That's looking very nice Will. This will make an impressive entry to the yard. Thanks for posting he pictures and explaining the process you used. I think that the evergreen strips are great as time savers.... and you've put them to very good use here. I look forward to seeing the final result.

Rivets can be made from very thin styrene rod- shave bits off with sharp scalpel blade and stick with liquid poly. Boring but looks ok.

I believe you can get rivets as transfers! Check out one of Pugsleys posts/blogs - I can't remember what he was using them for - they were an American product I think?

However - even without the rivets it looks superb! Well worth the effort. You're making me look like a slacker - I keep putting off my road overbridge and now I'm thinking of the next layout I'm struggling with motivation. This has certainly helped Will, thanks for sharing!

Rivets can be obtained from Archer Transfers http://www.archertransfers.com/. Various sizes and pitches available and although they are in the states they will arrive in no time. When I ordered a sheet last I couldn't believe how quick it was - 3days/ No Tax.

The only thing I would recommend is using Microsol and Set on their application and once laid up use minimal handling until you are ready to paint.

They are defo worth the effort

Thanks for all the kind comments! I'm really glad I built it - a good return on the 4-6 hours spent so far. It was made a lot easier by knowing that I didn't have to make a second identical one

The problem with adding rivets now is that they have to fit onto 0.75mm wide strips - I'm not sure I could manage this with slices of rod, although the transfers might be a possibility. The site suggests they would fit, although it has the feel of a fiddly job. One option would be to add them to the road side where I have good photographic evidence (Google Street View) and they'd be easy to get to, although I imagine they'd be on the other side as well.

I strongly suspect I'll just chicken out and leave it though - the deadline looms, and all that

Looks great Will

Is the girder resting on brick though?

Cheers

Jim

Only temporarily! I've since cut a slice out of the balsa deck behind the girder so it can sit further back.

It's a good point though - I can't figure out what the girder/abutment interface is - it's about 1 pixel in the picture, and appears to be the same buff as the concrete/mortar used to finish the domed area on the central pillar. I certainly can't see any sign of expansion rollers or other hardware.