Wow, you guys are awesome, I'm hoping to do as good a job as what I have seen here.
A couple more and I am going to hit the hay. Tomorrow I will fix the trestle to the base after some measurements.
Thank you for the compliments.
I made a little progress this week. I hope to have it finished this weekend.
I will be adding grass, shrubs, etc. this weekend. I take that back it wont be totally finished as I am going to do a waterfall and pool at the bottom. So that will prolly take...
Base
Ok, so I had some foam lying around and decided to make that the base.
First coat of plaster, foam was scored using a hacksaw blade.
Now I cant figure out how to set the trestle in without getting plaster all over the bents. I decided to use the newspaper idea on the...
Made some more progress
For a scratchbuilt-looking-at-books-and-internet it doesn't look to bad.
The cross braces seem a little fat. I will be adding more and I am not doing a serious scale job here just having fun. I plan on getting an Atlas 2-6-0 and some passenger cars to run around...
thanx for the info. I went for the garage floor, as I couldn't wait. I glued down some temp peices and ran my stringers, 3 sets of 1/16 by 1/8 each. I have run out of wood and will lay the cross peices etc. tomorrow. By the way it is going to cross between a sofa table and silverware dresser...
Hi Selector,
Thanx for the reply, I was figuring I needed to build it upside down. I have drawn an 18" arc on a board and was going to temp glue the stringers down then lay out marks for each bent. If you know of a site let me know.
Here are my bents and the jig I used. One is the metal...
Hi Guys,
I'm new here. I have been building trestles(bents) for a n-scale christmas railroad for next year. Anyway, I have about 12 of the 24 bents that I need and am now wondering how you line it all up to assemble it. I made a jig for the bents and figure I must need the same. Anyone...