? for those with an elevated line.....

Question 1: concrete grey would be my preference, but suit yourself.

 

Question 2: sounds like a lot of extra work to add ribs; smooth concrete-colored panels will look reasonably credible, but if you want ribs I suggest you search for photos of something that looks good to you, and go with that.

 

Looks like good progress on your layout ... can you show us some more pics ?

That's a really nice looking small layout. Can you post more pics?

Strogey,  here are a few photos of our elevated area that we used drywall shims too.  We painted ours a green and added rust.  When the layout is finished I will go back and add more ribs to the sections, I wished I had put more on when building it.  As you can see our bridge is built in 3 sections for ease of installing.  We even wired the supports with electrical for lights some day.  You can paint it any color your heart desires.  Good luck hope this helps.  Nick 

I like how you left some of level 2 open, so I think I'm going to try opening up some of the 2nd level in the design I'm working on.

I found some metal plating textures on line and scaled them in photoshop then printed them and spray glued them on.  

TMACK....that really looks great!  The plating texture is fantastic...

 

Alan

Alan,

 

Thanks, I will try to remember when I get home tonight to post the jpg for everyone.

 

-Ted

While we are talking elevated, What happens when you have a derailment? 

Do you have some sort of guard rail set up?

Where can I buy these sheet rock shims? Can you show me what the package looks like?

Thanks, Art

Home Depot, Lowes and place you can get Drywall and Mud.  

Here is the plate graphic I used.  I used heavy bright white paper and then spray glued it on to the sides of my structure.  If you download the attached file it should fit perfect on a 8.5x11.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I glued 1/8" square basswood strips for the top and bottom plate headers and 3/32" square strips for the vertical joints spaced every two inches.  Everything was then painted flat black.   Simulated rivets and white RR letter decals will follow in the near future.

 

Poppyl 

I bought the shims at Home Depot. They had them available individually so I did not need to buy the whole package. I bought way too many as it is!!!!

Thanks TMack...I have saved the file for future use...

 

Alan

If it is not the right size, shoot me an email through my profile on the Forum and I will send you the original JPG.  I think the forum software might shrink the file.

 

-Ted

TMack.....that looks great!  I will save that for later use.  

 

Thanks,

Rick

The file may need adjustment in the print settings before you print. If you want it to fit a drywall shim, you might need to set the scale at 97% or something else as each printer will vary.  Here is a screen shot of my print dialogue box.  I cant remember what I had it set at last Winter, but it is more than 93% to get it to fit right.

 

 

I painted mine gray to look like concrete and I guess it looks ok. Concrete is one of those things were the color varies from one place to the other because of the aggregate used in the mix. I really like the looks of the steel, but that was more then I had time for

 

 

 

For the record, I really like your layout and hope to use some techniques in mine.

Here are a few more alternatives.

 

jim r from www.bridgeboss.com

 

 

Ribbed Type Girder Bridge

 

Standard Cutout version of Girder Bridges

 

New ELevated Bridge System

 

Well I may have to build a safety rail around mine because my nephew just ran my Polar Express of the top into a new Christmas box car below. The box car is scratched and even a small crack but it probably saved my Berkshire. The rear wheels came off the Berkshire and I just put it up and told the kids it was broke. I’ll check it out later when everybody is gone to see how bad it is.