Very early stages, needs other side of bridge, I - beams, gears , cables and 4,379 rivits [ joke ].
This piece will span the canal over the barge for the dio.
I could have made alot more progress but N.J. declaired a state of emg. and I'm on 7 days a week 12 -14 hours a day [ work sucks ].
Thanks for lookin.
Cheyenne

amazing!
This is a really peice of work!

Thanks Max, the pictures are clearer in my gallery, for some reason after transfering them to the post they appear to be hazy, my computer ? me ? alcohol ?
I'm dog balls tired and was shaking while takin the pics. who knows ?
Cheyenne

I really like it cheyenne its really has alot of detail. I stop counting the rivits at 2,999 :-). Curious how do you figure out what material you will need to scratchbuild a project like this. Ive wanted to do something like this but wouldnt have any idea where to start.

Damn, Cheyenne!!!
You must be an engineer or something in the real life. The work you turn out is simply amazing!

Cheers
Erik

Howdy cheyenne,

As always, and as I have said in the past, I always enjoy your work. Being an Architect by trade {although I don't really do that anymore} your attention to the structural details never fails to put a grin on my face.....
Your scratched barge certainly played a role in motivating my efforts in a similar build of my own, since I build a with the same schematics as you do {read; I buid it all in my head....}

Anyway, 'nuff said' .....looking grrrrreat bub!

Tread.

Oh....BTW, will the xacto bridge support become part of the dio?....?...... :-)

Thanks all, 6am Sun. morning and I'm late for work.

Keenan, [ pfc ] the white i-beams are from Plastruct the heavier grey ones are from a hobby shop I go to that has alot of railroad stuff.
I spend hours surfing for ref. pics. maybe print a few then look inside my head to see what I want to build then build , i'ts kinda hard to explain sorta like " see the ball be the ball " [Caddyshack ]

Erik67 - No i'm not an engineer " but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night "
I build home additions decks etc. as a side job.

Gordon, thanks man, the X-acto stays, I just don't know if I should paint it Panzer grey or yellow.

Cheyenne

Cheyenne:

What else can be said. That is fricking amazing. Cant wait to see the finished product.

Very nice - I love the bridge. I like the arch and the grid above the enterence.
One thing I am not sure I personally agree with is the small 'gate' with the pointie pieces on the bridge itself. My reasoning is that it spans the entire width of the bridge. If you had to swing the gate open you would have to back everyone up quite a bit. It also appears to be a bit far from end of the bridge. I personally would move that gate to the other end next to the lift part. And I would put a matching gate on the 'land' portion at the non-lift side. I hope that make sence... Tell me if it doesn't and I'll "paint" a picture. I believe that is a personal choice if you don't change it it won't detract from the bridge.

I agree with the other architectural comments - very nice

Howdy,

Our good Slodder brings up a good point, albiet not entirely accurate {don't slug me slodder }.
The design of this particular bridge {where the center portion raises/lowers} would dictate that {in general} no one, or nothing, should be riding in the operating portion of the bridge...
hence, no gate needed because no one would/should be there to operate it. If indeed there was a gate necessary for this particular bridge, it would be located on either truncated end of each bridge 'ending'....
And, since we're getting 'nitty'....I doubt if during that period of time a wrought metal gate would be employed. If it was, it would in fact be split. More likely, it would be a drop-down gate of some sort......remember, this is before the advent of insurance company mandated redundancies........

nice catch slodder......nevertheless.......nice bridge

Tread.

BTW, I'd go with grey on the Xacto bridge support, just add a little weathering powder to simulate a touch of rust, and I think it would be believable.......

EDIT:......is that a carpenter's level in the picture??.........say "Yes".....

Looking very nice amazing work...right or wrong! Looks like a carpenters square to me

You guys are priceless !!!
First off let me say that the wrought iron gate was placed there as watercress, parsley, umbrella in a coctail.
Sorry but with a limited amount of build time I just had to post these pics due to frustration over when I would be able to get back to working on the project.

Gordon I love you man, you can actually see inside my head and where i'm going with this.

Computer talk has its drawbacks what you see me post is it , sometimes an ear to ear explaination is needed.
I'm not shy and whats the worst that can happen - I just won't answer the phone ? My wife will likley kill me but my # is 1- 609-971-7970. I work for Verizon so whats the worst I change my # . Call me I love to talk one on one and my name is Glen. This is a very good place to make and meet friends with similar interests.I'd rather talke to someone than type and hope they get my drift.

Slodder I love you to man, and your correct as is Gordon about the gate. The gates should be on the Verlinden bridge and one on the other side-ground level.
I should have posted pics of the other girder assembly on the other side [ built ] because a true lift bridge has to be lifted level by two anchors [I'm missing the other side which will be equal to the existing side ] , just haven't built it yet, my job keeps getting in the way !!!
Sorry I posted a little early but I wanted to show you guys what I was developing.

Treadhead thats a hobby square a real carpenter would be toting a framers speed square [ l.o.l.]



Love you guys - Cheyenne

Cheyenne, you gotta do something about that monochromatic paint scheme, I mean sheesh! Great looking build. Wish I had the time and or energy to do half as much. Looking forward to seeing it completed. "Q"