[KODIAK BEAR]

1. does anyone know where i can get loco lamps for steam engines please ?

2. also, how would you mount them to loco's ? glue ? bluetack ? etc

3. do any of you with layouts put telegraph poles on it and put the wires on ? only ask as 98% of layouts i have seen in magazines etc do not have telegraph poles or wires.
to make a layout look great, i think its brill that people weather their track, loco's, coaches, etc etc but do not put poles on the layout. i wonder if modellers think that in the steam days etc they had mobile phones to communicate with each other or all signalmen had to have ESP ????

 

[KODIAK BEAR]

Hi all and sorry for the delay in thanking you all. Been a busy chappy.

right, sounds great the head and tail lamps that light up but i would hate to try and wire them up and melt the body work by accident ! so, i think just bog standard ones will do for me.

as for the telegraph lines, has anyone tried putting 2 in polystyrene and using cotton thread and using your missus's hairspray to make them stiffen like wire ?

just an idea and yes i understand that poles and wires may not be to all modellers liking but it does add some realisam to the layout.