Well, after all that fitting and plastering, we now are getting close to the finished product. I am adding the plaster shoulders to the embankment, bringing it up to the retaining walls that we set.
I used tape to protect the previously painted bridge as the plaster is added.
What a mess with all the tools, water, and ballast at the ready,. It seems like this will never end!
Getting closer. The tape is removed and I am cleaning up the joints. I am also adding tape beneath the track to cover the joint so the ballast does not fall through.
I also took the opportunity of being in the area to paint the lower edge of the photo to completely integrate it in to the scene. It had a white lower border before I cut it off and then painted the wall.
It looks good and just needs some bushes and trees. They will have to come later.
Back to the bridge. I used the white glue and spread it on the plaster after painting it the earth color. Then I sprinkled (shifted) grass and earth colored foam on.
This is as far as I am going to go until I finish the river. I will come back and paint the riverbed in the near future. I am now laying the ballast and had to modify the elevation of the track to smooth the vertical transition which takes place on the bridge. I used the ballast to hold the track and then glued it all together. I still have a little vertical wiggle but it is not unacceptable.
Here is the finished track work and bridge.
I have yet to add the hairpin railings but will wait on that until the riverbed is finished as they are delicate
It looks good to me, despite being a 4 track HO bridge. Enjoy the various views that follow.
I have to move on the more structures now.
Thanks to everyone who has worked on this, including Paul, my son in law Jason and my two grandsons, Ian and Dylan who were the vegetation team!
