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Makes sense - that first type is the one I saw online.

Coming along nicely, Steve. What are you going to use as wires?

Glencairn

Fine green thread looks good.

Undecided on wires. Lots of board joints on my layout will make that problematic. If I do it I will look at EZline which I think is slightly elastic.
Time will tell.

Imagine how fine the wire should need to be to look right.

A 'good' haberdashery will have very fine thread.

Glencairn

As I said, EZline would most likely be my choice - the fine is 0.01” and is elastic to avoid sag and won’t break if you knock it.
But the issue would be taking the wires across board joints - the poles will be about 40cms apart and where they cross a joint there would have to be a 40cms gap in the wires - not ideal. Probably best to leave all the wires off.

I agree. A friend of mine rigged his poles with cotton. One day he caught his sleeve on the cotton and destroyed just about every pole. You could however have a 40cm gap and have a gang of workers preparing to hang new wires. Vehicles, cable drums etc. Could look quite good.

That could indeed look quite effective Brian - I would need four gangs!

I think I read somewhere that someone had doubled up the poles either side of the joint, standing them back to back at the board edges. They claimed that the eye was ‘tricked’ into ignoring one of the poles.
I remain to be convinced.

Brian, another question, sorry, if phone lines are going over a bridge or crossing a railway line, would the cables be put underground or hung from the bridge.

You could have an 'A' pole, very sturdy. One pole upright with another leaning against like a capital A. A long rod bolting them together about halfway down.