Bridge at South Wayside

[Gary S]

DocWayne, thanks for the commentary, and you are exactly right. I always appreciate your insight!

Gus, I'm in the process of repainting the girder. I removed the plates, and will try just going back with the yellow paint in those areas, which is how the prototype actually is. Somehow my brain saw those yellow squares as being raised plates, but alas, it is only paint.

Now, earlier I had set the model in place on the layout, and serendiptuously, the thing was at the perfect height without cutting any foam! Seriously, months ago I had made the cut-out for a bridge, before I even knew a bridge was going there. I was figuring that I would have to cut out a bunch of the foam surface, then install some big deck screws into the lower layer of plywood to use as leveling screws to get the base at the perfect level for the track to go across. But, after sliding the base into place, bingo, no mods needed!

Coincidentally, the Mason Park bridge foam was the same way. Somehow it just turned out to be the proper level under the bridge to act as the water surface. Again, the foam level was determined months before I even knew what bridge was going there. Lucky me!