Catenary Pole

[serenityFan]

I am starting to think about catenary poles, I'm sure there was a thread on poles somewhere around here but I can't find it. 

 

Does anyone have any input on these:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Single-Track-Catenary-Pole-Greenmax-No-78-1-150-scale_W0QQitemZ360125257593QQihZ023QQcategoryZ19127QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1713.m153.l1262

 

 

cheers,

 

Andy

[Bernard]

Andy - you are the first to post about catenary poles, so you won't find any references at the forum, so let the discussions begin.

[Martijn Meerts]

Since none of the pantographs are functional and therefor the catenary doesn't have to be functional, I'd say go with poles that look good to you ;)

[alpineaustralia]

I recal that there was a post a while ago about how far they should be spaced apart.

[Guest ___]

The spacing thread was me, asking when I was making the T-Trak module, last fall. There was no real definitive answer to that.

 

I'm using the Kato poles sicne it mounts kinda well on the Kato track. I will admit I would expect the Greenmax to come looking the smae dull gray way. TomyTec makes some pre-painted that I suspect would look a bit more... realistic than the GM or Katro.

[serenityFan]

Problem is, I don't know what looks good until I get them installed ...  ;D

 

Guess I just have to try them out. The greenmax ones look more like a wooden pole, while kato ones look like ... I don't know, what are those pole made of, steel pole? Would wooden pole look out of place in a modern urban setting?

[Martijn Meerts]

You can make the greenmax ones look however you want, they're not painted. That image where they look like wooden poles is just an example =)

[Guest ___]

Poles are cheap enough that you can buy a few packs of each and try them all out too.