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I am currently building an "old style" truss bridge. I bought some 1/8" dowl rod and some 1/8" x 1/8" square balsa wood at Hobby Lobby. I found some pictures on the internet and just dove into it. I am amazed out how good it is comming out. I used the dowl rod for all of the vertical's and the sqaure for all of the braces. I even got a couple bags of small "timbers" (looks like square toothpicks without the point) and I am glueing them to the bottom of the 1/4" plywood that I used for the track support. It looks just like the planks on the bridge I am modleing. After a little stain and weathering it looks perfect. Hope this can help.
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