT items on offer...even electric turntables,,,ballasted track..loads of scenic items etc all of which I suggest can be used on a British layout...well worth a look perhaps if one is thinking of embarking on a layout.. Presumably there are shops in the UK which are stockists of these continental items.... I was also pleased to see that they offered discounted Hornby TT so have started some purchases via this shop as I am switching to this scale. The prices for Hornby, such as this pullman coach seem, on paper, to be the norm compared to their continental counterparts.
@alanhorwood1993
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review Sam. With regard to table position in a pullman. You will notice that there are two widths of panel between windows. In the saloon section, if a bay has the wider panel between windows on both sides, then the seating bay behind will have chairs either side of the table, with the table centrally placed in the window. As you look at a 1st class pullman coach from the side, Either the kitchen or a compartment window will typically be to the left. On some variants the seating bay in the saloon, immediatly next to the Kitchen or compartment will have seats againts the wall of the compartment/kitchen but have no facing seating across the table. You can identify these bays from the outside as the window has a narrow panel on the right as you look at it from the kitchen/compartment side. These one sided seating bays can have the table moved to the right as you look in from the side. All other tables should be centrally placed in the window. which is why i assume Hornby have done the same in their 00 model.
@bluebellsalmon
5 ай бұрын
So it turns out that Hornby have added an additional window and additional half bay of seating that's not in the original Plato, which had a slightly longer kitchen/pantry! The extra window and 2-seat table offset from the window is correct for Cecilia and Chloria which Hornby have produced in the Flying Scotsman pack. However they've labelled the brake coach in that pack as 'Car 64' which was a Parlour car, not a Brake!
@CustomiZe_
Жыл бұрын
12:15 I thought that hair was on my screen initially, is that stuck to the lamp inside? 🤣🤣
@jdenm8
Жыл бұрын
RE "Looking at the OO and copying their errors": Yes they did! From everything I've heard, none of the TT models are truly new, they're all downscales of existing OO tooling. The TT Class 66 is, supposedly, literally a downscaled version of the 1990s Lima tooling! (Which is why it's so cheap!) I'll give them some credit for the pickups though, that axle-spring style seems to be the more preferred for retrofitted lighting in OO at the moment, rather than making up wiper pickups. DCC Concepts sell a kit that uses exactly this style of pickup. I'd blame the springing on either that the springs are too small (It's supposed to be a rather loose fit) or on the coach's light weight, it's not an issue you see in OO. It certainly would have been preferable to have these pickups on the APT than the rubbish ones they went with. I don't think that Axle-Point pickups would be overly complicated for the scale; both Kato and Tomix do it in N across whole trainsets that cost as little as this one coach (Eg, the 3-coach 103 Series sets)! Hornby would have gone with this style purely because it's cheaper.
@T4Van-E-daycamp
Ай бұрын
I’m glad to say i just recieved a scotsman tt120 set and the pullman coaches now have lights 😊
@joshuaW5621
Жыл бұрын
Hard to believe we are only 2 days away from Flying Scotsman turning triple digits.
@rodimussupreme2329
Жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure it already has.
@joshuaW5621
Жыл бұрын
@@rodimussupreme2329 technically it may have, as it would have been nearly completed this day 100 years ago.
@SamsTrains
Жыл бұрын
Yeah it's crazy isn't it?? :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@dennisneo1608
Жыл бұрын
Break out the bagpeeps.
@tivednagol9127
Жыл бұрын
“Okay guys, I thought about it and I decided I don’t want a party.” The NRM and the Internet: (sucks air through teeth)
@joshrussell4081
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for doing a bit more TT scale stuff sam really enjoying it :)
I love the scale and the level of detail that's achievable
@Paraffinmeister
Жыл бұрын
So it's because of you that I was lured in to dabbling in O gauge and very recently On30. So far I'm resisting on giving TT a try but I'm not going to lie, it's difficult!
@bryantan863
Жыл бұрын
These TT:120 Pullman coaches from Hornby look very nice but I prefer the 00 gauge models of the Pullman coaches because they have more detail Sam.
@madhatter61
2 ай бұрын
The original hornby coach lighting units were a silvervstick in strip with tungsten filament lamps and a clip in unit that went under the bogie. Brass studs rubbed on the track . They seriously slowed down a hst to a crawl if you had a proper rake.
