Australian TT 120 Model Trains

 So What is TT Scale?

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TT is very much the forgotten scale in model trains in Australia.

This is a great shame as it is very popular in Eastern Europe to a scale of  1:120

It has a small following in the USA and in the UK the 3mm Society has promoted TT to a slightly larger scale of 1:100.

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Hornby has now burst onto the Uk market with TT120 to match the Europen scene 

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So why an Australian site when nothing is available. Like all stories about the history of model trains, the answer is convoluted. See the section About Us for more detail. 

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So what is proposed for the Australian scene ? we are proposing that we move in the direction of 1:120 scale for the following reasons. Most Australian modelling is to 1:87 so to move to the British 1:100 has very little advantage in the size of layout and trains.

As you will see the 1:120 scale allows the use of commercial components readily available in N scale and European  TT models.  We also are not proposing fine-scale but work on the principle "If it looks right it is right"

 

We don't want modellers  to have a  slavish adherence to exact scaling of every aspect of their model as this leads to frustration and giving up. This scale will be mostly a scratch builders scale so let's have fun.

 

Rivet counters please pass over this site it's not for you.   

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Standard Gauge Trains on 4' 8 1/2 " at 1:120  track gauge is close to 12mm (11.95 to be precise) this is available through both Peco and Tillig 

Narrow-Gauge Trains on 3'6"  at 1:120  track gauge is close to 9 mm (8.8 mm to be precise) this can use ordinary N gauge or the new Peco mainline 009 track 

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