Model Railroading > Reading Rain Gutters

I'd like to know what some modelers have used to simulate the rain gutters that were used on Reading diesels above the cab windows.  I was thinking of using small brass wire, but am interested in hearing what other modelers have used with good results.  Thank You...

Bend up a wire and glue it on simple as that..............

Some 0.010" wire or styrene rod works just fine.

Any tips on how to glue it down?  With ACC?  & how to keep the ACC from smearing?spreading on the roof of the cab...

Try spreading a bit of white glue onto the piece and then attaching it.  The white glue dries clear. I use it occasionally for such things, with good results.

Jim

I would put a drop of thin super glue on a piece of scrap plastic and dip a thin wire or needle into it to pick up a tiny drop to glue the gutter on.  One of the guys at work is a big fan of the curved X-Acto blade for doing the same thing.  The curve lets the glue wick in exactly where you want it.  Don't try to apply it directly from the bottle.

PHall Wrote:
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> Some 0.010" wire or styrene rod works just fine.

I agree. I've used thin styrene rod and Tenax...no blobs of superglue!

Dave

Setandcentered Wrote:
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> PHall Wrote:
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> > Some 0.010" wire or styrene rod works just
> fine.
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> I agree. I've used thin styrene rod and Tenax...no
> blobs of superglue!
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> Dave

Yep, scribe a groove in the roof. Apply liquid cement to styrene rod and apply.
No excess glue problems and ready for paint as soon as the glue sets up.

Can you bend styrene rod?

jburek Wrote:
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> Can you bend styrene rod?

If you work out regularly...

jburek Wrote:
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> Can you bend styrene rod?

Yes you can with some needle nose pliers. 
But if I were modeling the Reading rain gutters I would use two seperate pieces of rod.
 

    Also cut slightly longer than needed so the glue doesn't adhere the strips to the tweezers, apply, then trim to length.


pmack Wrote:
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> I would put a drop of thin super glue on a piece
> of scrap plastic and dip a thin wire or needle
> into it to pick up a tiny drop to glue the gutter
> on.  One of the guys at work is a big fan of the
> curved X-Acto blade for doing the same thing.
>  The curve lets the glue wick in exactly where
> you want it.  Don't try to apply it directly from
> the bottle.

Doug Wetherhold
Macungie, PA

On the prototype, what was the cross section of the rain gutter?  Were they L-shaped or round?  Does Evergreen make small enough angle-iron sections to match?

Sharper angle on the Alco's - more of a gradual bend on the EMD's for whatever reason.

Don't know what the cross section was - think it was more of an angle & not round.

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> On the prototype, what was the cross section of
> the rain gutter?  Were they L-shaped or round? 
> Does Evergreen make small enough angle-iron
> sections to match?

One inch or inch and a quarter angle iron.  http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2321181
If the link doesn't survive, pictures of GMTX 97 on rrpicturesarchives show this pretty clearly.

No one makes shapes this small - thus all the wire and rod suggestions.  You can slice your own 0.005" styrene and get a closer appearance than rod.  On edge this would be pretty fragile.  I would use Evergreen HO dimensioned 2x2. Or go with the 0.010 rod.