@alanharris2799
Жыл бұрын
I have these lit pullmans in an Orient Express boxed set, and I like the lights as it adds something when you see the train running (the orient set has a Clan line loco, but I have used them with the Scotsman too). It’s nice to see them in the TT120 scale, but I do think its a little bit more expensive than it should be and that is down to Hornby being sole supplier and no retailers to help with reductions
@speleokeir
Жыл бұрын
I actually think the price is pretty good if you compare it to an equivalent OO coach. There isn't a lit pulllman currently in Hornby's range so the lit coronations are the nearest match at £60.49 (Many unlit coaches have the same RRP). There's a 10% discount for Hornby club members and similar at model shops. So these lit TT coaches are about £15 less (£54.44 compared to £39.52 for TT). If you buy a rake that's quite saving. Bear in mind the production costs are very similar for both scales with labour being by far the biggest proportion of that. Tooling and design costs are the same. Materials are less but only make up a tiny proportion of the overall production costs. The only possible saving is on shipping, assuming Hornby always fill a container which may not be the case. Of course currently with OO you can get used lit Pullmans on Ebay for £25-40, which isn't an option yet for TT. The reality is Hornby are selling them at a competitive price. It's in their interests to do so because they need as many people as possible to buy TT to establish a market and whilst they may have a monoploy of TT at present they are still competing with other scales.They need a high volume of sales rather than a big profit on individual models and keeping prices down is vital for that. In this instance having a monopoly brings the price DOWN as they're cutting out the middleman and can make discounts and offers without upsetting the model shops. At this time the new prices of TT are significantly less for TT than OO (not counting the second market) and Hornby are clearly hoping this will encourage more people, especially new comers to the hobby, to opt for TT rather than OO or N gauge.
@F40Sean
Жыл бұрын
@@speleokeira monopoly does not bring the price down in any industry, I’m sorry but that’s a fact.
@alanharris2799
Жыл бұрын
@@speleokeir all good points, but I don’t think I have ever seen any monopoly be good for the consumer with large corporates, I think that small traders are the possible exception. Yes, you can get a discount through the TT club and Hornby, and that is great, but value is a very personal thing and is based on peoples situations. I feel the railway hobby industry has got a little out of hand with pricing in general and everything has gotten very expensive. I have no clue how youngsters are supposed to get into the hobby, of course made worse by the CoL issues we face. That said, I really want TT120 to be successful as it does appeal to me and I want a larger range of scenery and accessories available. I’m going to wait until some 3rd parties start making more buildings, scenery items etc Thank you for your comment, always good to see other perspectives.
@David_Mattox
Жыл бұрын
You’ve been on a real tear with all these TT reviews. Glad you’re enjoying yourself.
@10C45E
Жыл бұрын
Please keep doing reviews like this! I love the idea of tt gauge and i'm already building a new layout for it. It just seems like the perfect scale. :)
@philkeller4170
Жыл бұрын
The boxes underneath the coaches are battery boxes (filled with wet cell batteries like you get under car bonnets) to power the coach - NOT ‘tool boxes’ Also as this is a kitchen car there will also be a gas cylinder under there to feed the kitchen cooking equipment. Finally, Pullman cars were never provided with end doors (to stop you falling out of the ends of the train) - they were entirely open (as per the Hornby model) with gangway shields (the separately supplied accessories used to plug the gap.
@BoaFilmsPlc
Жыл бұрын
Just as an extra piece of prototype info. As these cars were operated by the Pullman Car Company, to use them you had to pay a supplement on top of your fare that went to Pullman & not the operator of the train. Also, as you said, there are Pullmans in preservation. But you also have the VSOE that operates on the main line. It was (and might still be) based at Stewarts Lane Depot in South London. Keep up the great TT work!!
@davebrooks8033
Жыл бұрын
Hi Sam, a good video and appraisal thanks. I have received 3 of these coaches today to add to the ‘ Scotsman ‘ set I received before Christmas. I think they are fantastic and add some extra realism. The quality is excellent. I have run all 6 coaches as a full train and the engine coped very well . I for one am looking forward to more TT120 from your excellent channel. DaveB
@F40Sean
Жыл бұрын
And this is why Hornby are only selling direct and refusing to supply TT through retailers. After offering the initial sets at such a decent price, the locomotives now being released and coaches are very expensive and the full cost is going straight into Hornbys pocket. £47 for a small scale coach with a plastic chassis even if it is lit, is very expensive. A rake of 6 coaches is close to £300.
