Bristol Barrow Road - Days Road Bridge
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Having added the single slip and extended the sidings onto the Days Road board I decide to do some work on the bridge itself. First task was to modify the parapet by removing the 'indents' and straightening the brickwork.
The bridge structure was fixed onto pieces of 6mm ply to form a base to set into the foam on the baseboard top.
The structure was given a coat of Halfords red oxide primer before the brickwork was detailed and weathered prior to a final blend coat of Humbrol Matt tan no 62. Smoke stains and additional weathering were added.
The road and pavement were cut to shape from card with the gutter formed from plasticard sheet. The gutter was laid into a channel cut into the card so that the surfaces were level. Curbstones are from 1mm x 1.5mm plastruct strip cut into 8mm lengths and glued to the gutter plastic.
The extension to the road way curves at the end of the bridge itself and has a downhill gradient. The supports for this were made from a box of 6mm ply and glued to the base support.
Pieces of 2m mdf have been shaped and attached to form the support for the stone walling along the edge of Days Road. I intend to add Faller random stone embossed card when my order arrives - assuming it is suitable.
The land infill is cut from a sheet of 50mm Celotex insulation and cut to shape - photos were used as a guide.
The surface of the Celotex was given a thin coat of PVA before a layer of coloured coving adhesive was laid over the surface. I used the powdered version adding water and liquid poster paint to give a grey colouring.
The buffers at the end of the 4 sidings are made from old sleepers. I used ply sleeper strip to make these by laminating cut pieces to form the buffer stops. The siding nearest the main line had a replacement buffer positioned in front of the old sleeper stop which was at the base of the bridge abutment.
And a coat of cauldron jacobean wood dye...
Just for you Mike......
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