Adding handrails to GP7

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Has anyone else used these kits and have any advice? I also want to make them quite sturdy as my 7-year-old son occasionally handles my trains.

Thanks in advance,
Rob

I LOVE smokey valley handrail kits. if you don't like them send them to me.

The problem with those kits though, is for some reason they don't give you a solid handrail, they give you two pieces and then you cut them to fit, preferably at a stanchion. I usually just take some .020 brass wire and bend the handrail myself, which isn't to hard, and you can use the existing handrails to make sure its right.

all you have to do is put the SMALLEST droplet of CA on the hooked tip of the stanchion, and hold the wire in it. that will hold it all together very well and without looking messy.

I used them on my C32-8 and my GP15-1. I hope to find more kits for future projects, but they are hard to find.