A trestle and a plate girder bridge cross the Badger Creek. Thanks to Paul for the use of the name. The trestle is made out of pine strips I cut with my bandsaw. The girder bridge is made out of my favourite material, cardboard. [ 28. February 2003, 22:42: Message edited by: Robin Matthysen ]
Now thats what I call a bridge! I should have made a deep module so I could have a tall tressle like that. It looks great!
Hi Robin, Some excellent work there my friend, love the Badger Creek Trestle. Paul [ 01. March 2003, 13:40: Message edited by: Paul Templar ]
Excellent bridges Robyn i especially like the trestle. Did you build it from a photo or did you have a plan?
Robin, Love the tressle! Thats spectacular! NICE work! Have any close ups of the girder bridge ? i'd like to see it closer being made of cardboard.... Thats interesting materials for a bridge... What supports the track ???
Well, Robin I´m not surpriced of your craftmanship. I know already about that ability That trestle bridge is a terrific model, and the "steel" bridge is likewise even if modeled with your favourite material A close-up of the steel bridge would be appreciated
Thanks for the comments everyone. First I must apologize for the poor quality of the photos from my old cheepie digital camera. Just have to get one that will do closeups. Then will post more pictures. Russ, the trestle bents were recycled from my previous railroad and just had to be cut to fit. The connecting strips are new and it took me a week to get it all together. Paul, no prototype or plan, just used some of the info in the Klambach book titled Bridges and Buildings For Model Railroads. I paid $3 for it may moons ago. Paul Templar also has a how to at his website.
Nice work! Interesting to me is the bridge in the foreground. It looks like something very few people ever model- A covered deck truss? Is this what I am seeing? Boxcab E50
I don't often visit the freelance forum. By the look of those bridges, I should visit more often, as I am obviously missing some excellent work. They look wonderful, Robin
I have tried to get a better close up using my old SLR camera with a 100mm lens so had to set up the tripod ten feet back. You can see the bridges better and the girder plate deck bridge shows some detail. All it is made of is strips of corrugated cardboard 1 1/4 inch by 10 inches. I then glued strips of cereal box cardboard to give the dimensions of the plates. 3/16th inch strips were glued along the top and bottom. Four of these strips with 5/8 inch dividers make up the two bridges. One for each track. I painted them with acrylic paints. First a coat of burnt sienna then a wash of thinned burnt umber.
I know that I have said this before, but I have to start "recycling" my cereal boxes! That is wonderful work!!!! Russ
