Another bridge too far

Today, I connected the Traverser B end to the Gully end of the layout.

Aligned the track and set the traverser track values.



Paul

 

Neither, may have been me catching the camera.

On the last track, I have a slight height adjustment to make, which you can see when the wagon jumps a little.

Once completed that's a job off the todo list

 

well hopefully my own todo list, rather than the todo list Toto keeps creating - that keeps growing at a faster rate than Toto's to be built list

 

Back to the other board

Rocks added to the rear behind the bridge.

Painted slate grey, and also the river bed painted a mix of Matt Stone emulsion, Slate Grey emulsion, Raw Umber acrylic, thinned with a little water.

Just waiting for the paint to dry enough for the black wash.

Paul

 

Black wash applied
Then a coat of matt varnish was applied to try flatten the silk slate grey emulsion
Then the highlights added

Next up greenary

Paul

 

Barney ..... BARNEY..... where is that rubble when you need it

So made my own, by mixing up a small amount of plaster and adding some black acrylic.
Let it set then break it up - some crushed to give really small rocks / pebbles (see more Flintstones references).

Placed most of the rubble in situ, then wetted with IPA, then added PVA

Time for bed - to avoid touching any of it while the glue dries

Paul

 

Dont worry about the lava flow - thats the vertical drop of the river, so will be covered in silicon, the other bit I'm going to live with, but there may be some hanging vegetation appearing in a place near here soon

Waiting for the boss to surface, then will need to get some clear silicone to implant on the layout - not the form of silicone implant that would normally perk interest.

Getting close to the big pour - I'm getting nervous

Paul

 

Oh Traverser .... I thought my dress had slipped

Tried to release the inner Van Gogh

The idea is to have some mountains behind the bridge on a sub backscene, then approx 15mm behind it a plain white backscene.
Inbetween will be a strip of RGB Led's, so I can change the colour of the backscene, to give a blue sky, or Red / Orange sunrise or sunset, and with the main lighting turned off the mountains will be silhouetted against the background.

View from the end where it will never be viewed by the public

Standing height

Sitting height

Paul

 

Nah, roughly based on (very roughly) on the Tay Viaduct at Dalguise



But if its more like the Keswick branch bridges then may a change of location maybe in order

Reading from page 1 may be a cure for insomnia, or a sign of needing a better life

Apart from the ply road bed and softwood bracing it's all 3D printed.

Paul