11-27-2010, 12:01 PM
I'm lucky in that respect, my wife doesn't object much (if at all) about my railroad purchases. Heck, she even helped build the train building ($$$) and occasionally helps with painting and such.
As for the bridge, I'm getting close to finishing the concrete railings. Yes, I've been working on them since this thread started. 26 total assemblies at a revised count of 36 pieces per assembly, grand total of 936 pieces cut and glued. I can't recommend this to anyone, at some point it became less than fun. It is a good feeling to have this part knocked out, now I can concentrate on the "funner" parts of the bridge.
Gonna do this one a bit different than the others - for those, I built small assemblies at the workbench, and pieced them together on the layout. For this one, I think I will build a base from plywood, and build the entire bridge on that, then just set it in place on the layout.
Here's a photo of the almost completed railings:
As for the bridge, I'm getting close to finishing the concrete railings. Yes, I've been working on them since this thread started. 26 total assemblies at a revised count of 36 pieces per assembly, grand total of 936 pieces cut and glued. I can't recommend this to anyone, at some point it became less than fun. It is a good feeling to have this part knocked out, now I can concentrate on the "funner" parts of the bridge.
Gonna do this one a bit different than the others - for those, I built small assemblies at the workbench, and pieced them together on the layout. For this one, I think I will build a base from plywood, and build the entire bridge on that, then just set it in place on the layout.
Here's a photo of the almost completed railings:
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