class"66" Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share Posted April 15, 2016 That looks great Peter!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stannyblade Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 How do you do the brickwork round the arches? Wanting to just use brickpapers. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben pez Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Another scratch built bridge ive done for the layout Cheers Ben Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted June 5, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 5, 2016 Another scratch built bridge ive done for the layout Cheers Ben Nice to see a girder bridge done properly with the girders sitting on the abutment shelf. You see too many with floating girders! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trains12 Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Hi All Thanks for your comments. I tried over the last week to do some modelling, the first since last April and have now put most of the side beams onto the contol cabin. It has taken for to long with having to take items of and then redo them. Also now found that I cannot hold the camera steady. The only good news is that work has started on the cutting down of some trees to make way for the new railway shed 40ft by 15ft it is hoped which will make way for a new home for Glen Gillie and Bridge of Muir, so I will be able to at least play trains if I can't make them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilchris Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Here is a pic of the scratch built road bridge on my N-Gauge layout East Lancashire lines. It has been painted maroon since this pic was taken. It is made out of styrene sheet It is also on a board joint and the deck lifts off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 Nice looking bridge here lilchris. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trains12 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Hi All I have been trying to do some modelling this last few weeks as my hands are a little more steady. Anyway here are a few shots of the new bridge showing the inside of the cabin and some workon the other spans. If anyone is intrested I am at the Colwyn Bay show this week end with aload of my models and hopefuly doing some more work on the bridge. Be nice to see you there. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 More top work here Peter.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trains12 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Hi All Well here are a few shots of the work that I did at the show this last weekend. I am still a little shaky but a lot better that I was a month or so ago and this is reflected in the standard of the workmanship. Will post a few more in the next few days. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trains12 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Hi All Well here are a few more shots of the work done so far on the bridge. I feel as if I am taking over this thread with this build so I am thinking of moving it to my workbench thread but I would like some feed back from the members over this. In the mean time many thanks to those that have said they like it and the workman ship eg. Neil and Alan Downes. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Hi Peter. This is a masterpiece in the making so ther's no question of you taking over the thread. It is, after all, a thread dedicated to scratch building and this is scratch building at its very best. Cheers. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 That's some modelling there Peter cheers neil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trains12 Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Hi All Well a little more has been done on the model. On the actual bridge a gas main was laid along it in the 1950's and this was cut when the bridge hit. It served about 6,000 homes and work places on the Welsh side of the river and it took some days before the service was restored. To represent this I have fitted a pipe along the decking and this is what is shown here. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trains12 Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Hi All At the swing bridge end of the bridge the gas main was taken down inside the fixed pier in the river and then out near the base into the river and then out onto the river bank. This is how I have done it. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trains12 Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Hi All Well a few shots of the total length of the bridge now that I have all the spans made and the other viaduct. It is about nine foot in length. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trains12 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Hi All Well still feeling a little under after being in Hosp. for a small eye op Yesterday and then again in on Thrusday for further tests.. Anyway have found out that the gas main did not go down inside the pier but went along the outside so I have modified it to take this into account. In the mean time have done some more work on the clading and the gas main . Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brgmini Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 That's a absolute master piece Peter . I wish I had the skills with plastic that you have . I originally started to make the bridge on my layout out of plastic strip but soon realised I wasn't going to be able to make anything presentable. Most of the early attempts ended up either stuck to my fingers or the work bench or both Keep up the excellent work and please keep us all up to date with the progress. All the best with your hospital visits , Kev Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trains12 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Hi All Well have done a little more on the bridge mainly the end viaduct completlting trhe arches and the fitting of the gas main along the top and connecting it to the steel part. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trains12 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Hi All After a couple of days of further tests in hospital this last week waiting for biopsy results to confirm no 'C' so I have been doing some work on the bridge. Have been making the turntable part of the swing bridge. This is being made from discs cut in plasticard and glued back to back with spacers to give the required depth and then ribbing inserted. The bottom disc has the wheels that the bridge rotates on and these have been made using flanges rubbed down to take the rivet details off from the Knightwing pipe fittings. Not strictly accurate but is giving a fair representation of the mechanism. I still feel as thouth am taking this thread over so I am going to start a new thread on the layout but at present don't know what to call it ie Wye Bridge, Severn Bridge, Lyndley Bridge - any suggestions? The other thing I just cannot sort out is how you put in links from one thread to another, am a complete dummy when it comes to that side of computers, tghe same as have just bought a new Canon EOS80D complete with 3 lenses and am waiting for the 'Dummies' book which is due out so I can use it. Just doesn't seem to be anyone now local to me that is into railways so gets very lonely with Wendy out at work. Anyway here are a few shots. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted September 4, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 4, 2016 For my Grindleford layout, I've built both a tunnel portal, and a road bridge. Here are the prototype structures: And here are the models: Both are built using embossed styrene sheet over a plasticard base structure. Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted September 12, 2016 Author Share Posted September 12, 2016 Looking realy good so far Al... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signaller69 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Another thread I've just discovered! Very inspirational modelling on here. My own efforts from "Crinan": The Canal Swing Bridge based on Banavie, built from plasticard strip and Evergreen section, painted and weathered with Humbrol enamels. It does swing but the mechanism needs work. Point rodding (Wills) is a recent addition (not fitted in first photo). The road bridge, based on that at Kyle of Lochalsh. Plasticard again with card road surface. Painted with Humbrol enamels with Greenscene textured concrete and tarmac paint. Cheers, Martyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signaller69 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Hi All After a couple of days of further tests in hospital this last week waiting for biopsy results to confirm no 'C' so I have been doing some work on the bridge. Have been making the turntable part of the swing bridge. This is being made from discs cut in plasticard and glued back to back with spacers to give the required depth and then ribbing inserted. The bottom disc has the wheels that the bridge rotates on and these have been made using flanges rubbed down to take the rivet details off from the Knightwing pipe fittings. Not strictly accurate but is giving a fair representation of the mechanism. I still feel as thouth am taking this thread over so I am going to start a new thread on the layout but at present don't know what to call it ie Wye Bridge, Severn Bridge, Lyndley Bridge - any suggestions? The other thing I just cannot sort out is how you put in links from one thread to another, am a complete dummy when it comes to that side of computers, tghe same as have just bought a new Canon EOS80D complete with 3 lenses and am waiting for the 'Dummies' book which is due out so I can use it. Just doesn't seem to be anyone now local to me that is into railways so gets very lonely with Wendy out at work. Anyway here are a few shots. Peter IMG_0043.jpg IMG_0044.jpg IMG_0045.jpg IMG_0048.jpg IMG_0050.jpg IMG_0053.jpg Looks superb Peter, come on a fair bit since we chatted at Colwyn MRC's show! Hope all went well with hospital. Have you got a name for your new layout yet? Regards, Martyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Here's an unusual one, based on a "fake" cable stay pedestrian bridge over a storm drain on the Costa Brava. I say fake, because the prototype is massively over-engineered for what it is. The cables only appear to support a wooden bench that beachgoers routinely use to get the sand out of their shoes! This was my first attempt at scratchbuilding anything. Apologies for the over-scale cables but it was N gauge. Prototype photos below. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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