This weekend´s find

[Ken Hamilton]

Very, VERY nice! 

[JohnP]

Nice prototype, nice model. You got the proportions just right.

That is a pony Pratt truss.  It is a pony because the top is not braced, rather the angled side braces keep the trusses from twisting and collapsing.

John

[Hauk]

Thanks a lot for all the encouragement!
Hope to be able to show the finished thing late next week.

Regards, Hauk

[Hauk]

The bridge is now finsihed! Yay. (Ok, a second plank in the railing has been added since the first photo, and a little more weathering is probably needed as well)





The location of the bridge is on the second level of a two-level layout and very close to the edge of the layout, so it is very much a foreground model.

By the way, I think the bus company will rearrange their route a bit so they do not have to cross the bridge with their spanking new Mercedes tourbus!

Regards, Hauk

[finescalerr]

Most satisfactory. -- Russ

[TRAINS1941]

Havard

Excellent modeling.  That is going to be one nice looking scene.

Jerry

[jacq01]

Havard,

  very wel done.  Will there be a Faller car system installed on the layout ?  If so, where will you put the guide wire ?

  Jacq

[Chuck Doan]

Came out nice, Havard! Good to see attention spent on a road bridge.

[Hauk]

Havard,

  very wel done.  Will there be a Faller car system installed on the layout ?  If so, where will you put the guide wire ?

  Jacq

Thanks for the kind words!

No Faller system planned, nobody have showed an interest in it. But it is a really nice concept, and done right it can be very convincing. I dont think our scenes are too well suited. Most of the roads goes right of the layout´s edge...

[Hauk]

Came out nice, Havard! Good to see attention spent on a road bridge.

Thanks!
As years go by I tend to put more and more emphasis on the "Model" and not so much on the "Railroader" part.

But there are a lot of people running around flashing soldering guns and rolls of wire in brght colors, so I guess they are planning to run trains on our big diorama eventually.

Regards, Hauk.

[Frederic Testard]

The bridge is very nice, and the shot of the diorama suggests you'll finish with some interesting relief and, hopefully, scenery.

[Philip Smith]

Beautiful!

[Hauk]

The bridge is very nice, and the shot of the diorama suggests you'll finish with some interesting relief and, hopefully, scenery.

We are starting scenery next week, so I hope to post some progress pictures in a couple of weeks.
Here is another picture of the scene from the opposite direction:



So my use of "diorama" was an intended understatement...
Dioramas are nice, but big layouts offer some opportunities for grand scenes!

Regards, Hauk

[Frederic Testard]

I fully agree, Havard. And mountain landscapes offer us seemingly endless possibilities.

[Hauk]

I fully agree, Havard. And mountain landscapes offer us seemingly endless possibilities.

The landscaping has progressed somewhat since my last posting:



I think this is going to be quite a scene when it is finished.

Btw, I really have a dilemma on where to spend my modelling time. Should I paricipate in the efforts to complete the large double-decker H0 layout, or should I concentrate on my 0m models? For the time, the latter sems to be the winner. Guess I have rather poor team player skills...