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Mark: You can get N/B/W, that is: "nut bolt and washer" in various sizes and designs. Try the Walthers site online. For wood bridges I have found an alcohol ink wa***o be the best way to go...Dilute india ink or sepia ink with alcohol about 20 parts alcohol to 1 part ink. There is no hard and fast rule here so use your "artistic license". I prefer the alcohol from the hardware store to rubbing alcohol as it has much less water to raise the grain of wood. I use various grades of sand paper, a distressing brush and old jewlers saw blades to roughen the wood stock before staining. I stain the stock before cutting and touch it up as necessary, mainly as a time saver. In prototype practice the wood was creosoted when the bridge was (usually) prefabricated offsite. As mentioned, the longer a structure was in the weather the more the sun bleached it. You may want to simulate some replacement elements by having them darker as an accent. Dont forget to do a bit of "rusting"detail to the metal parts and include a bird nest or two as "added points of interest" for the sharp eyed among your critics/visitors. Good Luck and have fun. Randy
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