Ola Guys

I'm back after a long period not posting here of which the reason was suddenly solved last weekend.

For a campaign on the Dutch section I'm working on a diorama of 2 kids who are tormenting a few german officers.. A better idea of that story would be in this quick sketch that I made.


I was looking around for Diorama accesories manufacturers to see if they had stuff in their assortment and actually non of the liftbridges they had were Accurate or complete to make them working and almost all were mostly suitable for in a City environment and not rural liek I wanted. So scratchbuilding was my only option. The big beams are from a couple of Fireworks rockets that I found two years ago in my backyard after new years eve. And all the rest is just copperwire. Metalwire, Evergeen plastic, And balsawood.
I will show the whole progress here as I made a lot of pictures during the built from nothing to product ready for primer.
Ok Enough talk are you ready for a huge load of pics?









Oh by the way this is a picture from 1920 of a bridge that still exists in a village very close to where I live. No military significance although it is a striking resemblance to my sketch as I later foudn out..(Made the sketch earlier then I found the pic... The pic from the point I found it served as a guideline for my diorama.


Ok more progress on the bridge



The german Embankment


The bridge taking the shape of a.... Bridge






Some closeups of the Hinge and the lifting rod





A working bridge

Bridge and Embankment together




And the bridge ready for primer







To show you guys the size of this bridge I placed a Panzer IB ladungsleger that I scratchbuilt a while ago




As usual I'm really curious what you guys think of it.

With friendly greetz

Robert Blokker

Bloomin 'eck.
The bridge is a beauty.
Keep up the work, i can't wait to see the finished project.

Good to see you back Robert.
Looks great.

Ola Guys

Thanks for the replies.

@ Scott...
Thanks for the comments. I really appreciate them. As Soon as I have some more interesting progress I will post it here.

@ Dave
Thanks mate... It really feels good again to be back.

With friendly greetz

Robert Blokker

Now that is some really excellent work you've done. I'm very impressed.

Really great idea for a scene!
and the bridge is very well done, really nice!

Gives high expectations for the completed diorama!!

best regards
Mark

hello roobert!

seen this pictures allready on the benelux-forum... still great man. I cant wait till you start with the groundwork. The result of that all will be really beautiful!!! Keep up the good work man!

koen

Great Post (this one I can actually read )
The bridge is very nice, classic Faust. Very nice. I must say that Panzer - Scratch Built - wow, nice.

I've wanted to build some type of bridge like this and haven't had a chance, this has sparked the desire again.

Did you have any issue removing your labels on the initial assembly?

I saw this when you posted it the first time and was interested to see how it was getting along as its an excellent idea, one you are doing justice with some excellent scratchbuilding work!
Very impressed, keep us posted!

James

P.S. how do you plan to have the bridge lifted in the diorama? it seems you need to weight it to keep it open in the pictures?

Very nicely done !

Fantastic job.

Ola Guys

Thanks for the comments... I really appreciate them

@ Scott
Yup ... I switched in Multilingual mode again.
You should try to make a bridge like this. I was actually surprised at how easy it was. I never tried it before and I'm not a real star with wood. But this surprised me..
With labels I think you mean the writings all over the bridge? Well I didn't... I simply sprayed everything over with primer and did partially paint it white till I ran out of white paint. Still have to buy new and finish this thing off.

@ James
Thanks for the compliment.
One detail that is not showing on the bridge is the chain to pull it down... Eventually the chain will be tied to one of the beams that keep the bridge upright... then it will be perfect as I have it in mind.

@ the rest again thanks for the compliments

With friendly greetz

Robert Blokker

I'd just like to say your attention to detail is immaculate Robert.
The hinges are fantastic. They add to the feel of the bridge in general.