Good things come in narrow packages

[Steve]

Back to trains......or should I say trestle.

I really was hoping to get some painting done on a certain item ( The Crane   ) but I paint outside and it started to rain as I was about to get started

So, I worked on the trestle instead.

First I drew the deck out on my work surface and then started cutting, fitting, and gluing:



The two center-most beams are the stringers that will be directly below the rails:



A quick test fit of the track:



Here I have removed the center portions of about every other tie:



Start of the weathering process (ink wash and a little chalk):


The next step is to start cutting the planking for the walkways on either side of the rails. This will be board by board again....oh joy!

Take care