My first post here so hopefully this works correctly. I am trying to detail a couple F7’s like the photo below. I am having some issues finding detail parts. The biggest thing is the roof railing that is shown here. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5016694
Hello and [#welcome]
Those “railings” are part of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Train-Phone induction communications system. Cal Scale, now part of Bowser at one time sold brass stanchions for these.
I’ve installed some on Alco FA locos but my F7 and FP7s already came with them installed.
PRR_AF16-9616a by Edmund, on Flickr
They can be found here, plus much more!
https://www.bowser-trains.com/history/hocalscalediesel.html
PRR_1953progress by Edmund, on Flickr
Regards, Ed
Hello and hank you for the info yes I actually discovered they are antennas right after I hit send. Searched for hours for “railings” which brought up nothing then found this thing called an antenna and realized wait thats what I am looking for so I stumbled upon it actually. It really helps when you are searching for the right thing. I do appreciate the source and actually that photo helps show the detail I was looking for of the end so thanks a lot.
I May have further questions as I go down this path of perfecting my PRR F7’s
Thank you very much. This was very helpful. I learned today they were Antennas and not handrails. Thanks for the info.
Any idea on a way to do custom numbers for the lightboards?
Bowser (Cal-Scale) has those antenna kits. along with a lot of other details, as shown in their parts catalogue.
I cannot say enough good things about Bowser and their staff. Their support is outstanding and their staff is always helpful and polite.
Wayne
Bowser/Cal-Scale has an F unit detail set https://www.bowser-trains.com/history/hocalscalefftunits.html
190-402 is the Antenna support set for an F unit.
Microscale offers several sets of numberboard decals:
I lay the engine on its side with the numberboard parallel to the floor and dab a little canopy cement over the DRY decal which gives the appearance of glass.
Then do the other one. The canopy cement can be a little runny so you want to keep it level as it sets.
Good luck, Ed