12-02-2012, 01:17 PM
Reinhard: I appreciate your concern, and I have had the same thoughts myself. There will be little or no changes in temperature, albeit some humidity changes may occur. I realize the gate may seem very fragile in the pics, but it's no way near finished yet. All the scenery will be built with styrofoam and spray foam, which is lightweight and (IIRC) "dead" materials. No wood at all in the layout construction itself, only for the support structure below.
Anyway, we're probably going to build just a temporary bridge for now, and see how well the gate performs during the winter. If your worst predictions indeed come true, then we'll just have to deal with it and come up with another solution.
Pete: If you mean covering both sides of the gate with some sort of fascia, that's exactly what we plan to to; huntonit or plywood sheets following the legs of the Y with the top shaped after the scenery.
Svein
Anyway, we're probably going to build just a temporary bridge for now, and see how well the gate performs during the winter. If your worst predictions indeed come true, then we'll just have to deal with it and come up with another solution.
Pete: If you mean covering both sides of the gate with some sort of fascia, that's exactly what we plan to to; huntonit or plywood sheets following the legs of the Y with the top shaped after the scenery.
Svein