@Benji_transport_vids
Жыл бұрын
Nice video Sam - I'm eventually making a TT:120 layout thankfully!
@Dr.Gunsmith
Жыл бұрын
I have the full set 5 Pullmans with lights on my channel but had no track to show the lights 😂 thanks 🙏
@sullivanrachael
Жыл бұрын
The ‘corridor blanking caps’ are Gangway covers - helps provide a safety and noise barrier on the end coach of a rake so passengers don’t find a way onto the track. The ‘toolboxes’ on the under frame are battery boxes; got to keep the lights on in stations when the wheels aren’t turning the dynamo. Great review Sam, very enjoyable. I’m going to stay with 4mm and 7mm scale but it’s really good to see what Hornby TT120 is like.
@colinbrown7010
Жыл бұрын
Great review Keep going with the TT reviews I am thinking of building a Tt layout as I haven’t got the space for an OO layout
@lukewolsey
Жыл бұрын
Very interested in TT120 - enjoying the recent content.
@DanielsModels
Жыл бұрын
I only model 00 but I enjoy seeing reviews on other gauges, I think you are doing a great job at showing multiple gauges! Great video Cheers Dan :)
@GimbleOnDew
Жыл бұрын
I would love more O gauge too. TT seems an oddball though.
@DanielsModels
Жыл бұрын
@@GimbleOnDew Yes it would be good to see more O gauge! It does a little but I’m willing to give it a chance!
@Dr.Gunsmith
Жыл бұрын
My same model Plato the lamp is bang on in the middle of the window.
@SamsTrains
Жыл бұрын
Really?! Could you email me a photo please?? Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@masonallenbuskirk5648
Жыл бұрын
Whether in TT or OO, these Pullman coaches are gorgeous things to look at! Suppose it's just a matter of time till Hornby make a TT gauge 'Brighton Belle' set? That's an electric prototype that captures my fancy!
@Benjamin.Jamin.
Жыл бұрын
I'm loving all this TT stuff. But whether it's 'value', it's just too expensive. That's 300£ for a decent length train. I'll stick without lights!
@chrissouthgate4554
Жыл бұрын
When Hornby were saying TT120 would be more affordable I looked at the catalogue prices & thought yes but not by much. The train sets are OK, but everything else looks a bit pricy.
@johnmarkbrailsford24
8 ай бұрын
Perhaps Hornby or Bachmann should consider complementing this little gem with a model of the North Staffordshire Railway battery locomotive No. 1 (now preserved) - especially as a version appears on recent episodes of "Thomas and Friends" as 'Stafford'.
@formidable38
Жыл бұрын
Hi Sam, you can get the same pick-up solution from Rails of Shef if you want some for a lighting project. The only downside ofcourse is that you have to take the wheel off the axle and you have to one wheel electrically conected to the axle using conductive paint. I have used them to light up some bachmann coaches, they work very well. Looks like Hornbys pickups are a little tight on the axles.
@grahamariss2111
Жыл бұрын
Hi Sam, I would like to see you do some of the N Gauge kit from Graham Farish and Dapole.
@stuartjohnellis
Жыл бұрын
Great vid! I think i heard that the single versions were different to the Scotsman set but these look identical apart from the lighting. Its a little disappointing with lack of separately fitted parts considering you can get N gauge carriages for less money and with separate wiring on the ends. Also i would think the option to chip is a big miss!
@edwardthomson8569
Жыл бұрын
I’d love to see if the train set coaches can be retro fitted with lighting to avoid having mixed lighting when extending the train set rake 😮
@timbervalleyproductions
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video, looks like a decent coach. If I see some second hand TT cheap might buy some, new it's too expensive for me!
@levidarling5107
Жыл бұрын
I didn’t even watch the full thing yet but I already love the flipping coach. 😂
@allanmorton6022
Жыл бұрын
Great review Sam, and no squealing wheels from the coach either! You might have to buy some more to get a train load now. The lights looked good to me, apart from that half window table at the end. I like lights on my trains as I have LED lighting around my layout and in the station which looks cool.
