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The 'Midhurst' Commission. The Bridge


scanman

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Midhurst LBSCR was the first station in the town - but not for long. The LSWR soon followed suit and it made sense
to link the two traffic-wise. So a short connecting spur was laid between the two, passing over a local lane on a
plate girder bridge. This forms one end of the layout under construction so effectively becomes a headshunt.

 

The commission required a bit of 'recycling' as the client had in hand an old 'Airfix' turntable which could provide
the sides.

 

A quick plan as drawn up, the required sides assembled then shortened to fit the site. It's a very short bridge but
did require some intermediate supporting steels..

 

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Further support was added to support the sleepering -

 

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Then it was off to the paintshop for a quick spray with matt black, a dust-over with ground oil pastels, and a fixing
spray with Testors 'Dullcote' -

 

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The lane has quite a fall on it,and the sides were battered with 'engineers brick' - so thats th next elemnt!

 

A good days work?

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It looks good to me.  Very useful to see your methods of construction and read about your painting and weathering techniques.  Thanks. 

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