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Not a lot of progress this week im afraid Ive made a section of wall and the ramp for the lifeboat . This is mainly wills plastic sheets . This will need to be painted . Any suggestions on getting a good finish? This is the good old Wills bridge I made earlier . Don't think ill use the wall sections . Thanks as always for your comments . As mentioned before , my modelling skills are not up to the standards on some of the layouts here . But I'm learning and hope you are enjoying this as much as I am

Too wet out side for any painting . So I've made a Wills occupational bridge . It will come in use just before the tunnel mouth on the left hand side of the layout . That's about it for now .

Couldn't resist putting it all together tonight on the kitchen floor . I'm waiting for a dryish day now so I can paint the next bit outside . I'm going to start on the toll house next , has anybody got any measurements of it ??? I have a lot of photos of the building , but sadly I forgot my tape measure on my last visit Also , what would be the best thing to use as the pebble dash finish ?? I was talking to a friend about it and we came up with using sandpaper ...... but I'm not sure ​

Thanks for the interest . Just nip down the path and measure up the old toll house for me please wombatofludham Looks good with a coat of black. I'm starting on the next metal section tonight. Thanks again for all your coments. ​

Very pleased with how this has turned out.

Made a start on the 'Metal' swing section of the bridge this afternoon. Any feedback would be good . I know the real bridge is made in a girder type construction , buy I'm not kidding myself. There's just no way my ability will stretch that far . Thanks for looking in .

Hi merlin46. Thanks for the interest. I've only got 16' for the scenic part of the layout. This will include a bend at each end. So at a rough guess, I'd say it will measure about 10' in length. I'm not sure how long it would be in 4mm scale but I'm guessing about 19 or 20ft?

Thanks for the words of wisdom steve22.

Hi all . After a lot of inspiration gained from this site , mostly from the excellent Morfa . I've decided on a OO gauge Barmouth bridge layout . After having a few round and round layouts in the past , I've decided this will be a end to end with the scenic part of the layout measuring about 16' . Obviously this isn't long enough to make the whole length (modellers licence will be applied here) but I intend to make the 2 metal spans and as many of the wooden trestles as the space will allow . This evening ive made a start on the wooden trestles . They are constructed very simply from 1/4" wooden strips and wooden fast food stirrers . All glued together with my trusty hot glue gun . Ive decided to give them a base coat of black .

Knocked up a couple more and decided on a black base coat..

Hi all . After a lot of inspiration gained from this site , mostly from the excellent Morfa . I've decided on a OO gauge Barmouth bridge layout . After having a few round and round layouts in the past , I've decided this will be a end to end with the scenic part of the layout measuring about 16' . Obviously this isn't long enough to make the whole length (modellers licence will be applied here) but I intend to make the 2 metal spans and as many of the wooden trestles as the space will allow . Finance and ability allowing I hope to post some pictures of my progress .? So far ive managed to make 1 of the many wooden trestles . Hope the picture uploads.... I will be running Br blue and grey dmus , Sprinters, class 25'sand class 37's but 'my layout my rules' hope you enjoy my blog , Kev

Hopefully my basic modelling skills can do this justice ! Haven't really got as far as thinking about the junction end . Perhaps a bit of a rocky outcrop with a lone pine tree ??

Thanks . I'll be running Blue and grey DMUs , sprinters , class 25s and class 37s. But really it will be 'my railway, my rules'

Hi all . After a lot of inspiration gained from this site , mostly from the excellent Morfa . I've decided on a OO gauge Barmouth bridge layout . After having a few round and round layouts in the past , I've decided this will be a end to end with the scenic part of the layout measuring about 16' . Obviously this isn't long enough to make the whole length (modellers licence will be applied here) but I intend to make the 2 metal spans and as many of the wooden trestles as the space will allow . Finance and ability allowing I hope to post some pictures of my progress .