Date Added: 28-Aug-2003    Courtesy: Frank Scott
Telephone and electrical lines can be a problem to create on a layout. Here is a trick i came up with one afternoon. Get some 6lb fishing line from your local tackle shop , measure out the length you need to run a length of the line from one end of the telephone pole route to the other. add an extra 10% to this length. cut the line, take a black marker pen (felt tip) hold the fishing line in one hand and pull it between the felt tip and your thumb so as to literally mark the fishing line. do this until the line is black. leave it then sit it the sun for about 30 mins. a bright day is best for this stage. this will soften the line a bit. the next bit needs a bit of fishing knot know how. but here we go.. tie a knot in the line to attach it to the first telephone pole insulator. once its tied put a drop of CA glue over the line and insulator. at the next pole simply put a drop of ca on the insulator and position the line in the glue at the base of the insulator. this will hold it in place sufficiently to do about 3 - 5 feet in one go. for high tension type lines use a 10lb line. experiment with different sizes. dont forget to run lines to structures also , after all they have electricity too.. frank

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