Humpback bridges, cheap and cheerful.
Having made about seventeen feet of stream I needed some bridges. I decided on three. They needed to be small, so simple humpbacked bridges seemed the best route. I chose to go simple. I chose to go cheap. I chose to play a trick.
You don’t need many materials or tools to make these things, and those materials you will need are useful for many other things – so no pointlessly wasted materials left over. Cheap as chips – £0.50 each, tops.
Having marked out the sides of the bridge using a set square, ruler and a compass onto 5mm foam board I cut the shapes out using a surgical scalpel with a 10A blade.
I didn’t throw away the angles from the top of the bridge walls as these will be used….
…to make the ramps that will support the roadway.
Whilst the roadway support ramps were drying, I cut out my 2mm MDF bases to match my stream basing and marked the footprint of the bridge.
I cut the excess off from the road ramps and now the basic structural work is done.
I added my stream texture, and two strips of foam board. These will stiffen the bottom of the lower arch and keep its sides straight.
The lower arches, made from thin card – actually cartridge paper in this case. The pins just hold everything in place whilst the glue dries.
Now here is the big fudge: The conceit that makes these bridges work.
After doing the brickwork using thin balsa wood (bricks) or mounting card (top stones on the walls), and texturing it and painting it with household acrylics (Dulux emulsion paint), I coated the roadway with a strong mix of plaster filler and PVA / water (1:1).
I painted the road, adding a few rocks and some ‚verge‘ to the inner surfaces, and based and painted the stream to blend into my streams.
Here the conceit of the roadway is explained. The eye doesn’t see the lie. It is tricked completely.
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Autor: JAMES ROACH / Olicanalad’s Games
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