Girder Bridge for a curve

Scenic Express sells flexible girder panels that will give you a great start at creating your own. Hang on while I look for a link (Jeopardy theme playing in the backround!)..........Times up as Alex Trebek would say! Here you go:

Scenic Express Flexible Plate Girder Bridge

Cool thanks. That should work.

Bridge Boss

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Originally posted by Strogey:
Scenic Express sells flexible girder panels that will give you a great start at creating your own. Hang on while I look for a link (Jeopardy theme playing in the backround!)..........Times up as Alex Trebek would say! Here you go:

Woodland Scenics Flexible Girder Plate

?? Scenic Express ??
Should be available at York in a couple of weeks.




Flexible to a point without application of heat.


I'm curious is Brian Cooper still in Business? Bridge Solutions ????
This bridge was his creation.

Jdevleerjr, here a couple of pics of what I did. They are certainly not a fancy as Silk City BridgeWorks or Scenics Express but they serve the purpose for what I need. I made these out of 1/8" masonite that I painted gray and put 1/16" x 1/8" stained basswood on them. I'm going to use 1/16" x 1/4" basswood pieces on the ends to cover them up where I butt up two pieces of masonite. Probably not really the great detail girder effect but I opted for a little contrast. I'll have about 32' of it when I'm done. Price is certainly right. Sorry pic detail isn't that great but it gives you the another idea.



Ken

John...The pricing you have on the site.....is that per section? In other words, if I needed enough for an Atlas 072 complete circle, would I need 16 of your sections at $50.00 per section (w/o railings)??

Thanks,
Alan

Be aware that the Scenic Express flexible girder sections have good detail, but it is only on one side. The other side is completely flat and devoid of any detail. Fine if you won't see or care about the inside. The solution would be to order double the amount you need and glue two sections back to back. Yes, it can get expensive!

Great ideas and pictures

Ken your idea REALLY LOOKS GREAT!!!

Ken....I like it. I have been trying to find an inexpensive way to do an oval of 42" 027. I have someone that will cut the plywood roadbed for me but was stymied on how to finish the sides without having to spend 2-3 salary on in. (another sure way to land me in club med which is what my wife calls my hospital visits)!

I will have to remember this when I get to that stage.

I have a remaing section as you describe that was made by Miami Bridges. It is the same as the Hi Railers. It is O-81. I will sell it to you if you'd like.

Norm

I make stone arch bridges out of foam, and can make one for an O-72 curve, and I am close by to you, Fraser, MI.
Thanks,
Tim

Silk City can custom make anything you need and they look real when their done.

Tim...any pictures of your stone arch bridges you can share?

Thanks,
Rick

There is a link below which will take you to my blog on J+C Studios, where you will find pictures of my work.

You can also check with Jim at Bridgeboss.com . Jim is a great guy and has a lot of options to fit your needs at a reasonable prices.

Good thread you guys....

Hey Rick, just now finally getting re-registered on this new forum.   Yes, you can view the photos of some of the bridges that I make for others, at:  http://www.jcstudiosinc.com/TimW 

 

I have one photo attached.

 

 

Haven't seen Brian at York for several shows now... and Ross Custom Switches has expanded their booth to include the space that Brian occupied as Bridge Solutions. 

 

I purchased several nice bridge pieces from Brian about 5-6 years ago, but for a variety of reasons I'm just now getting enough time back on my hands to continue building the layout these days.  Can't wait to unbox those gems and run some trains over them!

 

I seem to remember that back in those years, the NJ Highrailers were a BIG customer of Brian's.  One year Brian had an ENORMOUS helix/spiral bridge on display at York that eventually found its way onto the NJ Highrailers layout (if I'm not mistaken).  So perhaps someone from the Highrailers would know what happened to Brian.  A lot of the Silk City BridgeWorks stuff looks remarkably similar to the Bridge Solutions offerings... so it wouldn't surprise me if there's a connection there and that some tooling and/or skills/techniques were transferred in the process. 

 

David

Hi Guys.

We offer several types of bridges for curved track sections. Our basic curved girder bridges are very economical and are offered in most all curved sizes, they also match up directly with straight sections. Also available are 072 curved truss bridges available in 90 degree sections. Lastly is the new Elevated Bridge system available in most any curved size required and in multi widths, they are available in kit form as well as fully assembled and painted in your choice of colors.

thanks.

jim r from www.bridgeboss.com

Great information guys!!!  It's amazing the bridge options that are available to us mere mortals nowadays.    Years ago, this type of stuff was strictly in the realm of the very talented scratch-builders.  Many thanks!!!

 

David