Suggestions for Bridge

[ChevelleSSguy]

That looks excellent actually. Almost as if those kits were waiting just for that scene too. Took 30 years of sitting on the shelf to find you. Your tugboat looks like its going to have a heck of a time navagating that waterway.

 

[Gary B]

Thanks Chris, Yeah I got that feeling too! I never finished the bridge because I knew something better would come alone. This isn't the first time I've had that feeling, like do things pick us sometimes? Maybe. Yeah the waterways a little crowded, I wanted it to be a scene break between my city and forested areas, but it would need to be another three feet wide to work that way.

 

[Cjcrescent]

...My biggest issue is that some of the piers don't make it down to the water. So I either need to build downward or add more water!

Just add some fenders around the piers.

Looks very good! Sometimes patience has its own rewards.

 

[Gary B]

Just add some fenders around the piers.

Looks very good! Sometimes patience has its own rewards.

Carey - Thanks! and explain what you mean by 'fenders'. They might be worth a try.

 

[Cjcrescent]

Fenders are devices built around the base of bridge piers in navigable waters to prevent boats/ships etc from hitting and damaging the piers. They can be made out of almost anything from pilings to concrete. They form a barrier around the piers.

 

[ChevelleSSguy]

I actually didnt know that either.

 

[Gary B]

Thanks Carey, thats one way I was leaning towards going (never heard it called a fender) I'm out of bridge building mode right now so hopefully have the solution by the time I'm back in it.

 

[tooter]

Fenders are devices built around the base of bridge piers in navigable waters to prevent boats/ships etc from hitting and damaging the piers. They can be made out of almost anything from pilings to concrete. They form a barrier around the piers.

I think I know what you mean... they're sometimes even pointed at each end to allow the water to flow around them smoothly and to deflect an errant boat hull.

 

[Cjcrescent]

Very much like that, Tooter, although I never saw one exactly like you've posted. Sometimes they stand away from and actually support the bridge piers. Depending on traffic both on the river and the bridge, the fenders could extend quite a distance out, or barely even protect the piers.

During all the years I lived on the Gulf Coast, fenders was all I ever heard them called.

 

[ChevelleSSguy]

They are mostly made out of wood around here. I see what you mean now. You see them a lot with swing bridges.