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Danlake		#1 Posted : 02 February 2012 10:07:27(UTC)
Joined: 03/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 43		This is how I made relatively cheap wooden bridge pillars for the standard size Marklin bridges, which I think turned out ok for a first attempt Soft pine wood. Cut to size and make lines with pencil: Use a sharp knife to make a dent horizontally: Deepen the cut using a soldering iron: Use a sharp screw driver to make the vertical dents: Spray paint in grey colour: Weathering (first a light grey colour and then various colours using dry brush techniques. Used some soft black pastel powder on top of pillar to simulate the soot from trains): In position taking the load! Brgs - Lasse
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BillJ		#2 Posted : 02 February 2012 12:26:00(UTC)
Joined: 08/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 63 Location: White Mountains, NH		Those are great! Well done, and thanks for taking the time to share. Bill
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BrandonVA		#3 Posted : 02 February 2012 14:16:50(UTC)
Joined: 09/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 437 Location: VA		Wow, nice job!
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Chris6382chris		#4 Posted : 02 February 2012 17:06:58(UTC)
Joined: 11/07/2010(UTC) Posts: 585 Location: Wine Country, CA		Very nice, thanks for sharing that. I will use the idea on my layout for sure. Chris
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intruder		#5 Posted : 02 February 2012 17:13:37(UTC)
Joined: 16/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 5,052 Location: Akershus, Norway		Thanks for the tip, Lasse. Good idea and nice result.
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Piggy		#6 Posted : 02 February 2012 17:35:45(UTC)
Joined: 08/05/2009(UTC) Posts: 585 Location: Sydney		Very nicely made Lasse, looks really good.
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hennabm		#7 Posted : 02 February 2012 18:12:09(UTC)
Joined: 22/09/2009(UTC) Posts: 788 Location: Edinburgh,		Excellent idea Thank you for sharing Mike
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Lollo		#8 Posted : 02 February 2012 19:03:00(UTC)
Joined: 22/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 183		Great job, well done. Brian.
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Yumgui		#9 Posted : 02 February 2012 19:12:27(UTC)
Joined: 20/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 867 Location: Paris, France		Nice technik Danlake ^^ Y
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BR01097		#10 Posted : 02 February 2012 19:19:49(UTC)
Joined: 17/11/2010(UTC) Posts: 161 Location: Denver, Colo. USA		Much better than the uniform, plastic pillars. Thanks for the tip! A favorite is the mosses in the mortar!
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Nielsenr		#11 Posted : 02 February 2012 19:55:21(UTC)
Joined: 06/10/2010(UTC) Posts: 516 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL		Great work!!
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Johnvr		#12 Posted : 02 February 2012 20:01:11(UTC)
Joined: 03/10/2010(UTC) Posts: 389 Location: Cape Town, South Africa		Excellent weathering & pictures. Thank you. Regards, John
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Shintaro		#13 Posted : 02 February 2012 20:06:12(UTC)
Joined: 23/09/2011(UTC) Posts: 155 Location: Sydney Australia		Thank you. I'll be using your tip. Cheers, Marc.
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Bigdaddynz		#14 Posted : 02 February 2012 22:31:24(UTC)
Joined: 17/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 10,825 Location: New Zealand		My bridge pillars were even quicker to make! They were intended to imitate a concrete pillar rather than brick. Take 2 pieces of 20mm MDF board, cut to approximate width and glue together. Once dry, setup an electric router (wood router not a network router) with a bullnose bit, and run pillars through the router, putting a rounded edge on each corner. Cut pillars to needed height and paint and weather as needed! Job done! BTW Danlake, I do like the method you used to score the brick markings on your pillars.
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kariosls37		#15 Posted : 03 February 2012 04:42:31(UTC)
Joined: 02/01/2009(UTC) Posts: 787 Location: Auckland, New Zealand		Nice pillars The only thing I would do as well is to higlight some bricks by making them ligter or darker. It makes a huge diffrence.
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Ian555		#16 Posted : 03 February 2012 06:42:25(UTC)
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 10,730 Location: Scotland		Hi Lasse, Nice work. Ian.
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Danlake		#17 Posted : 03 February 2012 21:06:46(UTC)
Joined: 03/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 43		Thanks for comments. Good idea Bigdaddynz with using a router for wood work. Must buy one of these for my toolbox. Cheers - Lasse
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Western Pacific		#18 Posted : 03 February 2012 23:04:50(UTC)
Joined: 19/09/2009(UTC) Posts: 390 Location: Lidingö, Sweden		Very nice pillars from both Lasse and Bigdaddynz and I could actually imagen using both techiques. In cases where a single track line has been converted to double track, one track could be on a bridge with older pillars an the secon on one with newer pillars. Then there is also a more sad aspect of having older and newer pillars and that goes in particular if you are building a layout in a German setting where many railway bridges were destroyed towards the end of the second world war. An example below, the Hohenzollernbrücke in Köln (Cologne).
