I think you probably should have made the truss from 'I' beam instead of solid bar, and of a slightly larger size.

nice work so far,

Looks very like an "Inglis Bridge" a predecessor to the Bailey Bridge, still in use in 1943, & probably later in non-combat situations.

There is a superb model in Monmouth Castle Museum worth a look, & there is an Inglis bridge over the river Monnow about 500M away as well.

Thanks for the comments and references on the bridges. Something to think about next time I deceide to build one.

Claude- I think I will do you idea as the water I have done looks naff

regards

gary

If this site were entitled "Bridgearama" we might have a lot more to say about the engineering correctness of your efforts but in the Armor modeling world your dio will most likely win many awards! Congrats

Hi Gary,

Nice work so far, agree the water needs more work.

Cheers

Al

Very nice image of work-in-process bridge, so I can imagine the step-by-step how to create such structure (already stocked: ex-used ice cream sticks, ex-used plastic card, glue, etc.. and paint of course! ). It just like a 'silent' tutorial and very nice finished work! Thanks for sharing Gary!


Kind regards from Indonesia


Garry

The military version of the Inglis Bridge was the precursor to the more usful and heavywieght Bailey Bridge. The Inglis utilized round pipe for the girders and custom metal castings to quickly attach the pipes together "erector set" style. A bridge of this size would have had double pipes not single nes forming each girder.

thank you for the comments, got some good ideas from this thread if I decide to build another bridge in the future.