After seeing Jerry and Fred’s truss bridge pictures I finally got the inspiration today to get moving on mine. I was putting it off as I figured it would take a lot of time. However to my surprise I have a finished base truss bridge in primer and only 6 hours were spent at my garage.(I hate going there on the weekend I see it enough Mon thru Fri.) I still need to detail it yet.
Building the base
It was all free handed no jig was used as I figured I would spend more time making a jig than just free handing it.
Moving right along
All welded up and ready for paint
Another angle
Brought it home and primed it
Ready for detail and paint. Thanks for your inspiration here. Can’t wait to get it on the line. It’s a bit on the high side but I wasn’t sure what I might purchase in the future like a stack train etc? I want to make redwood ties and try some hand laying across the span. Overall outside size is 49" long 12 1/2" high and 9 1/2 wide. Total material were around $80 so I’m happy. As Ron Hayward stated I need to “shake up a rattle can” and get some paint on her. Before anyone asks, the building in the background is a model of my garage and this is why I’m searching for scale saabs and volvos. Try not to beat me up too bad as I’ve recently starting scratchbuilding…I’m not a rivet counter but I really enjoy the finished products that I have made so far and that’s all that counts right? David