Preparing and fitting our OO gauge modern cable troughs

Having cut all the straight sections from the fret the next thing to do is clean them up with a needle file. This is just to remove the burr where the pieces were attached to the fret.

With that done, we suggest fixing them to a suitable piece of wood with double sided tape, to make spray painting easier. Spray painting will give a superior finish and retain the etched section lines. Off course you can always use your own preferred method of painting instead.

If sections do need to be shortened this is easily done with a razor saw.

Once prepared, the sections of cable trough can be fixed into place on your layout with an application of PVA glue.