N Scale Woodland Scenics Utility Pole System Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- A product review and how-to install the Woodland Scenics Utility Pole system. Some highlights and some "low lights" of the product and some unintended dark humor. Also a quick foreshadowing of some upcoming projects.
When I do rigging on my model ships, I would tie nut or bolt to the excess thread. You use the weight of the bolt to keep it straight and then drop glue and walk away till the next day.
Amazing Amazing Amazing can you tell me where you got your buildings,street,guardrail etc etc you are the Goat 🐐 my brotha Novice n scale layout enthusiasts asking for assistance captain
well, i go to a couple local hobby shops - there's a great N-scale hobby shop in Millvale, PA that I like to go to and a lot of my buildings come from there. Walthers is another good place to order if you want to do online - they're a bit pricey but they have a LOT of stuff. The other place i order from is modeltrainstuff.com. Their selection has been a little lame in N-scale recently but i think that's a credit to the whole world being jacked up and not them.
I'm surprised the thread is not elastic as I've heard about elsewhere. The simulated wire would be taught then, rather than sag realistically, but I think it would be a better appearance.
I don't know what the proper material would be... but thread is a little less than i expected. i've seen the elastic on HO scale layouts and it looks decent, but like you said, no sag and that's a giveaway.
Thank you so much for sharing. I can see 16 feet will be a little over $160. And thank you. My side is hurting from the big laugh I got out of connecting the two kits together. I truly enjoyed this. Keep up the good work. LOL
LOL! Damn those things had me mad. Funny now, of course.
@@AlleghenyNorthern I'm still laughing. I was so tickled that I am not the only one who does that. LOL
Brings the whole scene together in my opinion,almost like the real deal with perspective low angles thanks for sharing your quality content 👍
They look nice but are $$$. What looks great. Bob
Yeah, the price point is not fantastic. it's a nice look, i'm still 50/50 on it.
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Looks nice, but people confuse utility poles, which these are, with the code line poles that once followed the tracks, and was once an integral part of railroad signalling. Since no modern railroads use these code line poles any longer, model manufacturers do not make an accurate representation of code line poles for N scale. It's bad for people like myself who still model the 1970's era.
Sweet review - I wonder if there is a way to iron out the threads a little more. If so, I'd be happy with their product.
I've gotten a little better skilled at installing and subsequent sets did straighten out a bit better. a small amount of glue on the cross bucks to hold the wires tight solve the problem.
I hand make tel poles for all scales, wood, styrene and aluminum. Depending on the proto pole being modeled.
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A lot of detail. Didn’t know there were kits for wiring to buildings. And I have seen those guy wires, and they usually have a section of metal covering, maybe about 3 or 4 ft long, placed just above the yellow painted part of cable, perhaps to warn pedestrians from walking into the wire.
the funny thing is, and it is funny; i've seen people walk into them. bright yellow and all. that's when it's time to put the phone down and watch where ya' walk!
From all I have seen, they still suffer from the problem of using thread for the wires - the wires just do not hang as the real wires do. The thread tends to keep the twists as it has been held on the spool, and thus you get wires that go up in the middle of a span, and some that go down, so it looks like wires could touch easily, and just not prototypical. I assume that you could put more tension on the wires, but then you run into the problem of keeping the ends attached to the end pole, or to the next section, or pulling the end pole out of alignment.
When I first saw these, I wondered whether they were actual wire, like the thin wire that some of the lighting kits have, and thus could act as real carriers of the power to the street lights. But obviously not and thus these will not make it onto my shopping list.
it's definitely a threaded material and yes - i was fighting the thread look, where it does things that real wires don't. I would think they could have been better served with an elastic material. on the flip side, the poles, transformers, meters, and conduits are well done and the wire almost vanishes from view in most shots so there's that to consider. The price is a bit much - but the 'wires' are a little disappointing.
Yes and no -the thread takes how long to settle down ?? Thing is -this is a good idea -BUT -and it is a big but -cost -to do any amount of distance is gonna be exhorbitant-you can buy thread at 1/4 price and look just as good ! Thing is the hobby -these manufacturers are charging what they want-thinking were gonna pay anything -but it's getting out of hand -and the younger ones cant afford that-and it's going to end up binned!! Either change you ideas or go out of business-your choice ???
the price point is definitely steep - especially if you're trying to retrofit a larger layout. It's a nice gimmick but you're right - it's just black thread for the most part and you can do that with a roll of black thread. the only advantage is the nice painted poles, meters, and transformers - but you technically could make the same from other poles. the verdict is definitely still out on these.
Ehhhm, I'm not sold on them yet. Granted the poles, transformers, stacks and meters look good. The wiring is quite honestly ugly. I'm not faulting you or the installation but the product itself. I feel woodland scenics could have found a better choice of material and color for the wires. Thank you for the review and installation tips.
i have to agree - it's really still thread and it has the limitation of thread. i would have thought a more elastic product might have resulted in a better look.
@@AlleghenyNorthern I prefer EZ line which is intended for this as well as model ship rigging. While it still needs to be glued, the elastic nature of EZ line thread makes things a bit easier to glue since you can hold it in tension as the CA sets on each insulator. As a tip I also suggest using a thinner CA and applying it with a toothpick, with the thinner glue it immediately gets absorbed by the wire and sets in about 2-5 seconds. But uh, yeah painting the poles does take a good chunk of time.
@@dexecuter18 thanks for the tip. i have been installing these woodland scenics poles and i'll be honest, i've really soured on them. i hate them. you can't join kits easily and they legit are just thread that doesn't always look realistic if it kinks. would not recommend unless you only need a kit or two. i might keep using the weather head and meter sets, but i'm done with the lines. i'll have to check out these EZ lines.
Looks Realistic
I like them, but see how it can be a PIA when connecting 2 sets. What if you put a little glue on the wires where they go through the holes on the pole before the connection so the wires aren’t pulling?
so i think the solution is going to be i'm going to join the kits at the work bench laying down and then move them to where they're going to get installed. i see them dropping, tangling, and just making a freakin' mess though. I'll definitely have a part two when i try it this weekend!
@@AlleghenyNorthern I’m looking forward to seeing the end result!!!