Jim excellent work!!!! Following with interest!

Of course i ll keep you posted on the prints. So far I am using the fdm printer for walls, and i use support columns on the inside in some cases. I ll also try epoxy (stronger) and have used in the past some types of plastic glue.

Many thanks Jim for the explanations!

My plan is to print single walls (like on a kit), so i guess angled might work better. I tried to print a small gas pump (ho scale) vertical and i did not like so much how some lower parts turned out.

Jim great work there!

Excuse my ignorance but i have not printed yet any structures on my resin printer yet (all fdm previously). I see that you printed the whole structure without any angle (relative to the build plate) at all on the resin printer. How come you did not have any skewness issues? I see many cases where they angle the piece in order to have a "better" print.

James many thanks for the reply!

It is actually three truss bridges plus 2-3 plate girder ones making up the whole "bridge". So if a kit was suitable i would be needing 3 of them (or 1 plus extra add-on pieces to basically use the kit as a donor for girder parts).

The bridge got rebuilt at some point after a flood in 1939 if i am not mistaken.

Hi everyone,

I don't know if this is the right sub-forum to ask, but since it is going to be a sort-of scratchbuild bridge, it might be.

I want to build the ATSF Los Angeles river bridge as it used to stand near the Elysian park in 1969. The bridge no longer exists, it got replaced by a more modern construction. My main concern is the three skewed Truss Bridge spans.

To cut a long story short, there is no kit that would approach it's construction, so i ll need to kitbash/scratchbuild most of it.

For the deck and core components that will bear loads i ll design everything and 3d print it. But i ll need to dress the core with styrene piece that accurately reflect the girders and the lacing pattern they had (Z pattern and gusseted depending on the part of the bridge). For that i think i ll need to obtain a few kits or pieces-sets from Central Valley, or re-purpose pieces from the Micro-Engineering Steel Viaduct kit that i got leftover.

Since i am not familiar with Central Valley kits... do you reckon they ll do the job? I had my eyes on the 1902 bridge kit and the following extra pieces:
https://www.walthers.com/gusseted-bridge-girders-kit-5-7-8-14-9cm-long-pkg-10
https://www.walthers.com/classic-laced-bridge-girders-kit-5-7-8-14-9cm-long-pkg-10

I ll need to build 3 spans roughly 3' 2" each in length.

Looking forward to hearing from you on this and thanks in advance for your time and replies.
All the best
Yannis

Great work there and very nice lighting work! Thanks for sharing!

Yannis

Getting more impressive day by day. Thanks for the progress update!

Nice going on the brickwork!!!! Looks very good!

Amazing work on the rusty roof!!!! Thanks for sharing!

Jerry and Tom many thanks!

Indeed 3d printing helps when you want repeatability. If i wanted to make one i could do scratchbuilt with styrene rather faster than 3d printing, with the exception ofcourse of tiny object such as the vending machine and the gas pumps.

Karl: I am using Blender and Nomad 3d

Karl and Michael many thanks!

Some info on details that i am working on...

A vending machine from the 60s.


Gas pump designed (printing needs some tweaking in orientation...)

Many thanks Ron for the reply. Art Deco & Streamline moderne are my favorite styles! Actually it is the primary reason why i picked the Pasadena subdivision, ie being able to scratchbuild a lot of them for the layout.

Nice start there! Following with interest.

Many thanks Tom, glad to have you tagging along! Trying to figure out wood cuts for the remaining tables currently. I hope to get some work done soon.

Thank you all for the very kind words! I ll opt for an actual brand name then, many thanks for the suggestion Deem and James.