Scratch-building a Bascule Lift Bridge: The Rocking Truss

Kaustav
Part 1: http://www.trainsanddioramas.com/ultimate-scrap-building-bascule-bridge-introduction/ Part 2: http://www.trainsanddioramas.com/scratch-building-a-lift-bridge-in-n-scale-design/ Part 3: http://www.trainsanddioramas.com/bascule-lift-bridge-the-concept-of-scrap-building/ The Rocking Truss This is a little more complicated than the leaf as there is no straight, square angle in this structure, and it is highly important to use the reference drawing to cut each section. Photos 9 and 10 show…
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Bascule Lift Bridge: The Concept of ‘Scrap-building’

Kaustav
Part 1: http://www.trainsanddioramas.com/ultimate-scrap-building-bascule-bridge-introduction/ Part 2: http://www.trainsanddioramas.com/scratch-building-a-lift-bridge-in-n-scale-design/ As the name suggests, simply build something out of scrap material.  Over time I have used various sorts of throwaway stuff and junk to build my models. However, building a structure sitting idly beside the track is one thing, but building a railroad drawbridge,…
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Model Railroading Philosophy of Jack Work

Kaustav
While doing some lazy browsing on the internet, I came across this blogpost: http://www.saintfrancisrailroad.com/secondpages/yardoffice.html Now, while the post itself is self explanatory and the website showcases some excellent modeling in large scale (1:24), what drew my attention was the author of the article in that 1958 publication. Though I could…
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