Waterville & Washington Railroad

Where has the time gone? I've spent 4 months out of country this year and only did a little modeling this past weekend. Next year won't be much better, but one of my resolves is to make time to model even if it's 15 minutes a week. Something is better than nothing. My work continues on the Pratt Truss bridge since I've received the bridge eye bars. To next year. May it be better.

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. I haven't updated my blog since I posted over a year ago that I was moving. Since that time I attended school and are temporarily living on another continent. Looking to accomplish more model railroading projects starting next year. Please stay tuned as I'm going to begin building a layout depicting Washington, Ks. I can use what I build later as part of my dream layout. Wishing you all a happy holidays and a happy new year!