Lehigh Canal

All ya gotta do is tell 'em not to!

Or tell 'em they can't...

 

Or don't entice them.

 

I've started to build my railroad bridge. It will take me a bit of time because I have trouble building some Walthers kits. The instructions are scant, so I have to do a lot of reading, staring, fitting, thinking and eating double chocolate cookies. But not too many

 

I find this with a lot of things these days. Not sure about Walthers, but many manufacturers go the cheap route, combining a dozen languages or wordless sketches into owners manuals printed on comic book grade paper. Epson chose the wordless sketch method for my scanner and it made a terrible racket when I first tried it. I was broken-hearted, thinking it was defective. Ends up that there are two mechanical locks on the drive mechanism, noted only with arrows and exclamation marks in the owners manual.

 

My bridge instructions said, " Four arms, minimum, required for assembly." So, I'm okay

 

I could use a few extra arms myself. Like at the store checkout while I'm still getting my wallet out the young lady behind the counter has already scanned all my items and asked for the points card and what payment method. I haven't been that fast in a couple of decades...

And yes, chocolate helps stimulate the neurons. Chasing the chocolate down with a good coffee turbocharges them...

 

I shared your six-armed woman graphic with the women in my family and they all thought it was great.

 

But I quickly run out of nail polish

 

Bridge is almost done. It wasn't too bad.

 

Bridge in the paint shop

 

I needed some stone wall stuff that looks like the stonework I see in many pictures of the canal locks. So, I found this and there are videos too.

 

Test fitting my bridge. I added a bit of greenery, pinned around it, just to see how it was going to look. I do that a lot. I will have some help installing the rails but don't tell anyone.

 

Looks nice. The weathering is done very well.
I'll keep your secret.

Richard

 

Thank you, guys. I use Vallejo, Rust and Steel, 70.150
It's a rust weathering kit

 

I must work on the lock next. It will be a backdrop on the canal, so the canal does not end abruptly

 

Will you be doing a modern lock or one from an earlier time? How about the barge and it's locomotion?

Or maybe I should just be patient and wait.

Richard

 

Nice work! Scene's looking good.

 

The canal shut down in the 1930s. Everything is old. Barge is not a barge. It's a canal boat. Locomotion was always two mules. I'm modeling the early 1950's so this canal is no longer used. But it still has water in it. Water will be the last part of the scene

 

Great looking bridge! I like your test-fitting with the scenery elements, especially the greenery.

The whole scene, from that angle, looks just about perfect.