British TT
| British TT, TT3 or 3mm Scale
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| Scale per foot: | 3mm |
| Scale ratio: | 1:101.6 |
| Gauge: | 12 mm (0.472 in) 13.5 mm (0.531 in) 14.2 mm (0.559 in) |
| Prototype Gauge: | Standard gauge |
British TT is 3 mm scale; that is, 1:101.6. The "Three Millimetre Society" is a British-based society which caters for railway modellers of 3 mm scale. This society was formed in 1965, eight years after Tri-ang Railways, a British railway manufacturer introduced model locomotives and rolling stock, in what was then a new model railway scale in Britain, known as 'TT' or 'TT3' in 1957. The aims of the society are to encourage modellers working in this scale and it produces a quarterly magazine and assists with the production of locomotive and rolling stock kits, components and the supply of secondhand items/spares.
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