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Started working on this module again after looking at it while laying in bed last night. I got some ideas flowing and now im going to make those ideas a reality LOL
First off is to completely tear out the bridge over the small creek. Ill be doing a full blown bridge construction scene for this area. Part of the bridge will be completed so traffic can still go through , while the other part of the bridge will be going through an expansion. Lots of construction equipment and typical messy job site will be a must
Second I need to fix the road along the front of the module. Its taken some abuse and needs to be patched and some sections repainted. I am thinking of laying down "patches" when repainting the road.
Third I need to completely redo the Great West Pre-Stress yard and the entire CAT Rental yard, as both of them did not get glued down properly and started cracking. Come to find out, I lifted a small section in both yards and well the whole yard came up and separated from the foam base. I had a sheet of ballast LOL To fix this ill lay down a layer of plaster cloth in each yard so the ballast and glue will have something to stick to rather then the smooth foam surface.
Supplies to remake the bridge and to redo the yards were ordered yesterday and should be in next week. Progress to come soon!
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By the way, all pictures have been restored in this thread, they all should be showing now....
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Got a little bit of an update here. Been working on what I can until the supplies come in next week.
I repainted a section of the road that runs along the front of the module, and then laid some k-rails out to separate the road while the bridge is under construction.
I also started laying some plaster cloth down in the CAT Rental yard, but ran out half way, so i will have to finish that when the supplies come in next week. After that has been covered in the plaster cloth, i can then reballast the yard like the one for Great West Pre-Stress
Trees were removed from the left side of the river and wholes were patched with more ground cover.
I further prepped the bridge expansion areas where the new forms for the bridge abutments will be poured. The abutments that are in place right now will support the new bridge that will be installed once I get the supplies in. Its a modern concrete bridge, but on the left side will be old wrought iron railings, ill demo part of it and place k-rails down on the bridge and make it as if they are taking the wrought iron rails out and replacing them with modern concrete safety barriers. There will only be one lane open on the bridge, and I need to find a flagman to place on the right side of the bridge directing traffic, but i don't recall anyone making and figures like that so ill have to see what i can do there.
I found some leftover ballast and just enough plaster cloth to complete the Great West Pre-Stress yard. It is now reballasted and will hopefully not crack and lift like the last time...
More progress to come soon
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Preiser has a Street Repair Crew, or you might be able to do something with Modern Workmen with Safety Vests.
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You sure know your construction site details. That big steel plate in the road reminds me of the one that wrecked my ball joint once The whole module is looking good!
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nachoman Wrote:You sure know your construction site details. That big steel plate in the road reminds me of the one that wrecked my ball joint once The whole module is looking good!
LOL thanks Kevin
This is only the start, I have alot more work to do, I want to make this a messy job site just like a typical construction site is...
I have a ton of those steel plates too LOL.
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Thanks guys, got the new bridge in yesterday, started it last night
The first thing I needed to do was make some new bridge abutments. I built some forms and then backfilled them with some talus, then topped it off with Woodland Scenics Mold-A-Scene Plaster. Once the Plaster had set (about 30 mins) I took the forms out and then applied more Plaster to the outside surface of each abutment. Let them dry overnight, and then applied another thin coat of plaster this morning.
I then cut the bridge deck and glued it together. Each side was cut at an angle to match the embankment. Then the beams were glued together and cut to length, laid on the Bridge Abutment and then glued the deck to them.
After that I started gluing the rails to the outside of the deck. My plan for the rails is to have part of it finished, a new section with forms getting ready for the concrete pour, and then part of the old rails still in place with workers removing them getting them ready for the new forms for the new rails. If you will notice in the pictures below, I roughed up a small part of the old rail foundation and will have a worker with a jackhammer chipping away at the old rails. I glued one of the old wrought iron rails in, and then glued the other at an angle as if it was being removed. Ill put a welder on the side of the rail that is still hanging on as if he is torching it and cutting it away from the old rails foundation and piers.
i wont be painting the bridge abutments. Im going for the look that they are old and run down, and aging quickly. Kinda like the new extension is being built, and once completed, they will move to the old bridge and refurbish it and repair the abutments. Here are a couple shots from under the bridge where the creek runs under
These next few pictures are just some shots to show how some of the details will be laid out. I added some steel plates on either side of the bridge to show they have been working, and then added some temporary asphalt patches to the edges of the plates. The K-Rails that run along the bridge rails are to protect the workers who will be working on the demolition of old bridge rails and the construction of the new ones. The one K-Rail that is placed on the other side of the bridge is where another row of K-Rails will be laid the length of the bridge and traffic will go down the middle. I still need to get 2 flagmen (one for each side of the bridge) that will direct traffic across the narrowed one lane bridge
More progress pics to come soon
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A few construction details that stand out in my mind from my drive to work are the ubiquitous flag person (usually women, lately) with the two-sided sign on a pole and those heavy metal 'walls' for trenching work. You know, the big steel plates with the rods in between that get dropped into a trench to prevent the sides caving in and burying the pipe fitters alive.
A cool animation would be those two sided flagman signs that flip around together. That is, on one side it's a stop sign, on the other it says 'slow'. When one person's sign says stop the other says slow, then they flip to allow the other lane of traffic to pass by. Some sort of cam and loop pulley system would work to periodically change them. Visitors may not notice unless they happen to catch it, but then they'd watch to see it happen again!
Nice work all around. You're really capturing the feeling of a construction zone. Alot to hold a viewer's interest.
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Josh, one more thing you need to do is get them cats dirty! The only time in it's life when a Cat is spotlessly clean is when it is brand new at the dealer waiting for delivery to a customer. After the first day of work, they will get dirty and only get dirtier from there!
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ocalicreek Wrote:A few construction details that stand out in my mind from my drive to work are the ubiquitous flag person (usually women, lately) with the two-sided sign on a pole and those heavy metal 'walls' for trenching work. You know, the big steel plates with the rods in between that get dropped into a trench to prevent the sides caving in and burying the pipe fitters alive.
A cool animation would be those two sided flagman signs that flip around together. That is, on one side it's a stop sign, on the other it says 'slow'. When one person's sign says stop the other says slow, then they flip to allow the other lane of traffic to pass by. Some sort of cam and loop pulley system would work to periodically change them. Visitors may not notice unless they happen to catch it, but then they'd watch to see it happen again!
Nice work all around. You're really capturing the feeling of a construction zone. Alot to hold a viewer's interest.
Galen
Ahhhh yes the trench boxes! I think I can make a few of those, those would be great details! I dont think they would fit this construction site as no pipe is being laid and no trenches are being dug, but I could use them for some other scenes, and those fairly basic in design lol
Preiser is coming out with an animated flagman, but who knows when it will be released. If they ever come out ill get 2 of them for this scene LOL
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Russ Bellinis Wrote:Josh, one more thing you need to do is get them cats dirty! The only time in it's life when a Cat is spotlessly clean is when it is brand new at the dealer waiting for delivery to a customer. After the first day of work, they will get dirty and only get dirtier from there!
LOL yes, I agree, my equipment is WAY to clean! I will have to work on some weathering on them to dirty them up and make them look like they have seen many hours of hard work
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