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Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Metal & Wood Construction - Erector Sets - Meccano - Wood Structures => Topic started by: Dr.Rev.DelmarMacReady on August 14, 2019, 01:44:37 pm
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That looks awesome, love the construction photos!
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Benny, that is an awesome piece of mechanical art...love the complexity and height of parts of it. Wow is an understatement.
Roger
Thanks much for the kind words, Rog. I tend to be a bit critical of my work in my head- then just settle in, push hard and do the best I can.
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Benny, that is an awesome piece of mechanical art...love the complexity and height of parts of it. Wow is an understatement.
Roger
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That's amazing! Any techniques to speed up construction? Jigs?
The bridge looks perfectly curved. All that precision isn't easy!!!
Thanks, Chris.
I built a jig for the bents(vertical piers) as they all are uniform save height. So, with this jig I can build 3 different heights of bents. Then it's just a matter of leveling the top and running a stringer.
To get the curves, I just used my rail section as a bit of a guide and free-handed the cuts for the sills and cross-bars. Of course, in the curves the inside has to be shorter and the outside longer...But as I said, I just kinda eyeballed it afther I had my level set.
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That's amazing! Any techniques to speed up construction? Jigs?
The bridge looks perfectly curved. All that precision isn't easy!!!
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Holy Trestles Trainman .... that looks positively stupendous!
Nicely arranged and photographed too!!!
Thank you, Daniel.
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An fantastic job you´ve done there Benny, it looks amazing !
How are the tracks connected to each other, do they have to be soldered, or is there some sort of clip holding them together?
Thanks. Jan. Each section of track will have the typical slip-on joiner. In addition, I am adding Split Jaw mechanical joiners. Then I intend to add a jumper wire at each joint to also help preserve continuity. Nothing more annoying than a stalling train.
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An fantastic job you´ve done there Benny, it looks amazing !
How are the tracks connected to each other, do they have to be soldered, or is there some sort of clip holding them together?
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Holy Trestles Trainman .... that looks positively stupendous!
Nicely arranged and photographed too!!!
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That is really cool. Great photos of the scale construction!!!
Thank you, Tim.
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That's turning out great Benny - you'll have something really special when you're done.
Much obliged, Larry.
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That is really cool. Great photos of the scale construction!!!
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That's turning out great Benny - you'll have something really special when you're done.
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I loved it Benny, that is so cool... I would love to see it in person.
Well just pretend I'm Bob Barker and
"Bruce St. Paul Steam, Come On DOWN!!"
Seriously, anytime you are in the neighborhood you are welcome. Just be careful, the dog is off his meds and he has a gun. :P
A dog that packs heat, I need one of those....lol
I was just looking at it all again on the bigger home computer screen, there is A LOT of work into that, well done Benny.
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I loved it Benny, that is so cool... I would love to see it in person.
Well just pretend I'm Bob Barker and
"Bruce St. Paul Steam, Come On DOWN!!"
Seriously, anytime you are in the neighborhood you are welcome. Just be careful, the dog is off his meds and he has a gun. :P
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I loved it Benny, that is so cool... I would love to see it in person.
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These are of the section of trestle opposite the interchange. These pics were taken while it was under construction.
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I have almost completed construction on my representation of the Brookside trestle (#10). Built in 1904, it was at the time the highest wood trestle in the United States at 115'. Located appr. 1.5 mi from my house, it was burned to the ground in the 1990s by careless kids and fireworks.
I didn't need the full scale 115', so mine is a bit non-prototypical at around scale 70'. Built of red oak i ripped down from flooring remnants, then stained and treated with Thompson's. I still have to pour concrete footers, as well as build and set 5 bridges. But this is just one more item off the punch list.
The original-
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Mine-
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