Lattice girder bridge sides

[spackz]

Good afternoon all,

 

I'm struggling to find anyone who does finely etched or cut diamond style lattice girder bridge sides in oo gauge. eBay has a style cut in MDF which I may resort to but doesn't look refined enough.

Any one know of anywhere who supplies them ready to be cut down (similar to vari girder)?

Would it be worth speaking to yorkmodelmaking for a bespoke item?

 

Many thanks

[teaky]

Herculaneum Dock and Caledonian Basin both feature lattice bridge sides (RMweb image restoration permitting).  If the thread text doesn't reveal their sources, perhaps you could try asking the builders?

 

There are probably others but those two layouts came to mind straightaway.

 

[JZ]

If it's something like this you are after,

Alan Gibson do it. Page 22

 

[spackz]

12 hours ago, JZ said:

If it's something like this you are after,

Alan Gibson do it. Page 22

 

JZ yes that's what I'm after thankyou, Im assuming it's the Bath green park bridge 4mm44. I'll send at query to Alan Gibson.

[russ p]

I was literally just thinking does anyone do lattice sides suitable for a footbridge as iwant one to span about 10 tracks

[Siberian Snooper]

At any other time I would have pointed you in the direction of Ron Heggs,  master bridge builder in plastic strip, but without the pictures , the threads won't do his work justice.

 

 

[spackz]

21 hours ago, russ p said:

I was literally just thinking does anyone do lattice sides suitable for a footbridge as iwant one to span about 10 tracks

RussP

 

Try https://lcut.co.uk/index.php?page=pages/hub&title=LCC Bundles&gauge=OO for their Lms and GWR footbridges.

 

 

 

Edited May 1, 2022 by spackz

[Rich Papper]

Hello

I had a similar urge a couple of years ago, inspired by one on my local preserved line near Broadway. I was a bit frustrated that most of the laser-cut ones available were a bit chunky so I made it myself out of strips of plasticard. Maybe not the most accurate thing in the world, but looks better than anything I could find on sale at the time and wasn't as difficult as I thought. Link to post below if it helps.

Rich