Fair Oaks scene progress

The bridge started here, scratch-built originally as a railroad version and now converted into a highway bridge.

After a few steps...

Removed in order to progress on the ground-works

And more progress with ground cover, ballast and weathering.

Foliage is starting to make an appearance...

An overview of the bridge from a high angle...

and the almost completed foliage/trees added.

And the other side of the bridge...

I hope you like it!

Thanks again for your time.

Yannis

Nicely done!

Very well done.  I like it. 

Bridge End

Yannis,

Your work is really top notch! So keep the updates coming! 

If it's ok, I'd like to pick your brain a bit and ask a question. I am going to have a bridge on my layout somewhat like yours and have been thinking about how I want to finish off the end of the bridge at the aisle.

My initial thought is to put a piece of masonite to cover over the bridge end girders at least and paint it the same color as the fascia. I think that give it a more finished appearance, instead of looking like a big skill saw went cruising through the scenery, Or I might even extend that masonite piece all the way down to the fascia, and let it serve as a guard that keeps people from bumping the bridge and ruining it.

Have you given any thoughts to this issue? If so, I'd be interested in hearing them. 

Thanks!

Wow

Dude, that's just...wow. I dare call that magazine worthy.

Indeed, magazine worthy.

Indeed, magazine worthy.

Thank you all for the kind words!

Paul, I plan to finish the bridge end on the aisle side using a rectangular piece of styrene that matches the shape of the cut on the bridge. I ll have it riveted/detailed/weathered so that it looks like a part of the bridge. I ll post relevant photos when i am done with this. If i wanted to protect the bridge, i would seriously consider extending the fascia upwards (or the piece of masonite downwards to meet and blend with the fascia, as you described). Having said that, i would imagine that i would need more (benchwork) depth to do so in order to have a slope/abutment rising up to the aisle end (like a mirror image of the slope that is against the backdrop).

On my layout i got no such issues on this spot (needing to protect the bridge) and i wanted maximum visibility for the bridge columns/piers, this is why i chose the solution i described.

Dang!

It just keeps getting better and better! Love the bridge and seeing the under structure is a total treat. 

Many thanks Rick!

Much appreciated feedback. Working on trees now, should have a new update on this scene pretty soon.

Bridge ends

Hi,

this is a great scene! I do like the way the bridge ends like it has been cut straight through. For me this reinforces the suggestion that the layout continues into the aisle. Nice!

Have fun!

Thank you!

I ll try in a next step to improve the looks of the cut on the bridge so that it appears more detailed.