curved trestle

[Wolfgang Dudler]

Now I'm scratch building my curved trestle. This is the place for the future trestle:

http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aaa.jpg


Some weeks later I've build the "lake".

http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aab.jpg

I made a template with AutoCAD and test fit it.

http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aac.jpg

Then I glued the stringers and caps using the drawing as template. Here, you can still see the packing blocks between the stringers.

http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aad.jpg

Happy tooot
Wolfgang

[ September 21, 2005, 10:15 AM: Message edited by: Wolfgang Dudler ]

[ak-milw]

Wolfy,
Great start, I like the way you use the template to lay out your stringers! graemlins/220.gif

[Wolfgang Dudler]

Now, I've laid the ties and sanded the surface.

http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aae.jpg

I've removed the plastic ties from the track. To keep the gauge correct I've soldered PC board ties. Therefore I've omitted a few wooden ties. Later, when the track is glued to the finished trestle, I will replace the PC board ties with wooden ties.

And here comes the first test train. You see the first piles, not yet stained.
http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aah.jpg

http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aag.jpg

Wolfgang

[ September 21, 2005, 10:17 AM: Message edited by: Wolfgang Dudler ]

[Ironhorseman]

Great job Wolfgang! Keep-em coming! smile.gif

[Wolfgang Dudler]

I've made some piles. There were nine bents to built. They should be a little bit equal. So I needed some type of fixture.
http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aai.jpg

The bracing should be cut to represent deeper water. Of course, I needed nut-bolt-washers. There will be quite a few. smile.gif

Wolfgang

[ September 21, 2005, 10:18 AM: Message edited by: Wolfgang Dudler ]

[Flash Blackman]

Bump. Great thread!! smile.gif

[ August 27, 2005, 07:10 AM: Message edited by: sapacif ]

[Wolfgang Dudler]

Here you see the working area with tools. The hole in the plastic block contains superglue for the nut bolt washers.

http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aaj.jpg

Here you see three drilled holes in the stringers. The fourth hole has got its NBW. Also there's the gap for the temporary PC board tie.

http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aak.jpg

Wolfgang

[ September 21, 2005, 10:19 AM: Message edited by: Wolfgang Dudler ]

[watash]

Looks good Wolfgang. How do you remove the splinters from each tie end? I got tired of doing each one by hand. The next time I might try using a tumbler. Have you got some secret?

[Wolfgang Dudler]

Really, by hand. smile.gif

I use the sanding disk from my table saw and stroke the end a few times over the sanding surface.

With my idea of bent building I run into a mistake. You see at the picture above that I placed six piles in my fixture and glued a piece of bracing to two piles. My wrong idea! I couln't glue the other bracing with this fixture. :( :( :(
So I had to glue every two piles with bracing to the cap and then glue the two middle piles.

http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aal.jpg

Next I added NBWs. Because, there was not enough room for the drill toole, I glued the NBWs flat, only the head! My tweezers are too big! :(

Also, I painted the rails and tried my water painting. Looks it like a lake??? I tried the methode described in RMC August 2005, page 64 , "Cry me a river".

Then I test fitted the trestle and had fun, an excursion train:


http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aam.jpg

http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aan.jpg

BTW, I've never been to the USA. All my knowledge comes from books, magazines & internet. For this project I used Model Railroad Handbook #33 "Bridges & Trestles, from MR. And RMC Jan 2005 had an article "Pile trestles".

Happy toooot
Wolfgang

[ September 21, 2005, 11:55 AM: Message edited by: Wolfgang Dudler ]

[Alan]

Looks just fine to me graemlins/notworthy.gif

[traingeekboy]

Wolfgang your layout is fantastic.

[Wolfgang Dudler]

Next step: Testing. The PC-board ties keep the rails in gauge.
The surface of the water is only painted, still.
http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aao.jpg


Now gloss medium worked for water. I've glued the rails with two-part epoxy to the ties and spiked the rails. Then the PC-board ties are replaced by wooden ties.

http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aap.jpg

Wolfgang

[ September 21, 2005, 11:56 AM: Message edited by: Wolfgang Dudler ]

[Flash Blackman]

Did I just make this post? I am losing it! :confused:

Wolfgang, very nice bridge and a lot of effort here.

