Still watching

Captain - still here, no snow, and watching with interest. Tell us more about that bridge. A Campbell re purposed for On30? Very nice. 

The Bridge

YES, the bridge, its actual length is seven feet, but required a run up of another four feet. This bridge is not a kit, it was custom built mostly from one lumber board. The metal rods and some hardware were purchased to finish it off. The main bridge its self was built by Tom O'Connor from Lebanon, PA. It is a copy of a bridge on his layout I had been drooling over when I visited his full basement On3 layout. He also talked me into the On3 scale for our Porcupine Valley. After I got the bridge home and installed, I added the walkway, railings and pole lighting. The bridge has a built in, incline of 3%, over the 11 feet total span.

That is where the problem started. The bridge its self is such a powerful image, how was I going to make anything else on the module grab the viewers eye past that bridge. That is why I am putting a lot of effort the the rest of that area, so the bridge is not the only thing to notice. I don't think I can ever expect to match the bridge for attention, but my plan will give it a run for the money. I love a challenge.

Two, three foot high Redwood trees will help as well as many other trees in that valley. 1/4" = 1' is a great scale to work in for detail. and the narrow gauge - On3, makes it work on two foot wide modules, for 90 deg. turns.