Al.

Having seen these in the 'flesh' today at RMwebLive, I can say they look really good. Weathering is spot on... Looking forward to seeing more, Paul.

To bring things up to date, in early 2014 Remagen finally got a new home and things started moving forward. With new storage units installed layout building pushed forward with construction of the East bank and Erpeler Lay.

Looks good, as long as they don't end up like this one...

From late 2010 through to early 2014 progress almost ground to a halt, mainly due to lack of space. However, by that time the bridge had been painted with base colour and rail deck and walk ways completed. However, this gave me the opportunity to work on the rolling stock. Photos below are of the bridge with a rake f flats loaded with a detachment of Hummel artillery guns. And a few close-up of the Hummell train.

Yep. 1:144 scale model of Dora. Picked it up a few years back. Not a bad model. Some of the detail is a little on the course. http://www.amazon.com/Scale-WWII-German-Dora-Railway/dp/B000P92YWI

Looks good, Paul. Those long turnouts look the part.

They are S-35s. The one I the photo is by Pendragon Minitures. I've since replaced them with Arrowhead Minitures as they are far superior models (although a lot more expensive). All military vehicle on the layout are now Arrowhead. I'll post some pics up a bit later Al

Progress was slow in 2010 due to problems finding the right material to build the walkway hand rails out of. I'd originally intended to build the whole thing out of brass. By September I'd finally had to concede to using plastic for the deck and handrails.

A few more progress photos. Early 2010 saw the two sides of the bridge come together and construction start on the two bridge abutments.

Having spent a bit of time browsing round the site, I think I may have posted this in the wrong place. Looks like it should be under the 'Layout' section. Could one of the admin staff relocate it for me. Thanks. Anyway, back to my layout. This is the bridge I'm recreating.... Only before it fell down...! Historically, the Remagen bridge was the first bridge across the Rhien captured intake in 1945, allowing Allied forces to gain a foothold into Germany. My layout is set during the 1944-45 period and depicts the early stages of the build up of the bridge defences following the Allied landings. As I said earlier, construction started back in 2009 with scaled drawing completed and brass acquired. Which soon got cut to length and soldered together. . This is the stage I'd got to in Jan 2010. Both side frames complete. Next job would be to assemble the rail deck and bring it all together into a single self supporting structure. I'll post more later. Cheers, Al.

The concept of my layout is pretty simple - recreate the Ludendorff Bridge in n gauge. The layout is a dumbbell format double track bridge with storage loops at each end. In display format, it measures 7.0M x 0.9M. This project started back in 2009 and following initial good progress, it stalled in 2011 due to a number of reasons. However earlier this year saw it restart and is progressing well. I'll get some progress photos up shortly. Cheers, Al.

That is one insulated block joint in bad need of replacing. Paul, I hope none of the ones on your layout get into that state....