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The Long Drag to Garsdale – Coal Road SAC Bridge 115.

Southern Fabricator

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With the Workers Railway Cottages virtually completed some of you may have noticed that the porch bargeboards are arranged differently from the previous trackside terrace cottages in as much as they are recessed under the roof tiles. I may return to make the remaining four cottages. This will depend on a possible diorama width decision and how well the landscape back scene can be devised to blend with the physical buildings.
A 3D composite may have to be devised somehow, but that would be sometime off!

 

Now for something completely different, a bridge!

 

OO scale Bridge SAC 115
Length between Piers = 130mm (170mm incl. Piers), Width outside of Piers = 100mm, Plate Girder length 126mm/side width = 20mm, Walkway width = 8mm, Parapet rail height = 14mm from 1.5mm square walkway side beam.

 

Having spent the last few days researching girder plate bridges and how other modellers looked at producing replicas, I reviewed my drawings from June 2016 before amending some measurements. I had concerns when I came across the size of the Wills SS57 plate girder panels that are 22mm x 24 mm. From using photo images I had worked out mine to be 20mm x 26mm, so why not use the 'Vari-Girder' Kit.

 

So as I don’t want to compromise on detail,( after all every piece of rolling stock produced today has, to a greater or lesser degree every effort to be as lifelike as possible for one’s investment) I’ll kit bash the bridge shortly.

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Black5

Your cottages are a work of art.

 

Superb modelling to achieve such a realistic result. Will continue watching your efforts with interest.

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Mikkel
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I've just been catching up with the cottages. They're superb, you don't need much else on the layout! :-)

 

Looking forward to seeing that kit bash of the bridge, sounds like it could be useful to many of us.

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Southern Fabricator

Hi Mikkel, I do need the complete Dandry Mire Viaduct & the over bridge towards Moorcock Tunnel at the North end to finish up the layout. Then maybe South along with Water Troughs and Rise Hill Tunnel. Sorry just kidding about South of the Station. Mostly the layout does involve the bridges, station and immediate buildings and use of a tranverser/loop at each tunnel end. However due to garage space limitations the layout will be broken into eight stack able portable modules and fully assembled in a long hall or on fine days my back yard! Still waiting on the Vari Girder kit at the moment.

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