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thanks...yes, I designed the trestles with six pilings under each bridge and the pilings rest directly on the plywood. When I said that there is very little room under the trestles, there's actually 3/4 of an inch between the main span beam and the plywood and I'm able to see under the trestles. It's not like there's no room to work with. This is my first time working with "water" and I was fairly certain that I could spread the water around the pilings and under the bridges to look ok. To be perfectly honest I didn't put much thought into the materials that I used. I searched the web for pictures of actual trestles and found a picture of one that interested me and I designed my trestles from that picture. The trestles are made completely from wood from a hobby kit sold at Walmart for about $3. All of the wood is square, is four different sizes and the design was very easy to work. Took most of the day to build the two trestles and had a lot of fun doing it. When it comes time to do the water thing I'll just have to experiment with trial and error. I'll use a "dummy" model to practice with. Thanks for all of your advice and ideas. <br />www.brian894x4.com/images/MtRainerRRbridge2.jpg
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