Roof

The roof is now spiked and glued to the middle module:

Later!

More module work

The middle modulestill needed some work. The front valance had to be made, I cut it out of some rest material:

Spiked and glued to the module:

Fitting the width of 2 LED strips:

Cut out pieces which will carry these LED strips:

The result. This way the module takes 3 wood strips of 3 centimeters wide which each can hold up to 2 LED strips:

Later more!

More work

I wasn't satisfied with the modified parts on the end of the bridge, so I re-modified them:

Cut them open, the first one broke in this attempt::

But, glue does wonders:

I had some left-over material from the previous cutting so I used these parts:

Both parts re-modified:

Time for painting. Mat black:

And iron colour:

I also painted the base of the machine housing:

The housing in progress:

Time for gluing the first side to the base. I cleaned the parts od paint so the glue will join better:

And glued together. Some elastic bands are used for fixating the parts:

Machine house almost ready:

My workspace for today:

The base of the machine house glued to the side of the bridge:

Testfitting the house:

And the second half of the bridge is glued to the base:

Later more!

Building goes on

First modification is the end plate. Has to go from 2-track to 1-track:

First cutting:

Second cutting:

New 3-part to 1 part:

Glued together:

Test fitted on the bridge:

Both modified end parts:

In the middle of the bridge there are 2 reinforcement sets. This is one set as in the kit:

One part ready for cutting:

First cut so that the middle part is out:

Then the middle part is cut:

So that we end up with a new 3-piece part glued together:

Testfitting for the width of the bridge:

Making a second piece:

And the new set is ready:

And test fitted on the bridge:

I'm satisfied, more to come!

Painting

Time to spray paint the parts. I use spraycans fronm Revell, no 8 black for base colour and no 91 iron for top colour.

Floor:

Sides

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All in base colour:

All in iron colour:

Later!

Starting the bridge; part 2

Hi all,

Well, the bridge is already on its way. Here some pictures.

Parts:

Base:

Base with turn plate:

Bearing of Delrin:

Instead of 2 parts it will get 1 (because it will be 1-track):

The parts that will build the connecting pieces between the bridge side halves:

Sorting out the side halves:

First halve. 2 pieces make 1 halve bridge side piece:

2 connected to the middle piece:

One side ready, one to go:

Connecting top rods:

And mounted:

Both sides ready:

Now work starts with the bridge floor. It has to be made smaller from 2-track to one track. So the cross pieces has to be shortened with a saw:

Using 2 restpieces to line up the new shortened piece:

2 modified with one original:

Set of 5 for one halve floor:

The Trumpeter saw I use for this modification:

Mounting the new pieces:

To one half floor:

 Almost ready:

And both pieces ready to mount:

The mounting piece:

Glued to one halve:

And the second piece, ready to be glued to the first:

And the mockup looks like this. I am satisfied!:

The end piers:

And a module mockup with the bridge:

Right side with the short bridge:

Middle where one of two Central valley bridges will come:

Left where the second Central Valley bridge will be:

Overview with closed and opened bridge:

And the idea drawn in:

More to come!