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Posted by angelob6660 on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 5:34 PM

I watch Ron's trains n things "Building A Model of a modern highway bridge." He using an existing Rix highway overpass kits. Within two episodes or more. Although it's in N Scale the techniques and supplies are basically the same. 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5_JHvvGZAoY

 

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Posted by doctorwayne on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 12:43 PM

I built several "suggestions" of an overpass for the background of the streets on the upper level of my layout, but without some painted-on background scenes, they look rather sparse...

The supports and wide horizontal members were cut from .060" sheet styrene, which I buy in 4'x8' sheets, while the base of the guard rail, the uprights and the top railing were all done with various sizes of strip styrene.

If you're building a fully-modelled bridge, you could use the .060" sheet material for both the road surface and, if they're needed, the sidewalks, too.

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Posted by maxman on Monday, December 20, 2021 7:14 PM

I believe that there was an overpass construction article as part of the MR Beer Line series of articles.

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Posted by wdw3082 on Monday, December 20, 2021 3:55 PM

You might also check YouTube. There is always a wealth of info, some useful some not. 

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Monday, July 5, 2021 5:15 PM

Rix Products makes simple overpass kits with stone side barriers.  Pikestuff makes metal guardrails.  These might be considered modern, since things like highway overpasses last a long time.

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Posted by jjdamnit on Monday, July 5, 2021 2:13 PM

Hello All,

When searching for styrene shapes check out e-Bay.

Search under "Styrene- -Model Railroads & Trains".

You can find bundles of assorted shapes and sizes.

I've bought several of these assortments. They are inexpensive and provide a cheap source of varied shapes.

Hope this helps.

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Posted by mthobbies on Thursday, July 1, 2021 7:34 AM

Are you looking to cast this out of plaster? Like a stone arch overpass? or a modern concrete/steel highway overpass?

I would start by looking at the prototype you are trying to model. You need to know what this "modern overpass" looks like in the first place.

Styrene I-beams, strips and tube should be all you need to create a nice bridge frame. Then put some styrene sheet on top of the I-beams for the road surface.

Any other questions, let me know.

 

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Posted by riogrande5761 on Thursday, July 1, 2021 6:24 AM

I'm sure you could buy some Evergreen styrene shapes and manage to copy something you find a picture of.  Or alternatively, there are some decent overpass kits out there.

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Posted by "JaBear" on Thursday, July 1, 2021 4:19 AM
Gidday, I’m not sure how you define “modern” but try “Googling” "scratch building a modern highway overpass”.
 
There appears to be some choices that may assist you.
 
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overpass from scratch
Posted by crisco1 on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 9:02 PM

Is there any articles on buildig an modern highway overpass from scratch?

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