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4. Major Road Delays and Train Cancellation Expected - Part 3.


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For continuity i have kept the title of this section of the blog the same as Part 1 and 2 of the Road Bridge build.

Anyone wishing to view these can do so HERE

 

I would never have thought that it would take me this long to complete this project but it has !

I guess that the loss of our old club building to acquiring the new premises did not help much.

As Richard Stevens (Club Member) said " Its not the fiinshing but the journey that matters" how true he is :D

 

Last week i finally planted the Road Bridge on Eridge for the final time and it now resides as part of the scenery.

 

Having re-read those entries its clear that much changed during that build. The original structure was built from styrene sheeting and the warp effect took its toll over a relatively short time so that version was sent to the scrap heap!

 

The new version will not warp. Each of the 4 bridge pillars are made up of numerous layers of laser cut MDF clad in platikard brick sheeting. The Up and Down Mainline Pillars and the Down Bay incorporate the drop in  which is on the original bridge structure quite noticeable if viewed from the northern and southern side of the bridge. During this transition the exposed steel beams change to arched brick recesses as pictured below.

 

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I wanted to keep this feature on the new version , although never seen by the general public, i believe that when a photo is taken looking through the bridge this will be clearly evidient and so worthy of the effort needed to model it.

The original plastikard bridge used styrene homemade "I" Beams to replicate this, on the new version these are brass. The reason for this is the pillars will be permanently fixed to the board (bolted down ust in case the track needs

major repairs) so the roof of the bridge structure is now removeable for minor repairs. These brass "I" Beams are mounted on PCB Board and the arched brickwork then formed onto the "I" Beams.

 

Unfortunately  it appears no photos of the build process were taken (note to self).

 

EDIT: Found Them :D Pictures Inserted

 

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The curved butress walls were 3D printed on my Elegoo Mars and then the brick cladding appled.

 

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Brick Cladding was applied to all faces of the bridge and curved walls before colouring them.

 

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On that note Thanks to RexAshton (of this manor) for the advice on using Watercolour pencils to colour the brickwork without which this structure still would not be finished. i love this technique

 

Before ruining it 

 

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After Weathering

 

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The Almost Finished Article.

 

Brighton Side

 

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London Side

 

 

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I'll add a photo view showing through the bridge later

 

 

 

 

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Oh, and is there any more on the technique for using watercolour pencils, please? (or should it be 'Watercolour', with a capital 'W?')

 

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