N Viaduct Kit

Product Information

By the way, I like your idea of the crew putting the train on "auto-pilot," so no lives are at risk. The image that creates in my mind makes me smile. While this webbing is not normally visible thanks to the ballast, on the exposed section of the viaduct the plastic under the rails would have been very obvious and ruined the look.

Another reason for taking the build-and-slide approach is that this won’t be the final viaduct. When time allows I want to create a miniature version of the Trenance Viaduct and use this in the scene.Initially, I was going to make the viaduct with a 3D pen but decided against this after a few trial runs. Just to make life a bit more challenging, I want to scratch build it in its original Masonry & timber form seen here. This, of course, is going to be a challenge and will take some time so until then the wooden structure fills the gap — literally — safe in the knowledge that when Trenance is ready, I can slide out the current wooden and slot in the new version. A Tale of Two Tunnels

A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. Scatter and vegetation were added using the technique covered here and static grass with my favourite applicator. As a finishing touch for the photograph, I took an N scale figure and placed him in the cab of the locomotive.

Regarding creaks, etc., out of curiosity I once used a dial indicator to measure the deflection of the bridge while an HO scale 20T shay passed over it: The outer edge deflected about .010" while the inside deflected .002". It appears to experience similar stresses as a full scale curved bridge might experience, but Titebond wood glue is strong enough to hold it together.