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Steam Engine, Well, I have good news and bad news . . . I model in HO, and if you want the detail provided in the CV beams, that is the only way I know of to do that. You may want to do a search on a company called Three Brothers. They make some bridge detail parts and may have something like what you are looking for. But if you can accept less detail, Paul Mallory <sp?> gives a method in his book about model railroad bridges (published by Carstens) where you cut a lacing pattern from stiff paper and use that. With care, I think that would look OK, but not what you will get from the CV beams. In this case you can save a big pile of money if you are willing to make the compromise. Another thing I am doing to save money on a long steel trestle is to glue a package of 50 ft span plate girders to the near side of a 1x4 piece of wood. The other girders are just pieces of wood glued to the 1x4 at other offsets. By only detailing the nearest side of the bridge, I save money on the other girder lines, the cross frames and the lateral bracing. If you come up with a discount supply for lacy girders, I would like to know as well. Good Luck - Ed
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