I've made the first jump into the world of electrification with the purchase of a Bachmann HHP-8 Amtrak Acela engine. I purchased the Kato Nscale Catenary Poles and placed them to match several pictures of real-world Amtrak lines (as best as I could at least). My question is, what to you guys use for power wires that connect to the catenary poles? I'd like to use the HHP-8's pantograph (for show - not to carry power) in the elevated position making contact with "wires". I've thought about the E-Z Line, or waxed thread, even fishing line...then I thought I'd better ask for some expert advice. Do you also try to replicate the multiple wire assemblies that catenary poles carry too? It would seem very hard to recreate the multiple lines the pantograph travels under and touches. I've tried using black thread for telephone/electric power poles but don't like the amount of dust that collects in the thread fiber that is noticed in close up photography. I could still use the black thread for the catenary poles but I thought maybe there's a better way.
Thanks.
Thanks.