On the water, did you just pour the gloss medium on the surface or did you paint it on? It is very smooth; it looks like some type of epoxy. Thanks.

[Wolfgang Dudler]

Flash,

I couldn't resist and took another pic:

http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aaq.jpg

You see here more details. I poured the gloss medium just on my painted (with airbrush) surface. It's in parts more than 1mm (1/16'') thick.

Wolfgang

[ September 21, 2005, 12:03 PM: Message edited by: Wolfgang Dudler ]

[Wolfgang Dudler]

Now, I've added some ballast, guard timber and guard rails.
There's still missing Woodlands. I have to wait for the lake. It's still wet. ;)

http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aar.jpg


This picture shows the mirror in the lake.

Wolfgang

[ September 21, 2005, 12:04 PM: Message edited by: Wolfgang Dudler ]

[Flash Blackman]

Nice work, Wolfgang. Obviously a productive weekend! :D

[Powersteamguy1790]

Wolfgang:

Very nicely done.


Stay cool and run steam..... graemlins/cool.gif :cool: :cool:

[Bookbear1]

Impressive, Wolfgang! Please keep up the pics and commentary. graemlins/notworthy.gif

[Wolfgang Dudler]

I couldn't resist taking another picture.

http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aas.jpg

There's no train allowed. The track is dirty. I'm busy planting weeds.

Wolfgang

[ September 21, 2005, 12:08 PM: Message edited by: Wolfgang Dudler ]

[Flash Blackman]

Wolfgang! Look at all those sprinklies on the water! Is that okay? :confused? How long does it take for the water to cure?

[Wolfgang Dudler]

Flash,

that's all Wodland turf.

Here's another picture, I've cleaned a little bit:

http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aat.jpg

I'm creating a small beach. Still, all is wet.

You want a bigger picture (http://www.westportterminal.de/US-Modellbahnforum/P9181792aus.jpg) ?

Wolfgang

[ September 21, 2005, 12:09 PM: Message edited by: Wolfgang Dudler ]

[Flash Blackman]

Originally posted by Wolfgang Dudler:
Still, all is wet. The first picture of the water was on Sep 12. So this is one week later and it is still drying? Does Gloss Medium take that long?

[Wolfgang Dudler]

No, I made a second layer. There were a few bubbles. :(

Wolfgang

[Powersteamguy1790]

Originally posted by Wolfgang Dudler:
I couldn't resist taking another picture.

http://www.railimages.com/albums/wolfgangdudler/ael.jpg

There's no train allowed. The track is dirty. I'm busy planting weeds.

Wolfgang Wolfgang:

Tha's a great photo of the lake and trestle.


Stay cool and run steam...... graemlins/cool.gif :cool: :cool:

[rush2ny]

You make it look so easy! Excellent job, Wolfgang. My compliments!

Russ

[watash]

Guard rails were usually mounted in-board to prevent a derailed car from going over the side of bridges and tresles. They would eventually rust to a dark "redish" rusty color over time.

[Wolfgang Dudler]

Now, I've added some scenery, trees and people. I would like to say my trestle is finished.

http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aau.jpg

http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aav.jpg

http://www.railimages.com/albums/trestle_building/aaw.jpg

Which picture do you like best??
You can see the whole story at my homepage, with big pictures.

Happy toooot
Wolfgang

[ September 21, 2005, 12:11 PM: Message edited by: Wolfgang Dudler ]

[Flash Blackman]

Wolfgang, it is really a beautiful job. Nice water and a nice trestle, too.

BTW, what was the temperature of the room when you poured the water?

[Wolfgang Dudler]

The first layer was very thick, about 1 to 4 mm (1/25'' to 4/25'') and it needed days, nearly a week!!

Temperature about 20°C and more (70°F and more). It's the room with heating.

Then I got some scratches and wanted another layer, a thinner layer. :)This took about two days to dry. Now I could swap with a wet cloth for cleaning.

Wolfgang

[Powersteamguy1790]

Wolfgang:

You've done an outstanding job on that trestle and water.

The scene looks fantastic.


Stay cool and run steam..... graemlins/cool.gif :cool: :cool:

[Alan]

All the pictures are superb, but my favourite is the one under the trestle of the figures on the beach smile.gif