@speleokeir
Жыл бұрын
Hi Sam, I'd actually say the price is pretty good if you compare it to an equivalent OO coach. Bearing in mind the production costs are very similar. It's about £15 less than a Hornby OO lit Coronation (the nearest equivalent) or an unlit LNER teak. If you buy a rake £15 less soon mounts up. BTW I agree that it would be nice to have the option to have lit or unlit versions of ALL coaches. I fact I emailed Simon Kohler suggesting exactly that last week, both for TT and OO. I suspect this would be very popular. His reply was: 'Duly Noted' which I took to mean it's something Hornby might consider assuming there's enough demand and costs aren't prohibitive. The more modellers who ask for this, the more likely they'll do it.
@James101
Жыл бұрын
The table is correct some pullman coaches has a 2 seater table on the end and are off set from the window like this. I can't find an example online but have seen it for myself.
@andykopgod
Жыл бұрын
Look lovely, maybe lit models would be a bit of an extravegence for me, bit pricey, but if i had the money spare id love to get a nice rake of these. Hornby TT is ticking all the boxes, so far.
@cirseltoo
Жыл бұрын
Good honest review. I think that you might be expecting separate details where they don't seem to exist in the scale, just as there are no sprung buffers anywhere in this scale (waste of time). I've yet to buy an Arnold coach but my seven or eight by Tillig have moulded handles the same as the Hornby. The Tillig models are also a bit more expensive..... I'm moving up from N Gauge where separate handrails are very rare, so I don't miss them.
@brianmicky7596
Жыл бұрын
Hi Sam, Good review, yes am with you , I do like the TT range, All the best Brian 😃
@trainwild
Жыл бұрын
Great review Sam! 😀
@OliversRailwayModellingandart
Жыл бұрын
Great video as always Sam! Even better that it was on my birthday 🥳 The model looks great I’m planning on making a TT scale diorama for the TT club member competition!
@emmcommentary1900
Жыл бұрын
Great review loved it. Always love how you make it clear its your opinion. Would love you to review a european TT
@Tirnog100
Жыл бұрын
Another great review, thanks. Would love to see you review a Hornby Railways Pullman coach (not Railroad) to compare it to, one of the steel-sided ones would compare best, if you can find one new from a retailer.
@TheCornishSniper
Жыл бұрын
Hello Sam thank you for doing these TT videos im looking into getting a tt set and these reviews really help i appricate it. If you could keep these videos coming id appricate it, do them along side the OO guage videos
@AQuietNight
Жыл бұрын
I can't speak for the U.K. part of the business but for years Pullman in the United States was incorporated as "The Pullman Palace Car Company". Businesses were named with flair back then.
@sailingschooners8668
Жыл бұрын
Looks good, runs good..makes a pleasant change and I think this guage will be very successful...
@ianstransporthistorystuff8175
Жыл бұрын
As some one who's help restore some Pullman cars and Brighton belle ones , and at the old Pullman works in Brighton,,can say that every Pullman was quite unique inside,And say a seat from one car wouldn't fit another one,,but I love them and was great working on these too.and these new hornby ones look great.but I am sticking with 00 😊
@SamsTrains
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for sharing Ian - appreciate that! It's crazy looking at old photos of these... almost impossible to find two identical ones, haha! Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@ianstransporthistorystuff8175
Жыл бұрын
@@SamsTrains That's ok😊 , and also think your right about that table as it should be square with the window , as all the Pullman seating plans and Pullman cars too I've never seen that so looks like it's manufacturing mistake?
@bluebellsalmon
5 ай бұрын
@@ianstransporthistorystuff8175The original Plato had a longer kitchen/pantry and one fewer bodyside windows, so the bay of seating with the offset table, which existed on 22-seat Pullman First Kitchen Cars, did not on Plato which was only a 20-seat Car. So they've used a single design of Kitchen Car (correct for Cecilia and Chloria) and chosen a name which didn't apply to that batch. It's not as ridiculous a problem as labelling one of their brake cars as Car 64 - that's a parlour car, not a brake car!
