Bend your own Durable Locomotive Handrails (Or repair/improve old ones)

[@arnaldocruz4058]

You just saved me from having to buy another dash 8-40cw. Thank you

[@modeltrain9500]

Awesome, glad to hear it!

[@DGModelworks]

Good stuff man. Thanks for sharing!

[@earlpoulsen5806]

Thank you!

[@tas7997]

Wonder if a white paint pen would work. I bought white paint pens at Walmart.

[@modeltrain9500]

Those might work alright. It would definitely be best to bend, sand, prime, then paint, then seal... but that take a while. This is the basics I guess.. A white paint pen or even white nail polish would probably get the job done.

[@tas7997]

@@modeltrain9500 I definitely want to try and make handrails. A project in the future.

[@chuckholsclaw6829]

Good video tutorial. I don't like the plastic either, they're not good, always breaking, I have models that need handrails, so I guess I'm gonna give it a go ! Chuck

[@modeltrain9500]

I wish I would have tried this years ago after breaking so many athearn rails. Intermountains rails were pretty fragile for a while too, something about the plastic made them look stiffer, but also more prone to breaking.

[@stanleym2679]

What name and type of glue do you use

[@modeltrain9500]

Depends what I'm gluing, but usually testors plastic cement is my go to. If you are gluing lenses, I would use a clear canopy glue meant for modeling "glass" objects. For these handrails, I didnt glue then, just friction fit.

[@randysrockandrollrailroad8207]

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