02-16-2009, 11:14 AM
From what I've read about the N scale kit, two barrel platforms and barrels are part of the kit - I suggest that a letter to Micro Engineering is in order, explaining the problem. And I mean a real letter, not an e-mail. If you provide a self-addressed envelope and an international postal reply coupon, I'll bet that you'll get those parts. 
:mrgreen:
Still, this does not address my first comment: if you compare your model to the picture on the box, in addition to having no platforms or barrels, your bridge has the casting gates still on the various structural elements. These should have been removed before assembly. You can still remove them if you use a very sharp blade, such as a single-edge razor blade. With the bridge on its side, hold a piece of wood (a length of 1"x2" long enough to hold in one hand , with the other end extending from the underside of each tower right up to the underside of the bridge girders will work) firmly against the back side of each protrusion, slice off the offending nubs - this is best done with the bridge supported, in mid-air, by the 1"x2", and completely off your work surface - this will prevent downward pressure from the blade accidentally crushing the tower. If you have a bench vise, clamping the 1"x2" in it so that it extends sideways, then using your free hand to support the bridge might be even easier than holding the wood in your hand. However you do it, the piece being trimmed must be fully and firmly supported while doing the trimming. Don't forget the little "V"-shaped ones below the centre of the "X"-bracing, too.
With all those bits trimmed off, there'll be nothing to detract from the otherwise fine job which you did on the assembly. 
Wayne
:mrgreen: Still, this does not address my first comment: if you compare your model to the picture on the box, in addition to having no platforms or barrels, your bridge has the casting gates still on the various structural elements. These should have been removed before assembly. You can still remove them if you use a very sharp blade, such as a single-edge razor blade. With the bridge on its side, hold a piece of wood (a length of 1"x2" long enough to hold in one hand , with the other end extending from the underside of each tower right up to the underside of the bridge girders will work) firmly against the back side of each protrusion, slice off the offending nubs - this is best done with the bridge supported, in mid-air, by the 1"x2", and completely off your work surface - this will prevent downward pressure from the blade accidentally crushing the tower. If you have a bench vise, clamping the 1"x2" in it so that it extends sideways, then using your free hand to support the bridge might be even easier than holding the wood in your hand. However you do it, the piece being trimmed must be fully and firmly supported while doing the trimming. Don't forget the little "V"-shaped ones below the centre of the "X"-bracing, too.
With all those bits trimmed off, there'll be nothing to detract from the otherwise fine job which you did on the assembly. Wayne