A couple years ago the mainline was doubled around the room. The only way to go along this wall was to raise the right-of-way over the top of the existing scenery. The sub roadbed is 3/8 continues plywood with a plywood scab every eight feet. I used mat board, card stock paper and strip wood to make the "false front" plate girder bridge sections to cover the edge of the plywood. To hide the scab of plywood, an extra steel beam was modeled with the same material and placed under the plate girders. I can skip this beam at the right as there aren't and more joints for a few more feet. This trick only cost me a buck, but took way too much time. |
