On With The Parade!

Man, I have been bad at posting! I apologize! We have been tackling so many things, I run out of time at the end of the day to blog.

We got the PVC structure for the bridge clam shelled around the steel supports. I cut some small "steel" gussets from 1/8" pvc, and used some medium viscosity crazy glue to form the rivet heads.

I also welded on small angle brackets which will allow the rail ties to get screwed to the bridge from underneath.

While the sparks were flying, I had our Techno cut the slightly bowed rail ties from HDU. No cnc texture hear, we'll do it by hand with a dremmel after.

 I also had the cnc punch in the location holes for the track sections to key into. And the 2 starter holes for the 3" screws that will hold the ties to the heart structure. We have been very careful to make sure everything is as easy to assemble in Alberta as possible. We won't be doing any final assembly, and as much as I know the parts inside and out, the people on the other end will have never have seen them before.

Jody made pretty short work of the railway ties woodgrain texture. The cutter we are using, we custom made, making the woodgrain appear very quickly.

I think these look awesome. Once they get their paint treatment, they're gonna rock!
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JWO