@stuartaaron613
Жыл бұрын
Hi Sam, another great and informative video. While I have no plans to go into TT scale (I'll leave that to my friend David who has trains from G to T (1/450)) I do find these videos interesting. One thing that I believe hurts TT scale is that while it is smaller than OO, and bigger than N, it is limited by its size so it doesn't have the mass or the ability to have the detail of OO, while not having the space savings of N. Kind of a "jack of all trades, and an expert at none."
@survivingworldsteam
Жыл бұрын
@Stuart Aaron; I think that is true of all the "half scales", S Scale, which is halfway between HO/OO and O Scale, never caught on well either. Now that T is out, I wonder how popular Z scale will be.
@robinmathews2446
Жыл бұрын
Quite an impressive review.. I have not seen an uncoupler yet to separate the new couplings? I'm curious about doing shunting with TT. freight wagons. The lamps are very nice, but if the rolling resistance means shorter trains , I'm not sure.. The smaller scale would be good for longer trains on a layout, so I'm not sure if I would want to sacrifice train length for lights in this small scale?
@1VperOctave
Жыл бұрын
Hi Sam I have been following your channel for quite a while now, and I always enjoy your videos. I am awaiting delivery of the Eastern train set and a bit more track, and I am looking forward to playing with it and maybe setting up a small layout in the garage. Please continue with the TT120 reviews, as this is of direct practical interest, but I also enjoy watching all scales. I have no space for O gauge, but the larger models look great. Come to think of it, I love full scale, but I definitely don't have space for a full size A4 in my back garden ;)
@paolomargini7904
Жыл бұрын
In Italy we can call pullman any bus. The other word is... autobus, which we shorten in... bus. The italian word, corriera, is by far the less used, and never applies to city buses, but only to long distance coaches. So the brit words not only took the lead but also, as in the case of pullman, shifted from steel to rubber.
@peterkitts8815
Жыл бұрын
Springs have a "handedness". In one direction they will tighten up on the axle and in the other they will loosen. If they are all put on in the same way I would think the coach will run more freely in one direction than the other and it looked like that may be the case from your tests.
@SamsTrains
Жыл бұрын
That’s a really good point Peter - I bet that’s what’s happening!!
@cameronmcilroy8261
Жыл бұрын
Might see the TT range when I'm at an exhibition this weekend
@509brown
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Sam. Really enjoyed this review, perhaps when there's lighting involved you could turn the room lights down or off to better show how they look.
@Jimyjames73
Жыл бұрын
Hiya Sam - @ 3:29 Yes you are correct - those are 'blanking Plates' to seal up the end of the Carriage, so that folks don't open the door & fall out whilst the Train is on the move - you don't want that!!! 😉🚂🚂🚂
@alanhorwood1993
Жыл бұрын
Not all pullman seating was in facing pairs across a table some seats were one sided to a table, perhaps that's the reason for that offset to the window. Your interior view shows it is indeed a single sided table arrangement.
@F40Sean
Жыл бұрын
That does not account for the offset, the table itself is offset and that is not prototypical
@louisbuscarino7330
Жыл бұрын
I really like these Pullman coaches. I think Hornby really hit it with this scale. The only concern I have is that Hornby is going to ruin it with high prices so that the average modelers can not afford this scale. I like the lights and the detailing .But if the price is too high you will be running very short rakes. Good video Sam keep them coming.
@williamhawkes7437
Жыл бұрын
A good review as always, but I think its a little harsh on a couple of things... I think that the lights are a good thing and although they could have been refined I think it's above and beyond what a lot of people would have expected on a smaller-than-OO scale... so personally, I like it... I do wonder how much extra load they will impart on a loco if there is, say, 5 or 6 carriages involved given the lighting pickups? I wonder, would they impose a great enough increase in the load to foreshorten the life of the locos necessarily small motor? The other thing I noticed was the lean on the carriage when it goes around the second radius curve... from here it looked very accute and I did wonder if another carriage might cause a derailment by falling over!
@AllensTrains
Жыл бұрын
I think those electrolytic capacitors might eventually leak! I would imagine that the circuit board is the most costly element and explains the high price. If you want a Pullman train, you probably would be well-advised to order the train set! My William Whitelaw has started to develop wheel spin on curves. You might try connecting up all the coaches you have and see if you get this issue. I think a drawback with TT is likely to be the number of coaches that can be hauled! Thanks for uploading.
