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HO Tank Car Stanchions

A reader asks others in the hobby for advice:

“I do a lot of scratch building of HO scale rolling stock. One of the problems that I have is finding eyepins for my old time tank cars. I use 60mm wire for the hand rails and I am looking for eyepins (for stanchions) that are about 1″ – 1 1/4″ long with a 62 or 63mm hole to accomadate the handrails.”

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3 Responses to HO Tank Car Stanchions

  • Anonymous says:

    you may be able to use some from a model boat supplier. check out a company called model-expo inc.

  • Anonymous says:

    62mm handrails in HO scale???

  • Paul Giske says:

    I used ACCO or Swingline mini staples to construct new stanchions for a couple of locomotive that were missing handrail parts. They can be trimmed, and bent into shape easily with a pair of needle-nosed pliers.

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