Yes, she is Super Woman. Anybody who uses a digital micrometer to scratch build a footbridge has my hat doffed while bowing. I am not worthy.
Everyone should have calipers on their modeling workbench. They are actually not expensive. You can find el cheapo verniers for as little as a couple of dollars. A reasonably accurate digital can easily be had in the ten to twenty dollar range. You really don't need to expend any more than that amount. Some day I might step up from my old fashioned dial/analog, to a digital.
Thank you, guys! Now I have to build the stairs on the other side. I have just enough parts to do it so I can't afford any mistakes.
I have a whole collection of calipers. 6", 3-12" and 24". All digital and one 6" old style slide. A lot more as a machinist and mechanic. I've never used them on the models. Maybe just too old.
I can't imagine making some small measurements with anything but a caliper (or a micrometer, but let's not go there...) I have fractional standard calipers for woodworking, but scale work is easier in decimal. I have digital calipers, but I prefer the analog dial versions; they never need batteries, and always work. Unless I am not sure whether the item being measured is standard or metric. Pushing a button (if even necessary) on a digital caliper to switch systems and check is very handy. Some analog ones have both scales, but one or the other does not wrap around, severely limiting the use of the secondary scale.
I was nervous about this build but it turned out just fine. No, it turned out great!!! Sorry, that sound very ...well, you know. But everything went so well ! And it looks so good on the lock! God must love naughty girls! Pictures soon.
No doubt about that. Candy has a long history of craftsmanship (craftspersonship?) and artistry that is well documented here. Do a search and enjoy the ride- not just this layout but also her previous one.
I never thought of it before, but the gate bottoms appear to be ~6" off the floor of the canal. I wonder how they "sealed" the bottoms of the closed gates against the floor of the canal? I suppose the gates would have stopped against a downstream, vertical step in the floor, angled upstream from the canal sides. matching that of the closed gates?
