The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

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very nice

Cuse,

Thank you kind sir. I appreciate you stopping by.

tom

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Tom, I like the look of the banks. It is plaster clorh?

Martin,

Thanks for stopping by. The paper is nothing more than contractor's paper. They use the paper to walk on when a new house is mostly finished and they don't want to walk on the new carpet. I got it from Lowes.

Howard Zane showed me the paper method when he was getting ready to do a second video with Allen Keller.

I'll talk more about the paper in a later thread.

Tom

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Next is the installation of the highway bridge.



I added a new section to fit the bridge in order to get the proper length.



I couldn't match exactly the railings on the end section piece but I think it looks okay. I'll put a speed limit sign in front of it.

Continued in a few.

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By the way, the highway bridge and the bridge supports came from the old layout. Here is how it looked on the old layout.







Diet Pepsi break time. More in a few.

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As I mentioned, the supports were from the old layout.





I measured how much I needed to remove from the old support and used the Xacto razor saw and removed the unwanted portion. In the photo below you can see the original height and the one with a portion removed.



Continued in a few.

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I used sandpaper to fine tune the correct height.



And the new support is in place.



I repeated the process for the other end.

More to follow.

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I built two additional bridge supports for the center portion of the bridge. By the way, the bridge and supports are the Rix Products Early Highway Overpass.



I glued the poles to the top section (in the photo, the top section is on the bottom) of the support. I used the square to ensure all was level. I think I've mentioned in the past level is good.

I then placed the completed support section under the bridge where it will be located.



I then marked the location on the paper for the support.

Continued in a few.

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Once in place, I raised the poles and pushed the top up against the bottom of the bridge ribs.




Once I made sure all was level and straight, I glued the poles in position.



Here is an overall view of the railroad bridge and the highway overpass.

[jimmillho]

Good looking level job you got going there.

Jim

[ak-milw]

I do recall hearing something about being level.

[donatode]

This is the equipment that Tom uses to get level ..... but doesn't want us to know.

[martin.ojaste]

Tom, great technique --- great result!

[GPdemayo]

Hey Tom.....whatever happened yo your AS?

[Erieman]

Hey Tom.....whatever happened yo your AS?

Greg,

just in case Tom has forgotten where is AS is, I have it!. I am going to use it in a very special photo shoot later in the year. If anybody needs between now and October, have Tom call me with the info.

Frank / Erieman

[bparrish]

Gents........

That is a lot of really trick equipment to attempt to prove that Tom is on the level here...........

My detector is going off ! ! !

see ya
Bob