05-06-2011, 11:40 PM
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This gritty pic shows the floor beams in place. If I had to do it over I'd group them in threes and space them as if there were washers between them (prototype practice), add nbw's in appropriate places, then mount them between the vertical posts and angle braces. However, this looks pretty neat too. Couldn't find any prototypes with this sort of floor, but that's okay with me.
Up next...cutting and installing the knee braces. Once again the paper 'chopper' template has marks for cutting the appropriate angles for top and bottom of the braces...the trick is determining the length. It's no trick, it's measuring and marking, but I think you know what I mean. Gotta be up early tomorrow so the next step will have to wait.
After the knee braces go in I'll add final nbw's, touch up the bare wood with more stain, then lay the stringers and cross ties. Finally I'll paint the nbw's, weather the bridge (probably an alcohol/IA wash) and lay rail. More pics each step of the way.
Galen
This gritty pic shows the floor beams in place. If I had to do it over I'd group them in threes and space them as if there were washers between them (prototype practice), add nbw's in appropriate places, then mount them between the vertical posts and angle braces. However, this looks pretty neat too. Couldn't find any prototypes with this sort of floor, but that's okay with me.
Up next...cutting and installing the knee braces. Once again the paper 'chopper' template has marks for cutting the appropriate angles for top and bottom of the braces...the trick is determining the length. It's no trick, it's measuring and marking, but I think you know what I mean. Gotta be up early tomorrow so the next step will have to wait.
After the knee braces go in I'll add final nbw's, touch up the bare wood with more stain, then lay the stringers and cross ties. Finally I'll paint the nbw's, weather the bridge (probably an alcohol/IA wash) and lay rail. More pics each step of the way.
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!