@wisconsinandnorthern9619
Жыл бұрын
Recently i just got my first uk model train a intercity 125
@SDRM_Model_Railway_Club
Жыл бұрын
Great review and in dim lighting it looks stunning. I’ve just swapped out the chassis of the three that come with the set and having a rake of six all lit up does look great. The score? I think it deserves a B Ps I do love your closeups. They show stuff that I’ve not seen and won’t ever see again 😂🤓
@russellguyver7746
Жыл бұрын
Great review. What are your plans for the TT board..more track, scenery?
@jeffreysmith156
Жыл бұрын
Thank you once again.
@marklinproductions2180
Жыл бұрын
you should 3D print a tt scale bullman :D
@SamsTrains
Жыл бұрын
haha I would love to!! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@jamesdunloptrains
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video today Sam beautiful coach and happy birthday for Friday
@switchgeer6519
Жыл бұрын
interesting lamp solution, but too bad there's no overhead lights. especially if they had a dcc socket in there maybe with some manual switches for dc. for the price point i personally would've liked to see some more premium solutions considering i can get some decent oo coaches for a similar price.
@williamsquires3070
Жыл бұрын
I’d say, given the currency exchange ratio, that 40 £ would come out to $48.41 according to the current exchange rate, or about what I’d expect to pay for an N-scale coach with lighting, though none of mine have individually lit table lamps, nor window shades; they have a lighting strip hidden in the ceiling. As for separately fitted details, they’d be quite fragile at this scale unless they’re rather chunky, like the ones on the under frame. I’d say Sam is being a wee bit too critical; I’d give this model a B- (about 80-83 out of 100), and only because they didn’t provide for a lighting-only decoder, or a reed-switch so you could turn off the lights on DC (analog) operation.
@awesomeaustin5704
Жыл бұрын
Hi Sam I wanted to ask if you could look at the hornby flying Scotsman starter set and help me determine weather or not it’s worth picking up it’s sitting around $270 on Amazon and I would like to know what I’m getting into before I srop that muxh
@billmoore1936
Жыл бұрын
On carriages can you put K des couplings on or not and have they got spring loaded buffers on
@anthonylautzenheiser3802
Жыл бұрын
Could you do a comparison between HO and OO. I have not seen anything on what the differances are.
@andrewdking
Жыл бұрын
Nothing wrong with moulded-in detail. Hornby perfected it during their Design Clever era. Those gold painted door side grab handles look excellent to me.
@phil36310
Жыл бұрын
Sam, It's a luxury coach so the value for money is very relative. All in all a lovely model to run in the dark and save on the electricity bill playing trains...😀. Cheers, Filip
@stevehirst536
Жыл бұрын
Decoration is fantastic? Id take a closer look at the paintwork if I was you! Overspray on the roof. Chunks missing from the ends and so on. 6:52 and 7:02 just for starters
@SamsTrains
Жыл бұрын
Yeah you're right - these things are noticeable in the footage, but I didn't notice them in real life. Since switching to 4K, my video equipment is better than my own eyes, haha! Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@stevehirst536
Жыл бұрын
@@SamsTrains no worries mate, just wanted to point out so you didn't have a repeat of the track drama again!😂
@dominicoverton-oy4ef
Жыл бұрын
Sam I love the channel and you are very good at reviewing, but, just because TT is half size of 00 scale doesn't mean it should be half the cost. You have to expect moulded detail when you get this small ( I usually run N-gauge and I wish it was only a quarter the price of 00, and the moulded detail is again more than that in TT). You quite rightly don't compare 00 detail to 0 gauge in your reviews so it's not really fair to compare TT to 00. Only a slight quibble but keep up the good work Sam
@SamsTrains
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Dominic - yes that’s fair, I only made the comments about the moulded detail since the locos I’ve looked at already had tonnes of separately fitted detail, much of it far finer than the handrails/pipework would have been on here. So it’s been shown that it could have been possible. As for the cost, it’s very early days for TT, and I should get a better idea of what constitutes good value as more products get released! Cheers, Sam :)
@davidf2281
Жыл бұрын
Be cool if you could dim your room lights when you're showing loco/model lighting so we could see more of the effect at night time.
