Who am I?

 That’s a fair question. Most of you know me and my never ending series of model railway blogs that detail all my projects and schemes. For those of you coming in from the TT world. Here’s a few short words of introduction.

I’m Ian. I’m an ex-pat Brit who has lived in the USA for almost 25 years. I am the editor of The Micro Model Railway Dispatch and Co-host of Cartel Conversations The Micro Model Railroad podcast. So you can guess that my interests lie in designing, building and operating smaller model railway layouts. 

That’s why I’m excited by TT:120. In his interview at the release of the Hornby range, Simon Kohler the Marketing and Development Director at Hornby made multiple mentions of the space saving qualities of TT. Now, the layout that was sat behind them during the interview video was larger than the four square foot limit of Micro Layouts, but Simon also talked about end to end layouts on window sills. That’s when my ears really pricked up. A nice terminus to fiddle yard layout in your window. Super! 

Micro layout builders such as myself often build layouts in cabinets and boxes for ease of storage. These can be left on bookshelves, making an attractive addition to a room. So TT:120 really has a lot to offer for the world of Micro Layouts. As a serial Micro Layout builder, I have several projects on the go at one time, and work on them as inspiration and time constraints allow. I'm currently refurbishing an old IKEA APA box layout ready for Trainfest in Milwaukee in November. After that I have a 16mm scale micro layout to work on ready for a show in St Cloud, MN next year. After that. Who knows?