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N Scale Bascule Bridge: Finally It’s Done!

June 25, 2020June 4, 2020 by Kaustav

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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/ Part 4: http://www.trainsanddioramas.com/scratch-building-a-bascule-lift-bridge-the-rocking-truss/ Part 5: http://www.trainsanddioramas.com/scratchbuilding-a-bascule-lift-bridge-the-tower/ Part 6: http://www.trainsanddioramas.com/n-scale-bascule-lift-bridge-assembly/ Part 7: http://www.trainsanddioramas.com/n-scale-bascule-bridge-installing-tracks/ Final Assembly and Concrete Counterweight The next step is to create the pivot joints for all the links. The first on the list is the rocking truss. In Photo…

Bascule Lift Bridge: The Concept of ‘Scrap-building’

May 25, 2020May 25, 2020 by Kaustav

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,…

Isomretic View of an n Scale Lift Bridge

Scratch-building a Lift Bridge in N Scale: Design

May 23, 2020May 23, 2020 by Kaustav

Kaustav

Find Part 1here: Introduction Developing a Reference Drawing The span of the bridge that I need to build is 250 mm (10”). It was essential for me to create a 1:1 drawing of the project first. An endeavor like this, without a reference drawing, is very difficult to successfully complete.…