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Those boxes look really neat. is there enough height in them to have a section of track as well?
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Stese wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 10:03 am Those boxes look really neat. is there enough height in them to have a section of track as well?
I wondered that as well.......no. Just enough headroom for a loco.

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I understand from the commentary that several back-up launch windows are already prepared. I’ll await an update from you Barry or NASA. R-
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Wrong place I think Roger.
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Nurse! He’s out of bed again. :D
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Oops. I blame the tablets. R-
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So do I.
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One of the railway magazines has recently offered a lasercut kit for a large truss bridge which caught my eye as a possible replacement for the rather crude bridge I currently have on the layout. The drawback being that it is too narrow for my requirements.
But, using it as the inspiration, I have found a version for 3D printing that can be adapted in the computer to suit my needs.
This is the trial print of the first few sections - nearly 14 hours to print and a bu@@er to clean up from the supports.

Image2023-04-21_10-37-31 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr
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Looks interesting Steve. By the way I like your pipework on the bridge. I have a pipe on my bridge but it needs dividing into shorter lengths. I shall have a go.
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Walkingthedog wrote: Fri Apr 21, 2023 10:56 am Looks interesting Steve. By the way I like your pipework on the bridge. I have a pipe on my bridge but it needs dividing into shorter lengths. I shall have a go.
I’m trying to remember how I did it. :roll:

I know that the brackets are split pins from Halfords and I think I used some Slaters plastic pipe having softened the ends in boiling water before bending to shape in a jig.
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