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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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you may be able to use some from a model boat supplier. check out a company called model-expo inc.
62mm handrails in HO scale???
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.