Victorian Docklands
Victorian Docks: Bridge Building - Lifting Gear
Bit box and other finds:
Lego Technic, Knex, Plastic gears bought from AliExpress, Gears from stripped printers, Brazing wire, Meccano shaft, Brake pipe, Candyfloss sticks, Coffee stirrers, Bullet casings, Brass eyelets, Large scale loco parts, 3V 15 rpm motor & gearbox & sprues from the Wolsung Warehouse kit.
I have spent the last two days in modeller’s heaven: Cutting, drilling, sanding, cursing, glueing, reglueing, trimming, regluing, cursing and enjoying every minute of it.
I am not going to do a blow by blow account, but you can probably work out from the pictures the stages, rethinks, and progress.
The motor is wired up and I have done a test run. I still need to put in limit switches and control switches and the battery box.
I have started the walkway and made the arms of the bridge.
But there is a long way to go yet and a lot more ideas to add in…
The walkway was made using Candyfloss sticks and Coffee stirrers and the bridge hinges from Knex bits.
Back to work tomorrow, so next progress report will be in a few days.
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