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Empire Basin - Building bridges - part 2

Fen End Pit

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An evening with Scalescene's paper and card on Friday has resulted in the road bridge being basically complete. A mistake on my part mean that I had to do quite a bit of re-work as I'd not left quite enough room for the bridge to fit against the viaduct wall. Not quite sure how I screwed that up but there you go. The gab between the buttress and the wall which is very noticeable in the photograph will close up when I get the bits stuck in their final positions.

 

To the right of the road going under the bridge there is going to be a wall with an entrance way into the low level coal yard. To the left will be the ground level buildings for the station.

 

As you'll all notice the Claud is still missing its smokebox door number but is still heading up a parcels train!

 

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David

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Can I ask what size card as in thickness did you use? IE I guess this is a fairly sturdy structure? Cheers

 

The main bits are 2mm 'brown' card from a art shop. The internals of the arch were 1mm Daler board which bent quite well when it was scored. My friends did wonder when I resorted to a set of bending bars to bend the card into the tightest corners of the arch. The trackbed is 6mm MDF sitting up on a load of 12mm MDF risers. Good thing it isn't a portable layout!

 

David

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