I built that bridge like 20 years ago. Very challenging. You don't need to have a degree in enginering to do it... but it helps a lot at the end ! It's not up to all modelers to build it. At the very end, it can be heavily weathered to hide a bad assembly job. But it's like trackage, once you screwed up, it's nearly impossible to fix things unless you start all over again... And the proper way. Like what you shown us on the clip. Good job of doing it "properly".
Hi. If you go to -- ruclips.net/video/ze12CNd5PI4/видео.html -- in RUclips you will find part 1 of a 2 part video from Central Valley Model Works there showing you exactly how to make the bridge. It is a step by step video and I watched this many times first and then watched it in sections while I built the bridge. Following along made it all a lot easier and the bridge came out really great. As you say these are not kits for the faint hearted but they are great models!!! I also screwed a piece of flat aluminium bar onto a old MDF laminated board I had which provided the straight end to align the template too and the panel provided a perfectly flat surface so the truss stayed aligned and flat while I glued the kit together. A number of 1-2-3 blocks help and I was lucky enough to have a friend who milled a steel block to the dimensions that you used the basswood for. For gluing I used MEK (Methyl Ethyl Ketone) as I do on most of my plastic kits. It drys fast and strong. In fact the plastic will break somewhere else and not at the joint. I hope this helps in some way. Cheers Brendon. Leeston, New Zealand
I built that bridge like 20 years ago. Very challenging. You don't need to have a degree in enginering to do it... but it helps a lot at the end ! It's not up to all modelers to build it. At the very end, it can be heavily weathered to hide a bad assembly job. But it's like trackage, once you screwed up, it's nearly impossible to fix things unless you start all over again... And the proper way. Like what you shown us on the clip. Good job of doing it "properly".
Excellent video! I’m putting off my Central Valley bridge for a while. I need to get a few more model kits under my belt first
Go for it! It's only plastic...
All great tips. I have 2 Central Valley bridges yet to build and can't imagine not having that sander available.
Me neither!
They don't give that ultimation sander away do they.....? definitely a nice to have though.
Hi. If you go to -- ruclips.net/video/ze12CNd5PI4/видео.html -- in RUclips you will find part 1 of a 2 part video from Central Valley Model Works there showing you exactly how to make the bridge. It is a step by step video and I watched this many times first and then watched it in sections while I built the bridge. Following along made it all a lot easier and the bridge came out really great. As you say these are not kits for the faint hearted but they are great models!!! I also screwed a piece of flat aluminium bar onto a old MDF laminated board I had which provided the straight end to align the template too and the panel provided a perfectly flat surface so the truss stayed aligned and flat while I glued the kit together. A number of 1-2-3 blocks help and I was lucky enough to have a friend who milled a steel block to the dimensions that you used the basswood for. For gluing I used MEK (Methyl Ethyl Ketone) as I do on most of my plastic kits. It drys fast and strong. In fact the plastic will break somewhere else and not at the joint. I hope this helps in some way. Cheers Brendon. Leeston, New Zealand
I thought I'd referenced those videos at some point but it may have ended up on the editing floor. Thanks for the tips!