06-11-2010, 04:11 PM
I got the .020" styrene rod, and finished the verticals. the diagonals, .025" rod, were then added, and the ends clipped to the proper length. In the first shot, the completed bridge frame. I set a 3 ounce steel bar, in the center of the span, and the vertical deflection was 3 scale inches, at the center. That's a strong little bridge, for a walkway !
This second shot is at approximately eye level, and yes that is a VW Beetle parked on the timber deck. Driving on to the bridge was easy, backing off ?.........Let's just state for the record that the bridge and the VW survived the experience.
This third shot is approximately where the finished bridges will go.
This is the "Alpha" build. There are a lot of "mistakes", that the next two won't have.....I have too much material in the first one, not to use it. I intend to do more of a tutorial, here, as I build the next two........Hey! that's not an arch, it's a learning curve !!
This second shot is at approximately eye level, and yes that is a VW Beetle parked on the timber deck. Driving on to the bridge was easy, backing off ?.........Let's just state for the record that the bridge and the VW survived the experience.
This third shot is approximately where the finished bridges will go.
This is the "Alpha" build. There are a lot of "mistakes", that the next two won't have.....I have too much material in the first one, not to use it. I intend to do more of a tutorial, here, as I build the next two........Hey! that's not an arch, it's a learning curve !!
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!