It is one of those things that happens - well, to me anyway! You work out a plan of how to do something and then as you get into the project a better plan becomes apparent - usually at a point that means you have to undo some of what is already done! Well, that is the case with the bridge section I am constructing for my layout that I posted about yesterday. One side will be supported by the already constructed wall section hiding the hidden loops that I built a few weeks ago, but I really had not given much thought to the other side on the very edge of the baseboard. Having built the main box section of the bridge it became apparent that the best way to support it was to actually build it as part of the box. This meant that I had to cut the end off one end of the box so that the end support could be glued in as a structural part of the box.
Luckily, with a sharp new blade in my modelling knife, the end was sliced off fairly easily. It was then a case of constructing the support from two pieces of card covered with brick paper and gluing that in place.
Now you may notice the clamps on the box section. You may also recall that I talked about and even made a YouTube video about the issues that can be created by building a sealed box of air and how expansion in heat can burst glue joints. Well, I proved myself right in that I have not yet drilled a hole or holes into the bottom of the box. I was waiting to place some girders on the underside and wanted to see where they went so they did not cover any holes I had drilled. Whilst painting the top and bottom surfaces in grey primer I did that outside. Leaving the box to dry the sun came out and the box was in a nice sheltered sun drenched spot. After half an hour I retrieved the box to find that the joint on one side had been burst apart! My own fault but it proves a point!
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