The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

ACL1504 · April 10, 2015, 06:58:37 AM

Quote from: Twist67 on April 10, 2015, 01:36:38 AM
Hi Tom,

that looks very fine....good idea with the "slide in place" frame for the diorama. Keep the great work going

Cheers,Chris

Chris,

The "slide in place" will become permanent when the dio is finished. I appreciate you stopping by and checking the update.

Tom

gnatshop · April 12, 2015, 07:05:57 PM

We're waitin' for pitures of you sweatin' with a piece of sod in your hand!!!

And none of that stinkin' HO scale sod!!!
Oh, wait - you're still layin' in bed, ain't you?

bruce.oberleitner · April 13, 2015, 04:03:42 PM

What is Dr. Evil up to now? This has the look of real trouble ahead. Perhaps if there where some "Diet Pepsi" bottles laying around the work area I would feel better.

bruce.oberleitner · April 17, 2015, 01:35:56 AM

What has happened to Dr. Evil? Did he forget to load enough fuel on his rocketship to return home from the moonbase again? Did he suffer another cave-in at the volcano base?

Or is it simpler than that, is he recovering from another Diet Pepsi bender?

ACL1504 · April 17, 2015, 05:44:53 PM

Quote from: gnatshop on April 12, 2015, 07:05:57 PM
We're waitin' for pitures of you sweatin' with a piece of sod in your hand!!!

And none of that stinkin' HO scale sod!!!
Oh, wait - you're still layin' in bed, ain't you?

Gman,

Very sorry to dissappoint you but there will be no photos of me throwing sod. Trust me, it was a very dirty job, one in which my Babe made me throw all the clothes I was wearing out. She said that "stuff" isn't going in my washer. Thanks for stopping by anyway.

Tom

ACL1504 · April 17, 2015, 05:47:47 PM

Quote from: bruce.oberleitner on April 13, 2015, 04:03:42 PM
What is Dr. Evil up to now? This has the look of real trouble ahead. Perhaps if there where some "Diet Pepsi" bottles laying around the work area I would feel better.

Cousin Brucie,

Actually, Dr. Evil is up to about 220. I need to loose 20 more, so far I've only lost 6 lbs. Diet Pepsi bottles are still here I just don't show them in the pictures but that can and will likely change.

Tom

ACL1504 · April 17, 2015, 05:49:36 PM

Quote from: bruce.oberleitner on April 17, 2015, 01:35:56 AM
What has happened to Dr. Evil? Did he forget to load enough fuel on his rocketship to return home from the moonbase again? Did he suffer another cave-in at the volcano base?

Or is it simpler than that, is he recovering from another Diet Pepsi bender?

I'm still here Cousin Brucie! I have plenty of DP and although I haven't posted on this thread any updates, I have plently to report. I'll do a little this evening.

Tom

PennsyJ1 · April 17, 2015, 05:50:31 PM

I am glad there are no pictures of you with no clothes on. I am not sure how Gman would handle that one.!!!

ACL1504 · April 17, 2015, 05:53:25 PM

Quote from: PennsyJ1 on April 17, 2015, 05:50:31 PM
I am glad there are no pictures of you with no clothes on. I am not sure how Gman would handle that one.!!!

Hey Butty Bill,

You slipped in on me! Trust me, me naked is nothing for Gamn. He's related to the Ledbetters and they all take the Saturday wash down at the river, together. So what's one more over weight fatty!

Tom

ACL1504 · April 17, 2015, 05:59:03 PM

I believe I left off with the shot of the frame for the diorama slide. It fits rather well if I do say so!

I next cut out the river basin and leveled it with the bottom of the diorama.

At this point the diorama isn't secured in place.

Continued in a few.

ACL1504 · April 17, 2015, 06:02:59 PM

The river bed was removed so I could run the buss wires.

I noticed the plywood river bed was slightly cupped so I added the necessary braces to the bottom. It must be level when the water is added.

Continued in a few.

ACL1504 · April 17, 2015, 06:05:46 PM

The river bed was replaced and I can report that it is level.

Even the old terra firma land form is level. This is only possible due to my daily dose of Diet Pepsi.

Continued in a few.

ACL1504 · April 17, 2015, 06:09:37 PM

The bascule bridge is placed in the correct location and marked. Notice how low it sits to the river bed? More on that later.

I have a 38" radius leading into the bridge area/approach.

Continued in a few.

ACL1504 · April 17, 2015, 06:13:22 PM

Looking North from the diorama base to the bascule bridge.

Time for one of my famous Diet Pepsi breaks. More in a few.

ACL1504 · April 17, 2015, 06:29:05 PM

I mentioned earlier in the thread that the bridge sits fairly close to the river bed. In the photo below, the distance from the bottom of the span to the plywood is 8.5 scale feet.

Bascule bridges usually do sit pretty close to the water.

I took the following two images from different ACL and SAL DVD's. You can see how close they both are to the water level.

The DVD's are taken from 60+ year old videos.

After adding the water, my bridge should be about 7' feet, 1/4 scale inch above the water level.

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