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Years ago, friend of mine made those himself from a piece of standard solid telephone wire (24 or 26AWG?). Take a short piece and strip the insulation from one end. Bare wire is the thin (lower) side of the antenna. Then trim the insulated part of the wire to the height of the fatter end of the antenna. Presto, you now have a firecracker antenna. Paint it, drill a hole in the cab,and glue the stripped wire end in, leaving some of the stripped wire exposed. Easy and cheap, and you probably have all the needed supplies at home.
Using a small piece of the insulation on a nylon bristle from a hairbrush or toothbrush works even better than using the wire itself! If bent the bristle snaps back into place by itself.
Mark, do you have any whiskers to sell?