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Empire Basin - hindsight is a wonderful thing


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One of the joys of this hobby is when you realize that you have done something which with hindsight was probably wrong! I had originally planned to make the fronts of the viaduct part of a jigsaw board which would contain the lower level yard. However this would have made if difficult to deal with the bridge section and was also causing problems with the way in which the baseboard sections of the main line were going together.

 

The viaduct sections were also not quite a multiple of the length between the sections of baseboard so I've needed to add an extra section of buttress in to give the extra couple of centimeters. Finally I've been able to fit a curved section of ply into the inside of the bridge and cover it with brick paper to suit.

 

I'm quite pleased that I've actually motivated myself back onto scenery after building the Claud.

 

David

 

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The viaduct and plate girder section look just fine and I think it would be hard to spot that the buttress is in fact a solution to a slight short fall in length (if you hadn't mentioned it in the text).

 

I've never really been a fan of brick paper in any scale above 2mm but to be honest I cant fault the look of viaduct at all.

 

Very nice work and I look forward to viewing progress.

It gives a very impressive back drop to your excellent rolling stock construction skills.

 

Iain Mac.

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