The Millvile Build -Part Three
This is the third and final installment of my rebuild of the river setting with Robinson's Electric adjacent Millville. In this part I finish the river scene and do a change-up with the bridge.
In the pic below I've finished the stone work on the embankments, added more rockwork to the river and put in more pools to catch the water flowing down the river. Total drop is about 8 inches.
More falls are added.
...and another view
The original bridge is tested on the existing supports...
Fooling with my laser, maybe try something new...?
...and yet another possibility
Time to think outside the box - I remove the original supports...
..and another view.
I'm working on my laser, developing some other ideas. I end up with the one on the bottom (of the above photo), but first I test the new supports on my computer using Photoshop (see two photos below).
This is the final mock up ready for construction. At this point I have decided make this bridge functional but not permanent. In addition the constructing the bridge from laser board and strip wood, the supports are photo paper (made from one of my rock walls) glued over chipboard. Hard to tell from actual castings. It will be in place for several months.
Below we have the final results. I've completed the deck using a local deck truss RR bridge as a guide - actually a single track version of the bridge after the Hoosac Tunnel East Portal.
Last, below are a couple prototype bridges which will be my guides for the final build using available injection molder bridge girders.
The Cuttingsville bridge near Ludlow VT.
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