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| Author: | winced36 [ Mon Feb 15, 2016 9:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | In the Right-of-Way |
Here's a small junction box I made from some wood scraps, cardboard from a cereal box, a couple of nails, two repro insulators from George Tebolt, and a bit of paint and glue:    Will use this as the end-point for the lines running along my power poles. Paul II |
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| Author: | Howard [ Tue Feb 16, 2016 8:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: In the Right-of-Way |
yep!...this is the way thing were done back before the "buy, buy, buy syndrome" set in...we made things we wanted and needed...the insulators are really neat...the decal as well... i have a small project that i will post soon...i think you'll find it interesting...somewhat related to "power"...i just have to find the images... my very best regards...howard... |
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| Author: | winced36 [ Tue Feb 16, 2016 7:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: In the Right-of-Way |
One thing to note...the "decal" is just a High-Voltage warning sign I found while googling, shrunk it down using MS Paint, cut it out and glued it on. I gave the whole thing an overspray of clear semi-gloss. Somewhere around here I have a plan for a small phone-box that many of the railways would have along the right-of-way. I need to find that and make one of those as well. I seem to remember it used a wire that dropped down from a nearby telegraph pole. It should be an easy little project. |
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| Author: | paulrace [ Thu Feb 18, 2016 8:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: In the Right-of-Way |
Nice little project, Paul. Thanks for posting. |
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| Author: | winced36 [ Mon Oct 10, 2022 3:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: In the Right-of-Way |
So it's been six years and I'm finally getting around to using this box for what I originally intended - the terminus for some electric lines running down the mainline into the tunnel at Heat-Pump Pass. Here's a few photos after we wrapped up the job:   We used Stretch Magic bead and jewelry cord for the "wire", figuring that will give a little if confronted by an arm-swinging overly-exuberant layout visitor. I'm not so concerned about the wire breaking, just don't want the tinplate poles damaged or broken. It looks pretty good at the right angle; otherwise, it kinda blends in. |
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| Author: | javinda [ Sat Oct 15, 2022 3:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: In the Right-of-Way |
The level of realism and detail is quite amazing! |
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