Wanting to try making hard lines for the first time. Any tips?

[Monty]

I've seen some modelers use beading wire to create brake lines that run along the undercarriage, but I wasn't able to determine how they were anchoring them.  I'd like the outcome to be  prototypically correct, within reason.  

Pics would be great if ya got 'em.

[Ace-Garageguy]

How hard lines are "anchored" depends on the line, its diameter, its length, and what it's being used for.

Large diameter but short oil and fuel hard lines, AN-8 or AN-10 for example, are often only anchored to the chassis or engine where they go into soft lines, or through a panel or bulkhead. Specific "bulkhead" fittings accomplish this, capturing a bulkhead or bracket with an additional nut (shown below).

Brackets to mount these fittings only need be simple metal tabs with a hole for the fitting, welded or bolted to the vehicle or engine.

Long tubing runs are typically anchored every couple of feet, using a wide variety of brackets, clamps, and clips.

Lotsa modelers represent fuel and brake line clips and clamps with appropriately sized strips of BMF.

This is a very popular design, below, available in any diameter for any kind of line, and available as single or double (shown).

There are many other types of line clamps and clips, but most would be difficult to model, particularly in smaller scales. Click link below.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=brake+line+clamps&t=chromentp&atb=v226-1&iax=images&ia=images

 

Edited April 20, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy
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