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 Posted - November 09 2007 : 4:55:26 PM
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I'm hoping to start working on my new layout soon. Its definitely up there on my "to-do" list. One of the things I'd like to have on it is overhead wires. I don't need the ones that actually carry power through them...just some for decoration. Anyone know of a company who makes some and where I could get them??
-cheez
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 Posted - November 09 2007 : 6:19:48 PM
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ni dacheez when i was a kid made my own using cotton thread that when fitted to home made gantrys was covered in dope (the type used for covering model aircraft with then all loose bits of thread trinned off when dry,a lot cheaper and just as effective ken
Edited by - catfordken on November 09 2007 6:20:38 PM
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Posted - November 09 2007 : 8:01:05 PM
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Marklin and Viessmann are the two better ones out there.
http://www.reynaulds.com/viessmann/v_ho_catenary.asp?item=lngNumericSort
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Posted - November 10 2007 : 4:56:13 PM
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Ok, I'm looking at the prices on the link Shaygetz gave me and...[B)]....$5 for one pole!?
Ken: Scratchbuilding seems to be the way to go. I tried making a couple poles last night and then stretching thread between them. Here's what I got:
I'll have to find a better way to get the "wire" on there, but right now I'm more interested in the poles.
I'm gonna change a couple things on the poles so they match some pics I found, but I think I got the basic idea. [:P]
Any thoughts? Ideas?
-cheez
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Posted - November 10 2007 : 10:22:10 PM
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quote:Ok, I'm looking at the prices on the link Shaygetz gave me and...[B)]....$5 for one pole!?
Any thoughts? Ideas?
-cheez
Originally posted by DaCheez - November 10 2007 : 8:56:13 PM
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What...you can't afford that?[;)] Your average copy of MR magazine treats us like that...sigh...use to not be that way.
Here is a How To for poles that might kick you in the right direction>>> http://www.2guyzandsumtrains.com/Content/pa=showpage/pid=29.html
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Posted - November 10 2007 : 10:38:45 PM
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Now that I could handle[:D] What is it using for poles...brass wires? I fooled around a little more with the ones I made. What I came up with was this:
I was trying to make it resemble this.
I guess I'll try makin some the way the "2guyz" do it, and see which i'm better at.
-cheez
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Posted - February 26 2008 : 01:28:09 AM
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quote:Ok, I'm looking at the prices on the link Shaygetz gave me and...[B)]....$5 for one pole!?
Ken: Scratchbuilding seems to be the way to go. I tried making a couple poles last night and then stretching thread between them. Here's what I got:
I'll have to find a better way to get the "wire" on there, but right now I'm more interested in the poles.
I'm gonna change a couple things on the poles so they match some pics I found, but I think I got the basic idea. [:P]
Any thoughts? Ideas?
-cheez
Originally posted by DaCheez - November 10 2007 : 8:56:13 PM
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nice gg1
What to do with a balloon, a needle, and ketchup: get ketchup all over yourself, pop the balloon, then yell "i've been shot!"
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Posted - February 26 2008 : 01:39:03 AM
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quote:Ok, I'm looking at the prices on the link Shaygetz gave me and...[B)]....$5 for one pole!?
Ken: Scratchbuilding seems to be the way to go. I tried making a couple poles last night and then stretching thread between them. Here's what I got:
I'll have to find a better way to get the "wire" on there, but right now I'm more interested in the poles.
I'm gonna change a couple things on the poles so they match some pics I found, but I think I got the basic idea. [:P]
Any thoughts? Ideas?
-cheez
Originally posted by DaCheez - November 10 2007 : 8:56:13 PM
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nice amtrak gg1!
What to do with a balloon, a needle, and ketchup: get ketchup all over yourself, pop the balloon, then yell "i've been shot!"
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Posted - February 26 2008 : 04:05:48 AM
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quote:| ...I'll have to find a better way to get the "wire" on there, but right now I'm more interested in the poles...Any thoughts? Ideas? |
Looks good! As for cheap, strong pole material, you might want to try wire coat hangers.
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Posted - February 26 2008 : 5:56:48 PM
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Wire coat hanger...thats not a bad idea[:p] I've kinda scrapped this idea though...for now atleast. I've got the track down, and I'm working on a mountain. After seeing how it looks so far, I think the poles would make the layout look kinda cramped. At some point though I plan to build a small layout with overhead, so when I do that I'll look into this a little more.
-cheez
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