Gold Metal Industrial handrails 160-59

[spr1955]

Looking for any advice on installing the handrails to the grid walkways. I have a lot to put on, 42" worth.  These are so thin as compaired to their 160-34 industrial railings. I have all the grid walkways installed.

[spr1955]

So one solution, the distance between the grid and outside edge is right at one scale foot, so that would work to build up the outside edge to be at a right angle to the walkway and glue the railings along the outside as that is the only railing i am doing on this walkway.  Thoughts?

[Spades]

It's not practical but Gold Medal Models Atlas/Con Cor Jumbo Tank Car $28.00 set. It comes with handrails attached to the walk way,

[wazzou]

I would put the railing posts in the holes, set your heights with some styrene shim blocks and ACC the posts in the holes from beneath.

[spr1955]

So this is what I'm doing.  Using a pin vise with #79 drill to make holes in styrene then a jig to position the railing and then a disecting tool to apply a spec of CA to a few stantions at the grid.

[spr1955]

Railings completed, consitant height was an issue.

[spr1955]

Final notes, some of the etchings i got were etched longer than another batch.  The less etched batch was much easier to work with but I can't help anyone one identifying them, my best guess is the the older ones were etched more than the newer batches, for whatever its worth, they are not dated other than their original desisgn. It does make a big difference in the install process. I got 3 packs and two were thin and one thicker, thinking the newer was thicker. HTH

[mmagliaro]

I think after getting the railing set in place with CA, I would be very inclined to go back with solder and flux, and solder a bunch of the joints with a dot of solder.  It will be so much more sturdy than CA.  With flux, you can just touch the joint for an instant on thin railings like that and it will flow.

[nkalanaga]

But don't try to solder the ones you CA'ed!  Not only won't the solder stick, it also smells bad.