The Sydney Project 20: The Molwyn River Bridge
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- In this installment, I'll talk you through the steps in creating this three-span truss bridge. The trusses were built form Walthers kits before I started construction of the railroad. Now it's time to put them to use and complete the structure.
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The slide show format works great for this type of material. Thanks.
Amazing!! The custom piers are definitely the way to go. I find the slideshow an easy way to follow along drawing the attention to the proper area of discussion.
Thanks for the input. Glad you enjoyed the video.
I loved the picture slide show with narration for this particular part of the build. I'd use this style again where applicable. Amazing work on this layout!!!
Fascinating insight into the amount of time and effort needed to build such an outstanding bridge scene, setting the standard for us all to try to follow. The level of detail you put into all your work is exemplified by your remarks on the need for green algae on the base of one abutment! Such tutorials are always welcome.
Many thanks
Hi Peter
I thought for a moment that being the ‘Sydney’ (NSW, Australia) layout that this bridge may be paying homage to the Hawkesbury River bridge. One of NSW more famous pieces of rail infrastructure. Your rendition shares some similarities. I’ll be keeping an eye out other locations! I found the master and mould tutorial most informative and the narrative style presented really well for this type of project.
Very nice work, hope it survives the long journey to Oz 🤞
Most of the place names on the railroad are places that the client has lived or that have some significance to him. It is not intended to be a copy of any real place.
I think both styles of presentation have a place in your way of presenting. I think it depends on what you are doing at the time i,e, laying roadbed and track or building scenery etc. Most enjoyable anyway. Thanks Peter, another success. Cheers
Phenomenal job with the piers. I think they look much better than the originals. The finished product is amazing, nice work.
Anything you do is an enjoyment, and a learning lesson. Thank you for letting us watch your perfection being performed. Truly appreciate it.
Great bridge Peter and really enjoyed the way you presented it!
I agree that both presentation methods are effective; slideshow format was definitely appropriate for the bridge project
I really enjoyed this episode. The custom piers are great.
Very nice Peter. Obviously we know your standard of workmanship will result in something that looks great so the finished look is no real surprise, but the behind the scenes look at how you approach things like this is fascinating. I do like the slide show for this type of project.
mpll...such beautiful work and fantastic ideas !!! being a retired industrial engineer, i can say, undoubtedly, that i surely hope you never go to prison, as i am sure you will come up with an absolutely ingenious way to escape !!! i have been modeling for just over 6 decades and can say without a doubt that your "teaching" videos are absolutely the best !!! kind of like that seinfeld clip where jerry has to buy his comedian "friend" banya lunch because banya gives jerry a very fine suit "the best, jerry, the best" !!! this is what i think of when i see your work... "the best, mp, the best"!!!! blessings to you, mp, our friend !!! denny
Thank-you for the comments, although your Seinfield clip is wasted on me because I've never watched it (I don't have TV).
I'll just second/third/... all of the other comments. I learned more about casting from this video than anywhere else. The format works well for me.
Your one Amazing model railroad Empire builder! I'm sure your customers Appreciate your services.
It's always interesting following your projects. Slide show was a good medium.
That bridge is amazing. In the magnified view about 15:00 it appears totally real. And yes, this format is very good, too :)
Fabulous work! Very interesting and informative video. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.
thank you fdetail video as great watch every time as bring lot detail to video
Hi Peter, very nice! I like this 'one topic deep dive' section very much. It is a useful almost tutorial way of showing your approach to modelling. Jan
Only an "almost" tutorial? I guess I missed the mark.
As others have said, both formats have value. Thanks for showing how you do the molds and castings.
well done, interesting, informative and to the point. Nice work!
20k subscribers, Congratulation Peter ! for your hard work!
Regards from Sweden
I think that happened on Sunday, although I missed the moment.
Masterpiece Peter, incredible work.
A signature scene! Definitely worth the additional work on the piers. 👌
The piers and abutments are FABULOUS! 🙂
Excellent and very professional work Peter ! This bridge span will turn heads for sure. Success ! Cheers, Filip
Thanks. The client also felt so. When I sent him a pre-release video a few weeks ago, he told me that he had been sharing it with everyone he knew.
