Shinkansen's Projects

[Georgeconna]

The Girder looks imposing, only downside is its a single line so I see where you need to new bridge in now. Not a fan of the aesthetics of the modern bridge but you have built it well!!. Your layout is gonna be big then!!

[Kirley]

I never heard of Kibri bridges before, they really look well. With all these bridges and the massive viaduct you are planning it's going to be some layout. Looking forward to seeing its progress.

[Hunslet 102]

Don't do it like the Forth railway bridge,because once you get to the end you will need to start painting it again and again and again!!Nice bridges,will certainly look breathtaking on a layout.

[Georgeconna]

They dont do that anymore apparently. New type of paint was used...From a BBC page

 

The Forth Bridge will not now need another paint job for at least 25 years

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The painting of the Forth Bridge has finally been completed and the structure is now scaffold-free for the first time in a decade.

 

The repair and repainting project to paint the rail bridge took 10 years and cost £130m.

 

It has been claimed it will not now need another paint job for at least 25 years. New techniques and products are behind the project's success.

 

A 400-strong team applied a triple layer of new glass flake epoxy paint.

 

It creates a chemical bond to provide a virtually impenetrable layer to protect the bridge's steel work from the weather.

 

The project, delivered by Network Rail and main contractor Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering, involved encasing the bridge in up to 4,000 tonnes of scaffolding, painting over 230,000sqm of steel and all 6.5 million rivets in the structure.

 

Over the life of the project more than 1,500 people worked on the structure, with up to 400 people a day on the bridge at the height of the refurbishment works.

Forth Rail Bridge A 400-strong team applied a triple layer of new glass flake epoxy paint

 

David Simpson, Network Rail route managing director for Scotland, said: "The completion of this refurbishment will safeguard the future of one of the country's most famous landmarks.

 

"Repainting the bridge has long been considered one of the world's never-ending tasks, and the refurbishment programme we have just completed has been one of the biggest engineering challenges Network Rail has faced.

 

"Our staff and contractors can take real pride in their achievements on this project, not least in the fact that through their efforts this amazing structure will remain free of major maintenance work for at least two decades."

 

The bridge, which was built between 1883 and 1890, is 1.5 miles long.

 

The track is about 150ft (45m) above the water level and the bridge reaches 330ft (100m) at the tops of the towers.

 

The steel structure contains more than 6.5 million rivets. (Who counted those???)

[Hunslet 102]

Shinkansen will need to get some of that special paint for his structure!!

[Glenderg]

Tom, that girder bridge has a "riversuir" look about it - a squirt of bauxite red and heavy weathering, and she'd look the bizness.

 

As for the other, there is more of a corkonian vibe about it. Both look great though.

[Shinkansen]

Crikey! It's been a while since I posted any progress on the old workbench. Anyhow, here's some update on the Girder Bridge.

 

I added in some simple Noch girder bridge kits to the original Kibri arched girder bridge kit. Increased the overall length from 460mm to 990mm end to end.

However, when viewed side by side the Noch kits looked kinda pants in comparison to the Kibri. They are fairly simple kits in fairness (3 pieces) and date from another time (made in West Germany stamped on the moulding). The Kibri is far more complex, dozens of parts and a nightmare to paint. But more on that later.

I set about improving them with some scratch built handrails. Tedious work but ended up quiet happy with the results. Chopped out the original moulded in rails with a flush cutter. Fabricated new rails from 1mm square Evergreen plasticard using a template to line everything up. Glued everything together with Humbrol Polycement. The results are more robust than expected.

Another addition to the bridge were extensions to the Bridge Piers, along with fabricating pedestals, corbels etc... to represent the supporting steelwork for the spans. This allowed the Rail deck on all the spans to match up, The Kibri and Noch spans would originally be on different levels.

 

Decided to paint the whole lot red oxide, Revell Matt no. 37. Now I know why it used to take 25 years to do the Forth Bridge !!! So many nooks and bloody crannys:(( 2 coats all done with a brush!

 

The Pilings/Piers are painted Humbrol Matt 121 Pale stone, and will be weathered at a later date to give them a more aged concrete look. The timber planking for the walkways was done using Tamiya brown acrylic, dry brused with some grey acrylic to give that silvered/weathered timber look.

 

Finally complete and off the workbench So major Civil Engineering works going on in Lyttelton as we speak. The next Viaduct will be way quicker.

Cheers,

Tom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dunluce Castle]

Great job, and great technique on how to make the handrails, they look perfect.

[enniscorthyman]

Top marks on the bridge,I love it.

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

Fantastic work on the bridge.

[Kirley]

Attention to detail has paid off, well done.

[Glenderg]

Crikey indeed. That's one damn tasty bit of engineering Tom.