The bridge looks great. I'll have to ear mark this to use later. One simple rule of thumb of curves: The ruling radius should be 3.5 times the length of the longest "non-articulated" piece of equipment you are going to be running. You can go smaller in yards, sidings, and indusial spurs as the cars for these areas are shorter. i.e.: Follow what the prototype does. Explore railroad areas of interest via a good map source. 90' auto racks: 90' * 3.5 = 315', or 43.44" in HO.
What I have found with new wood, it works better after a year. Something to do with curing. I have a large lift out bridge and nothing worked the first year. Now it works perfectly. Like it finally settled in. Like what you did with yours.
Excellent job on the lift gate, I am working on a design change to my second lift gate, going to subscribe your channel, like seeing other ways of building a layout
Very nice job, and yes the seconnd track always does turn out better !! One observation thoughm your dropper wires appeared be soldered the inside face of your rails. It's better to solder on the outside to mitigate derailments. As to the area (dogbone) that is on the hinge side of the lift bridge, how about adding some veritical perspective to a flat layout and having maybe a return loop for a small mining or logging operation built in a hill or mountain? Your mainlines could curve arond it or go through it. The semi circular line could return to main board level and and join in to an indusrial area for said logs/coal/ores.
Thank you. My feeders are solders to the bottom side of the rail. Thanks for the ideas. I’ve got a ways to go yet and I’m just enjoying the ride. Thanks for stopping by.
@@Trains.Harleys.and.a.C10 Ok at 1.45 and 2.45 it looks like he inside of he rail. Yeah enjoy the journey. For me the planning and visualising is he fun part, then making it happen !!
Excellent design. I'm re-doing my layout and will be adding a lift bridge, so this really helps. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks. I’m glad this gave you some ideas. Enjoy your project.
The bridge looks great. I'll have to ear mark this to use later.
One simple rule of thumb of curves: The ruling radius should be 3.5 times the length of the longest "non-articulated" piece of equipment you are going to be running. You can go smaller in yards, sidings, and indusial spurs as the cars for these areas are shorter. i.e.: Follow what the prototype does. Explore railroad areas of interest via a good map source. 90' auto racks: 90' * 3.5 = 315', or 43.44" in HO.
Thank you. Glad to have you along. Thanks for the great info.
Great design, super solid! Exciting times ahead, for sure.👍
Thanks so much! Stay tuned!
Turned out great, I really like that you don't have the hinge blocks sticking up on top of the layout. Great design..
Hey thanks a lot.
What I have found with new wood, it works better after a year. Something to do with curing. I have a large lift out bridge and nothing worked the first year. Now it works perfectly. Like it finally settled in. Like what you did with yours.
Glad you got yours worked out. Thank you and thanks for watching.
Looks great. I had bad luck with lift outs in the past so I had to avoid it on my current layout. Going to follow along for sure.
-Kris
Thanks! I’d never done anything like it. It wasn’t the easiest thing but I enjoyed learning. You can do it too.
Nice job on the lift gate.
Thank you
Great job on the lift out…helping me decide how to tackle mine…new to channel
Thanks! Hope this helps give you some ideas.
Very neat job, cheers
Thank you! Thanks for watching. Stay tuned.
Great video, building a lift bridge will be one of my biggest challenges on my future layout. Subscribed and look forward to your future videos.
Thank you. It wasn’t as bad as people make it out to be. Thanks for subscribing.
Awesome design on the lift gate. Simple but effective. New sub. Big 👍
Thank you so much. Glad to have you along.
Nice job. It will be interesting how the tracks turn out😊
Thank you so much. I’ll be posting more as I go.
Excellent job on the lift gate, I am working on a design change to my second lift gate, going to subscribe your channel, like seeing other ways of building a layout
Thank you and thank you for subscribing.
That's the same design that I did. I thought about using PVC boards if I ever do another lift up. Should be much more stable that wood.
Hadn’t had any issues myself. Thanks for watching!
Looks nice and solid.
Thank you for checking it out.
excellent work Captain!! nice lift out :)
Thanks so much for stopping by. Stay tuned.
Nice looking bridge. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you
Very nice job, and yes the seconnd track always does turn out better !! One observation thoughm your dropper wires appeared be soldered the inside face of your rails. It's better to solder on the outside to mitigate derailments.
As to the area (dogbone) that is on the hinge side of the lift bridge, how about adding some veritical perspective to a flat layout and having maybe a return loop for a small mining or logging operation built in a hill or mountain? Your mainlines could curve arond it or go through it. The semi circular line could return to main board level and and join in to an indusrial area for said logs/coal/ores.
Thank you. My feeders are solders to the bottom side of the rail. Thanks for the ideas. I’ve got a ways to go yet and I’m just enjoying the ride. Thanks for stopping by.
@@Trains.Harleys.and.a.C10 Ok at 1.45 and 2.45 it looks like he inside of he rail. Yeah enjoy the journey. For me the planning and visualising is he fun part, then making it happen !!
Enjoyed the video and your work !! Thanks
Thank you so much. Glad you liked it. Stay tuned.
That is neat, a different way.
Thank you
That's the dog's dangly bits.
lol. Thanks. Thanks for watching.
Looks good
Thank you
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Work It Slowly Think It Over Before Laying track.
Lots of planning is always a good idea. Thanks for stopping by.
Not a Problem.