Weekend Update 11-2-2008

[Chris333]

My very first T-gauge knocked on my door today.


That is N, Z, and T!

Man, can you believe these are powered?

[up1950s]

Geez Chris that sooooo small . If they can make T powered , why can't they use the same diameter wheels in N scale with the T drives for N scale MOW yellow things , and Rail Busses .

[DKS]

My very first T-gauge knocked on my door today.
Man, can you believe these are powered?

Welcome to the wonderful world of T. Kinda scary, isn't it? (but in a good way)

[wm3798]

Or power an N scale 4-6-0... :

Lee

[DKS]

Geez Chris that sooooo small . If they can make T powered , why can't they use the same diameter wheels in N scale with the T drives for N scale MOW yellow things , and Rail Busses .

Not to be too practical or anything, but the drive is 3/4 the length of the car. So maybe a railbus, but those "MOW yellow things" would need a from-scratch drive; the only thing you could use from the T scale car would be the wheels.

Hmmm... [wanders off rubbing chin thoughtfully]

Or power an N scale 4-6-0...

"Power" is the operative word, here. T scale cars have just enough power to drag themselves and one other car around...

[up1950s]

Can those wheels be had separately , sure would beat the un-true in every axes blobs of white metal things that we N scalers use for itty bitty MOW stuff ?

[Chris333]

Someone on David's T forum just mentioned they can buy truck separately, but I have no idea where to get parts.

It would be really hard to get these spaced out to N gauge. They are set up like Kato style pickups with a split axle and a plastic tube in-between.

[Chris333]

The plastic spacer is only ~.085" long!




That is a MT truck pin!

[up1950s]

I just desire the wheel or wheel axle . I intend to re-space them and use them as unpowered MOW wheel sets . The sideframes and gears , even the spacers are of no use for my wants . I would buy some entire truck assemblies if the price was right though . I wonder if I could just find 2 or 3 washers to sandwich together to make small MOW wheels .

[DKS]

I just desire the wheel or wheel axle . I intend to re-space them and use them as unpowered MOW wheel sets . The sideframes and gears , even the spacers are of no use for my wants . I would buy some entire truck assemblies if the price was right though .

You'd do well to buy as many extras as you can, as the QC on these parts is pretty poor. Some wheels actually don't even turn, and just get dragged along the track; others are on the verge of falling out of the trucks. Amazing, really, that these toys run at all.

[wm3798]

And micro Rapido couplers, no less!
Lee

[DKS]

And micro Rapido couplers, no less!

They recently introduced an alternative to the Rapidos for folks having too much trouble with them--they're hook-and-loop.

[Zox]

They recently introduced an alternative to the Rapidos for folks having too much trouble with them--they're hook-and-loop.

"Hook-and-loop" as in tiny Baker-style coupler, or as in Velcro?

[DKS]

They recently introduced an alternative to the Rapidos for folks having too much trouble with them--they're hook-and-loop.

"Hook-and-loop" as in tiny Baker-style coupler, or as in Velcro?

More the former than the latter, but really a style all its own. They are "polar" in that, once they're installed, the cars cannot be turned end for end. One "coupler" has a flat plate with a vertical pin sticking up; the other has flat plate with a hole.