The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

[ACL1504]

You're slowly getting up to date Tom. Nice going

Stay cool and run steam........

Bob,

Yes, slowly but surely. I need to get the missing pieces of the puzzle up so I can start showing the new updates.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Here are some pictures of the Suwannee River Basin area. The river bed is painted and ready for resin water. First though, I have several other things to finish here prior to the water being poured.









More in a few.

[ACL1504]

I next got the bascule bridge ready to be installed permanently.

Here is how it looked prior to me adding additional bridge planking.



I removed some of the old planks and added the extras. I used scale 2X10's, stained them with Hunterline A&I and glued them to the bridge deck.







More in a few.

[PRR Modeler]

Beautiful job on the bridge. That is amazing looking.

[ACL1504]

I plan on having the bridge pilot house lighted so I needed to get the wires in place.

I drilled a hole in the side of the piling and into the bottom. The light wires were strung through the holes.



I then drilled a corresponding hole in the river bed and added a ring of glue.



I then pushed the wires through the river bed.



The bascule bridge was repositioned on the river bed.



I used a Micro-Mark weight to hold it in place until the glue dried.

Continued in a few.

[ACL1504]

Beautiful job on the bridge. That is amazing looking.

Curt,

Thank you, the added planks changed the look of the bridge. Looks more natural to me now.

Tom

[ACL1504]

I then aligned the track to the existing track and tacked in place.



I then added the new ballast.









More in a few.

[ACL1504]

I then started adding scenery to the river back.







Added some weeds in the dirt road as well.





More in a few.

[ACL1504]

More in a few.

[ACL1504]

I added more scenery to the Suwannee River Basin Curve area.



RR planks across the tracks. Well, actually between the tracks.

[ACL1504]

I'll add more old pictures tomorrow evening.

Now is as good a place to add in the video of the bacsule bridge and blinking markers.

The video was done prior to me adding the channel barriers and dolphins.

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[PRR Modeler]

Very cool. Does the bridge move?

[ACL1504]

Very cool. Does the bridge move?

Curt,

No; however, there was a moterized version. They are selling on Ebay last I checked for around $135.00-150.00.

This bridge was given to me by Erieman, Frank Baker. I put it to use in the perfect location.

Tom

[Powersteamguy1790]

Fantastic detail Tom...

Stay cool and run steam.........

[rpdylan]

Nice work Tom! The crossing came out nice with tjose boards. When do you plan on pouring "water"?