Something a Little Different

[SimonT]

As a result a rash offer made late at night, I find myself building something completely different from my modelling past.


More to come as time allows. I have to get it all done by October. Gulp

 

[Osgood]

The La'al Ratty?

 

[SimonT]

The La'al Ratty?

Afraid not. More a fogleaf of my imagination. The bridge was real and a bit further South!

 

[Dog Star]

Simon,

What is the origin of the figure? I ask because the stance, clothes, appearance are just so for our Scruft's layout.

Thank you, Graham

 

[SimonT]

Take look at Modelu. Can’t remember if it was for a GW crew or a Hunslet crew.

 

[Osgood]

Hunslet - in any case, too scruffy for a GW footplate

 

[Terry]

Simon, please give us some details about its construction?

Terry

 

[SimonT]

Terry,
obviously plasticard for the side bits (a Civil engineer will be along shortly to correct bridge nomenclature). The bridge is a 3D print from the Saturn. The steel wires are steel wires of 28Swg. The Saturn can print holes of that size if the depth is shallow. I did clear them all through with a drill bit as it would be dim to break the print by forcing the wire through. The bridge is printed one piece with a 1mm plasticard deck - a thin arge flat plate spells fail in printing unless it is printed normal to the build plate.
Simon

 

[Pencarrow]

Liking the bridge Terry.

I was trained as a Civil Engineer so can tell you that:



Blue = bridge deck
Green = abutments
Red = wing walls

 

[SimonT]

trained as a Civil Engineer

Told you!

 

[Rob R]

I've met a few un-civil engineers in my time.....

 

[simond]

As Shakespeare would have it, I’m a rude Mechanical…

 

[Pencarrow]

Oops, noticed I replied to Terry not SimonT...

 

[SimonT]

Almost ready to be fitted. Just needs some vegetation other than lichen and algae.

 

[alastairq]

I've met a few un-civil engineers in my time.....

I once was a quite Uncivil Servant...

 

[Osgood]

Quite by chance I just stumbled across this during a search (for disused railway bridge) on Flickr:

https://flic.kr/p/2rWcczT

 

[SimonT]

That's the fella!

 

[Dog Star]

... in any case, too scruffy for a GW footplate

Whilst I might agree with Tony's observation... three of the eight "4 foot" baseboards of Scruft's Junction are dedicated to Kidwell's colliery and the figure in the OP is just right for standing around in the colliery yard.

Rgds, Graham

 

[SimonT]

The next new construction for Dyffryn is the cottages. All very ordinary 1mm plasticard construction with 3D printed doors and window frames.