Guess I am committed

[jim81147]

some more .



and then the plaster started flying.

 

[jim81147]

last ones.

 

[wombat457]

Jim,

Looking good Sir ... can't wait to see those mountains covered with foliage

 

[jim81147]

I started putting some trestle bents together so when my plaster work and scenery is ready , the trestle will be ready to install . It sure looked a lot easier in LynnB 's and HOexplorers threads .

 

[jim81147]

then when I have nothing else to do , I can work on things like this .

 

[wombat457]

Jim,

Very nice looking Bents and that is one VERY nice Engine House!

 

[tootnkumin]

Nothing like a jig for making up multiples and a real one of those engine houses would make a great layout building.

 

[montanan]

Thanks for post the photos. Looks like you're making good headway. Mountains look good.

 

[jim81147]

Toot , not sure I follow the "real one " comment about the engine house . Do you mean one made out of wood?

 

[tootnkumin]

Toot , not sure I follow the "real one " comment about the engine house . Do you mean one made out of wood?

No, not the model (unless someone wants a model of a model RR'd). I meant a real, as in prototype (real is less typing than prototype, and now I have typed too much )

 

[Lynnb]

Looking great Jim, you must be feeling alot more comfortable about mountains. Nice to see a trestle happening as well.

 

[jim81147]

Thanks guys for the words of encouragement .

 

[jim81147]

a little more progress,,baby steps.

 

[jim81147]

still needs more work , but I need to test fit it first before going any farther and that will require more plaster work first.

 

[new guy]

Flipping, spinning, fantastic work on that trestle action!!!

 

[wombat457]

Jim,

WOW! Great job on the trestle, and a curved one at that - I am seriously impressed. Might be time for me to buy some timber and start building mine as well.

 

[Lynnb]

Jim your trestle looks great. The more detailing you do with timber the better it will look.

 

[jim81147]

Thanks guys.

Lynn , I still hope to put in a lot of cross bracing but I thought I should check for fit before I went much further . I already made a mistake on it when I first started . I quickly found out that I had to build backwards from the way I had my dimensions written down. Lucky for me the bent that was in the wrong place was still wet so I could move it without a bunch of hassle .

 

[jim81147]

I got the trestle fitted into the canyon . It fits fairly good . I was wanting this trestle to look like the bents were set into the rock bottom so I will have to do a bit of filling in a couple spots . It is a good thing that I test fit it first , before starting on the rock work . I found that I did not have as much room behind it as I thought I was going to have.

 

[Lynnb]

I think you need two more bents and some planking to hold back the earth. One bent on each end and for the planking you can build a short bent into it.