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Webmaster		#19 Posted : 03 February 2012 23:10:16(UTC)
Joined: 25/07/2001(UTC) Posts: 6,862		Since the pics don't show ok in the first post, go here - http://www.m-users.net/f...um.aspx?u=3670&a=100
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Danlake		#20 Posted : 05 February 2012 08:51:05(UTC)
Joined: 03/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 43		Thanks Juhan Am Iam doing something wrong when posting photos I use the album facility on the Marklin server and link the photos. Is it better to upload photos to one of the free photo servers provider and then link from there? Cheers - Lasse
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Danlake		#21 Posted : 05 February 2012 08:56:16(UTC)
Joined: 03/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 43		Great idea "Western Pacific", having 2 types of bridge pillars. Food for thoughts for furture expansion plans!
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jvuye		#22 Posted : 05 February 2012 09:07:39(UTC)
Joined: 01/03/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,077 Location: France		Excellent work, something to remember when I'll be installing a few bridges on my future layout! Just a suggestion (or constructive criticism if you prefer) if I may: You'll see that, in real life, most bridge pillars are not parallelipipedic in shape but rather truncaded pyramids. Doesn't take anything away from your good technique though!! Thanks
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Bigdaddynz		#23 Posted : 05 February 2012 09:42:05(UTC)
Joined: 17/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 10,825 Location: New Zealand		Originally Posted by: jvuye .....parallelipipedic...... Try saying that real fast!!
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hennabm		#24 Posted : 05 February 2012 11:26:00(UTC)
Joined: 22/09/2009(UTC) Posts: 788 Location: Edinburgh,		Hi are the supports holding M bridges or some other make. If M bridges are they the plastic or metal variety. Why I ask is on the metal variety there are the holes to locate them to the M bridge pillars and I was wondering if you have used the same support point and how you locate them? Mike
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Loadmaster		#25 Posted : 05 February 2012 20:25:34(UTC)
Joined: 03/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 637 Location: So Cal		Lasse, What type of wood do you use for the piers, balsa or something harder?
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Webmaster		#26 Posted : 05 February 2012 20:27:40(UTC)
Joined: 25/07/2001(UTC) Posts: 6,862		Lasse, it is a flaw of the current forum software - this albumimage thingy - will be fixed with the next update which is coming within a week or 2...
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Bigdaddynz		#27 Posted : 05 February 2012 20:30:06(UTC)
Joined: 17/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 10,825 Location: New Zealand		Originally Posted by: Loadmaster Lasse, What type of wood do you use for the piers, balsa or something harder? Robert, check Lasse's 1st post, he uses 'Soft Pine' wood.
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JRPiano		#28 Posted : 05 February 2012 20:55:16(UTC)
Joined: 18/03/2008(UTC) Posts: 28 Location: Round Rock, TX		The creative juices are flowing in New Zealand! Thank you both for your how-to ideas. What do you use to attach the tracks to the piers and do you fasten the piers to your table also? Joel
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Bigdaddynz		#29 Posted : 05 February 2012 22:52:38(UTC)
Joined: 17/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 10,825 Location: New Zealand		I used some contact adhesive to attach the pillars to the base board. Then when dry, I used ordinary M track screws to fasten the bridges to the pillars.
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Danlake		#30 Posted : 06 February 2012 19:34:58(UTC)
Joined: 03/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 43		Hi Mike, The bridges are the "newer" one of plastic. I used contact adhesive as Bigdaddy to secure them. I like the idea of making the pillars more pyramid shape. Brgs - Lasse
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polabear		#31 Posted : 07 February 2012 01:59:03(UTC)
Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 6 Location: Canada		Nice job with the pillars guys. I have just completed some for my layout. I cut up some 7064 pillars and glued the locating pins to a piece of wood, then built the piers around them using casted plaster of paris. I need to finish the painting.
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Loadmaster		#32 Posted : 07 February 2012 04:32:31(UTC)
Joined: 03/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 637 Location: So Cal		Originally Posted by: Bigdaddynz Originally Posted by: Loadmaster Lasse, What type of wood do you use for the piers, balsa or something harder? Robert, check Lasse's 1st post, he uses 'Soft Pine' wood. Thanks Dave, I'm have a case of "Brain Fart" this week. Rob
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Yumgui		#33 Posted : 07 February 2012 07:11:29(UTC)
Joined: 20/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 867 Location: Paris, France		polabear, Originally Posted by: polabear Very nice ! Why be mad about it Yum
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