Painted the bridgewalls today:

I think still too dark.

Determined the swing of the bridge and draw that on the layout:

Made a drawing for the right short trestle. Starting with a piece of A4 paper:

Marked the end points:

With the help of this tool once belonged to my dad (he was a carpenter):

Drawing the lines:

And glued it on a piece of board:

Oeps... had to be mirror image so I made a new one and glued that on the other side of the board:

Measuring out the place of the ties:

And the stuff needed to make this drawing:

With the drawing of the kit and the SP plans I can make a fairly precise copy of it:

And in the layout to see if it will fit:

More to come!

Bridge building

Made the drive with the end switches for the swingbridge:

Mounted the second switch in the pilon instead on one of the bridge ends:

In place:

Got my second shipment from RD Hobby from Germany:

Making the second set of bridge pilons:

The set:

Test fitting:

Started the 2nd bridge build sunday afternoon:

Base parts:

Glued together:

Side parts:

Ready:

Top piece with reinforcements:

Bridge subassemblies:

 Test fit:

On the layout:

See through:

Other side:

And with opened bridge:

Movie:

Big update

Hi all,

A big building update today. I did a lot after the last post.

The layout in the garage at home without her legs:

And with:

Starting the landscaping with 5 mm XPS:

Building up the right corner of the layout:

The bridge

And a Google streetview of the place:

Fitting the bridge with shoes:

Making the bridge headwall:

Cut out:

Corner wall:

And glued together:

Measuring out the trackbed with 5 mm plex:

Gluing and drying with extra weight:

This is what it looks now:

From a lower angle:

left side building op the landscape and refitting the trackbed with a thinner piece of plex::

Fitted:

Overview:

Getting the pilons kit:

The parts (times 2):

There are scribe lines to fit every possible height and width:

First pilon:

Side piece has to be trimmed in height:

On its place on the layout:

Level out with a 6 mm thick piece of plex:

Fitting the bridge with the shoes provided in the kit:

Making pilons:

Woodpiece for measuring up the 4 pieces of one pilon:

Scribed:

And gently broken:

Overview:

See through:

Side view:

Right side:

Overview:

Mocking up the wood trestle:

More to come!

Grtz, Ronald.