What happened at your workbench today?

[Northsider]

In the end, a lot of the patina turned out to be workshop dust, which got brushed off before spraying...

A bit of trimming of the cosmetic box girder sides, and I could install it, and run a train:

It really needs a live steamers to christen it, so the formal opening will have to wait- but 13 months on, I've got a working railway once again!

 

[viaEstrecha]

In the end, a lot of the patina turned out to be workshop dust, which got brushed off before spraying...
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A bit of trimming of the cosmetic box girder sides, and I could install it, and run a train:
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It really needs a live steamers to christen it, so the formal opening will have to wait- but 13 months on, I've got a working railway once again!

Lovely. And such a pleasing shape, reminding me of the Southwold Railway's swingbridge (and Rik's Peckforton model thereof).

 

[Northsider]

Lovely. And such a pleasing shape, reminding me of the Southwold Railway's swingbridge (and Rik's Peckforton model thereof).

It's a semi-ellipse. But lest we kid ourselves that if it looks right, it  is right, the original Basket Bridge was somewhat under-engineered and was viewed with suspicion by the IMR when then took over the MNR in 1905. They had it reinforced, then replaced it completely a couple of years later. The name refers to the hooped cross-brace, which looks like the handle of a wicker basket...