Miniart 1:35 - Pedestrian Bridge

That is beautiful.  At that price I'd buy it and find a way to shoehorn it into the scene, maybe right up front,  and back it with forced perspective things.

I also like the 1:87 stone bridge below it, possibly for a background piece.

Closer to G gauge.

Lionel and Plasticville both make o gauge pedestrian bridges.

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Lionel and Plasticville both make o gauge pedestrian bridges.

The plasticville one is almost impossible to find and goes very quickly on the bay whenever its listed.  The Lionel and MTH ones are also starting to become scarce.  I'm also curious if this product is a good alternative. I need to kitbash a few for some subway platforms.

How realistic do you want it to be?

Marx made one.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

RWL,

I've seen this kit in person and there's a million pieces to it. It seems to be better suited for G Scale as already mentioned. I agree, it looks wonderful. Do you not like the one made by MTH?

Dave

The MTH version looks much to spread out for the area on my layout where it needs to go.

Is there any place to get the dimensions of the Lionel walkover bridge?

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Lionel and Plasticville both make o gauge pedestrian bridges.

I like the Lionel version, but I would need to modify it.
I need to remove one star on one side, and the other star on the other side.
I would also need to remove 3 to 4" from the center walkway.
How hard are these to modify?
O have a Dremel tool for cutting.
Are these made of styrene, meaning, can they be glued with airplane glue?
1. I would need to patch railings into the landing openings where the stars are removed.
2. I would need to reattach the upper walkway, where I remove the the 3 to 4".

You cannot find either the Lionel or MTH pedestrian bridges and when you do you will pay inflated Ebay prices for them (way above original list price) from these people who think they are sitting on a goldmine.   So preferences are not really the discussion.  Availability is.

John

@Craftech posted:

You cannot find either the Lionel or MTH pedestrian bridges and when you do you will pay inflated Ebay prices for them (way above original list price) from these people who think they are sitting on a goldmine.   So preferences are not really the discussion.  Availability is.

John

True, I see one on Ebay right now for $75.

If you have to buy from e-bay because you can't get it anywhere else, at any price, then the seller is sitting on a gold mine.  That's how supply-and-demand works unfortunately.

Several posters have already said that these bridges are getting hard to find.  Scarce means expensive, regardless of the seller's intentions.

(I will agree however that there are far too many sellers on e-bay who are not serious about selling the more common things -- and their prices prove it.  These people would rather use e-bay to display their collection, and hold on to it for years if necessary, before selling any part of it at a fair price.  If they were true sellers they would know that the money's to be made by moving goods, not by holding on to them.)

Mike

@Mellow Hudson Mike posted:

If you have to buy from e-bay because you can't get it anywhere else, at any price, then the seller is sitting on a gold mine.  That's how supply-and-demand works unfortunately.

Several posters have already said that these bridges are getting hard to find.  Scarce means expensive, regardless of the seller's intentions.

(I will agree however that there are far too many sellers on e-bay who are not serious about selling the more common things -- and their prices prove it.  These people would rather use e-bay to display their collection, and hold on to it for years if necessary, before selling any part of it at a fair price.  If they were true sellers they would know that the money's to be made by moving goods, not by holding on to them.)

Mike

I went ahead and bought that Lionel one on eBay.
Now I will go about the mods to be made.

Again, as asked above, how difficult are these to work with, as far as making modifications?
Cutting, gluing, etc...............