@paulsngaugechannel
Жыл бұрын
Good video, yes it’s very expensive, but even N gauge is almost as expensive as OO gauge. Hornby have a captive market, although they still have the established 3mm manufacturers. I think personally the TT:120 is a superb size and everything looks great. I think that highly detailed models in the size will be rare but do you need super detail, as mostly the models are viewed from a couple of metres. Super detail is only going to be seen if the model is static in a case. Ie collection collectors. Yes the lamp out of sync is a bit annoying , and hopefully Hornby has been advised. But they won’t be able to rectify the current ones, too expensive. Only way round it is to return the item and get money back. Especially as it’s from Hornby themselves. They will be aware quickly if a load of returns suddenly happen.
@nigelericogden3200
Жыл бұрын
Sonic’s Robinson A5 please Sam 🤞
@masteroogway9474
Жыл бұрын
Hello sam i am wondering if u will ever build a layout for your TT models or will they stay on that wooden board
@eneaauriti
Жыл бұрын
Those are corridor ends Sam for the end of the coach
@SamsTrains
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yes I guessed that's what they'd be for, thanks for confirming! Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@markiopolisp8799
Жыл бұрын
You know when doing vids with things with lights be nice to see how they operate in the dark also, shouldn’t be hard to film, but the whole points of lights it to illuminate the dark
@peterkitts8815
Жыл бұрын
I still can't believe Hornby got the curve radius' wrong. Such a fundamental mistake to make with so many opportunities to spot it before getting to the point of release.
@pauljenkins685
Жыл бұрын
It is correct, you havnt done enough research.
@modelfarmer6930premium
Жыл бұрын
Hi Sam. Are you going to model rail Scotland this weekend ?
@ethanserrsno
Жыл бұрын
Hi Sam are you going to unboxing and review on the other track or not.?
@robertlucido3686
Жыл бұрын
What kind of camera do you use for putting videos on KZitem
@briandesens144
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video Sam's trains
@SamsTrains
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot Brian! :D
@briandesens144
Жыл бұрын
@@SamsTrains you're welcome 😊
@peterkitts8815
Жыл бұрын
What's the advantage of TT vs N Scale? I decided many years ago that when I hopefully get to build a layout I would use N so I can fit more into what ever space I have available. I can't see a reason to use TT instead.
@SamsTrains
Жыл бұрын
I think if you’ve already established yourself in a scale, TT probably doesn’t have much to offer. The advantages of TT over N is that it’s slightly less fiddly, and there’s opportunity for more detail due to the extra scale!
@PaulSmith-pl7fo
Жыл бұрын
Hi Sam. You have mentioned more than once in your TT:120 videos that the Pullman coaches in The Scotsman train set are not light-enabled (I hear a rumour that later versions of this train set *will* have light-enabled coaches); I would be interested to hear whether the non-light-enabled coaches are easily converted to being light-enabled. I guess not with the unusual power pickup (I must stop writing comments before watching the end of the video!). Dapol (for example) make lightbars for coaches and I wonder whether this solution could be applied to the non-light-enabled train set coaches. I noticed when you put the coach on the track that one window had no table at all; was this the case with the real-life coach? With the body removed I noticed a large arrow; should this coach only be connected to the loco in one direction?
@survivingworldsteam
Жыл бұрын
I think the arrow indicates the circuit board should only be installed in one direction when mounting it to the chassis at the factory.
@PaulSmith-pl7fo
Жыл бұрын
@@survivingworldsteam Thanks, James
@lindaoffenbach
Жыл бұрын
Great value for money we thought Sam. Nifty pickup solution actually. We've seen that method before on YT channel 'Everard Junction' in form of DIY. It seems to be the most reliable and some drag isn't an issue. You don't want light weight coaches and wagons to be too free rolling anyway for best tracking / lesser chance of derailing by some bump in the track work. For us personally, TT is just too small but we certainly see its potential. Hopefully H get their act together on quality consistency which is not exactly their strongest point to say the least. They either rush new items through production (hence warping of plastics caused by not respecting curing times of injection moulding and by uncontrolled cooling processes), and if not, poor workmanship usually has been their track record, sadly. But this coach seems great value.
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