Bridge building

Matt KirschOGR Forum Member

I've gone off the deep end. At 9:30PM last night I decided that I didn't like my new turning loop platform blocking service access to the furnace, so I moved it and joined it back to my main table with a 55" bridge, made from a pine plank.

Found out what died in my basement last spring too... Eew.

Anyway, the bridge needs dressing up.

Keeping in mind that this is a "toy" layout with no intent towards realism, what would make a good material to build some side trusses? Cheap, easy to cut, and easy to join are the primary criteria.

1/30/141:12 PM

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DMASSOOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

I used to have a single track lift out. I used a pine board but attached girder bridges to it and on the overhang of the bridges, I put angled supports.

1/30/141:28 PM

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Matt KirschOGR Forum Member

Yup, I'm jut looking to build some truss girders for the sides to make it look more like a bridge than a plank.

I'm gonna walk around the home depot later today and see if I can find some material to make them from...

1/30/141:35 PM

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Larry Sr.OGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Matt

I was trying to make one look half decent also. And, I'm toy like as well. I took balsa wood and scraps and then stained it. Just an idea. It looks a lot better than what I started with. It's 060 curve about 55 inches. The supports I store bought already made.

Good luck anyway.