Juneco 75 foot deck Bridge

[cnrglen]

Thanks Lutz and Jim. I checked out Bridgehunters.com and came up with a few ideas for some timber piers/abutments. It would involve building two more bents for the bridge itself, and 4 more shorter ones to make the end piers. More on that later.

I added the cast metal hardware yesterday:

   

It took more time to do this than I thought it would. the NBW castings simulate the threaded ends of the tension rods and so I had to drill some of the holes out a bit larger and also shorten some of the tension rods. Made the holes just big enough so the castings would 'friction fit' and I wouldn't have to use glue. The upper and lower channel castings are glued on and are retaining the vertical tension rods in place.

   

I then built the two end bents, using the kit templates as a jig.

   



Ready to be glued in place.

   

Then I started with the bridge deck, first by taping the bridge ties into place.

   

Then I glued the glued the stringers to the ties, this is all built upside down.

   

And lastly, I started to hand-lay the track onto the deck. I got about this far when my back started to tell me it was time to stop. I hope to get back at it in the next few days.