The new piers are are definitely better and more appropriate.
Wow! Love this kind of video. Thank you. Thank you.
A very enjoyable and informative video. Thank you.
Thank you for your effort and for sharing in your projects. For me, great content and inspiring and motivating scenes
Kind regards Alwin from Switzeland
Thank you for such an interesting video. This format seems ideal for demonstrating the individual steps needed with structures. I suspect that both formats have a place in recording this monumental work!
Beautiful work. Well done. Cheers Peter from downunder. PS I liked the presentation style too.
Nicely done sir. The stone carving looked superb.
Thank-you.
Well done!
Wonderful, masterful job. Looks great!
job well done sir 👌
Masterclass!
outstanding great work
Cool. Like the format.
Love the work Peter... Keep it up!
Wow just Wow.....
Fantastic job!
Peter, every Tuesday I ride the 1:1 scale train from Philly to NYC. And your updates are part of that ride! Loved the slide show tutorial on your method for the piers. Nice seeing a tutorial again. You are always good about showing the miscues and explaining how you get beyond them. The bridge looks great. How much of the “total” scenic stuff will you do before it all gets packed up for Down Under? Bill
At the moment, it's just benchwork, track, wiring and bridges. I'm hoping that I will get to do at least some of the scenery, especially in the main canyon scene, but the client is as yet undecided. It will probably come down to final budget once the essentials are complete.
Maybe I missed a comment from an earlier video, but I wonder if the project is finished and delivered (as of Oct 2024). Thanks. And yes, I did enjoy this approach for showing the detail work.
Still a long way to go yet.
they look great well done.
This is amazing work, brilliant. All the best Anthony uk.
Great job thanks
Excellent!
The slide show and narration for long focus intense builds like this work best.
👍🤗🤩, Mike from Austria
Nice one! Do you have to take into account any shrinkage of the plaster castings?
Great scene! Are you going to finish the scenery or is that up to the cliënt?
Question, what was your casting material? It looked like a bag of plaster over to the side, is that what you used to form the piers?
btw, the slideshow was good for covering this subject.
Plaster of Paris
Looks spectacular but i think guide rails have to start much earlier.
I think you are right, but making them any longer would have added to the complexity and made them more susceptible to damage. Making them even a half-inch longer would have meant additional rail joints in the middle of the bridge. As they are now, they are longer than most models I have seen, so they shouldn't look out of place in the eyes of most modellers who are used to seeing everything significantly shortened.
I am curious as to why you didn't paint the piers, abutments, wing walls, and head wall *_before_* gluing them in place. Would it not have been easier to paint them beforehand ? I can understand weathering them once in place (how else will you know where the rust stains go).
Not possible to do it that way. The abutment/headwall/wingwall combos had to be built in situ and needed a lot of filling AFTER installation but BEFORE painting. Even doing the piers that way would have been more difficult and increase the chance of damage.
4:18 I have heard that you can add a bit of food coloring dye in one of the two parts to give is some color to help out with the mixing. Do not know if it has any effect on the curing possess.
Until I can be sure that adding dye won't adversely affect the curing process, I can't take that chance. It wasn't worth the risk of screwing up both the mold and the master.
Looks great. Like this presentation al lot. Could you have pout some color it the mould casting rubber before mixing. Ans as ti the color being brighter in the pictures is because of the digital media has a tendency to enhance for than film. One of the setbacks to digital cameras over film. Tho only way around this is in higher quality camera ( expencive), not worth the effort for most work, unless you are a professional.
I thought about color in the rubber, but I don't know enough about it to be sure that I'm not going to change the chemical composition and ruin it.
Thanks for the explanation of the color. That makes sense and proves that I'm not just seeing it differently.
@mpeterll i thing an ink liquid would work fine.
I ran across this with film many years ago with some blue flowers and had it explained to me too.
is the water going to be painted clear or resin / water effects?
Normally, I use envirotex-lite for water, although the client wants to try another method that he found in a tutorial online.
Well let's say that "good enough" is not part of your vocabulary...