Lance Mindheim's layouts
Visited Lance Mindh eim house and viewed his outstanding layouts this past Sunday. Very inspirational.
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The old adage of measure twice cut once got me. I glued the stringers too close together. Ugh. Luckily the parts were still slightly pliable and I was able to pull them apart with only having to replace one cross member. I had to sand everything down, but that was a small price to pay. Now it looks correct. Time to find the right creosote color to paint the bridge parts.
I continue my work on the Mill Creek bridge. I'm needing/waiting on the measurements for the eyebars for a pin connected truss bridge so I can have them laser cut out of styrene so I've moved on to building the two Panel Pile Trestle (PPT) bridges that are on each side of the truss bridge. I built a jig out of styrene which speeds up the process tremendously and also ensures uniformity of the PPTs. I've ordered Central Valley bridge tie sections and also Detail Associates nut/washers to complete the detail and roadbed of the bridges which I should get this week. Time to paint the PPTs which makes me a little nervous as it's fully exposed so I need to ensure the colors match a bridge that is moderately fresh, but not too weathered. It's nice working with the MOW standard diagrams as it shows the blueprints for building all of the parts. Central Valley truss bridge with the scratch built cement backwalls in the foreground. Initial coat of paint
Wow. Where has the time gone? Since my last post, I've changed my job, moved twice, and now I'm at school. I'm still a modeling - slowly. Working on a new project which is a bridge. I plan to use it on my new Washington, Ks, branch line. I'll hopefully post a few photos of other projects I'm working on like my Mopac ex-KO&G caboose model. I have it with me so I can hopefully finish it also. Nate