I posted the other day looking for bridge suggestions, Thanks for all the ideas. Heres what I’ve done so far.[:D]
What do you think, I’ll paint the piers to look like concrete.
Cheers, Ken
Crikeys Ken! That’s going to be one empressive bridge for some little loco to chug across!
Is it still going to be a straight lift out?
Trevor[8D]
Impressive. I love those big bridges and you have a good one.
Art
Ken,
How are you going to keep Brigette from pulling up on it? If I had that in my living room, Nathaniel would knock it down in a minute.
Why don’t you add a plywood base about 2 or 3 inches under the bridge pilings. Make it about 6-8 inches wide and and then scenic around the bridge with water. The bridge would still be supported from below, but it won’t look like it is so high above the water.
Fantastic!! It is going to look great when you add the loop of track around the living room[:D]
Ken, as you know from our previous discussion, I favour modeling a water course under the bridge, as Kevin has suggested. It should be very straightforward, and will lool very good once completed.
By the way, what you have done so far is top drawer. My compliments!
Yup I think I will model some water, I thought I’d make it a nice’n deep, start just under the plastic pier on the outside and go nearly to the bottom in the middle. And then fill in the sides. It will be as wide as the base. It looks neater for the Mrs too!!
I’m adding wheels at the far end cause it’s heavy already, and this end will have a gate attached to hook up with the desk.
Thanks for the compliments,[:D] I’ll keep you posted. Ken.
great looking model! Northlandz, a huge model layout you pay to see in Flemington NJ, has a model of the Firth of Forth bridge that’s 35 actual feet long made of balsa!! It would be nice if someone has a scan or pic of it to post![8D]
Golly! [:O] That’s going to be some gully!![:D][8D]
You bought that from some guy in Brooklyn, right?
Don’t mean to be one to throw a fly in the ointment, and the bridge depicted probably is too sturdy overall to have such a problem; however, I always have been told that railroads avoid suspension bridges like the plague – they wobble too much to impart the necessaery stability for railroad equipment.
Oh!! I’m not one for prototypicalnis (new word I just made up) anyway I just thought it is a cool bridge to bridge my living room problem.
My main worry is a 14 month old climber!!
Thanks for the thoughts.
Ken.
Not quite as deep as I planned, it’s 9.5 inchs, bottom of bridge to river bed. That makes the sides of the whole moveable bit 2’ from floor the wee one can’t climb it yet!!
Ken.
Most impressive, I must say!
i like that bridge NZRMac [tup] 0_o [wow]
Is it one of those made by Hornby NZRMac, it will look the biz[:P]
Steve, yeah it’s a Hornby, got it 2nd hand from a friend whos going N scale (European stuff). Going to paint it today so I’ll post a pic later.
Ken.
Very nice work…myself- with that size space I probably would have built the Hell Gate bridge in NYC, but I do understand the need for ruggedness, having a 2 y/o daughter…errr, make that a testy 2 y/o !!
I’m looking for deck bridges for my Perryville Maryland Susquehanna River bridge…the one on the NE Corridor…Miami Valley Products used to make them but havent seen an ad for them in MR in a few years…dunno if they’re still in business.
Keep up the good work!
That’s the Christchurch/Darwin Bridge, right?
Jeff, your layout looks cool, nice having a layout in the living room, I find it’s a bit too handy for baby duty sometimes.
Ken.
The bridge looks great.
I do believe the train bridge running by Conway Castle in Wales is a suspension bridge. So don’t worry about prototype.