The Viaduct
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The photo below supplied to me by John Wiffen ( with thanks) shows part in brick, mine will be with random Ashlar stone.
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Now the fun starts & to make it interesting, on a slight curve at one end & a rising gradient at the same time.
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ECOS2 with RR&Co Traincontroller and a load of other electronics so i can sit back and watch the trains go by.
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ECOS2 with RR&Co Traincontroller and a load of other electronics so i can sit back and watch the trains go by.
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![](https://yourmodelrailway.net/gallery/95/95_180026_410000000.jpg)
showing the curve that will be needed & at the same time climbs nearly 25mm/ 1 ".
That was the easy part - now the fun starts !!!!! as I intend to try to build it in situ.
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That part was easy - now to start on the arches.
Note that in this station, no other track base will be used to raise the track above ground level. I have glued cork over the entire station area & the reason for this will become clear when I commence track laying.
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The track is not anchored down yet so I can include a curve again.The curve seems to have gone, Sol.
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![](https://yourmodelrailway.net/gallery/95/95_182155_580000000.jpg)
Of course, with my viaduct on a gradient, the arches look like this
![](https://yourmodelrailway.net/gallery/95/95_182155_590000001.jpg)
they are supposed to be under the track base so I cut another single arch out, glued to thin card & cut to fit as a temporary means
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as this was successful, I am now gluing the back piece onto the proper arch & will test it again later. Each arch will therefore be a separate entity.
This is what I get for diverting from the norm !
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The curved part of the arch used a paint tin slightly smaller than needed to get a smooth curve
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The two sides now joined with the arch which had to be shortened.
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Another 5 arches to go & be joined with buttresses then work on the top walls, etc.
To hide the white edges, as my texta of the correct colour had run out, I used weathering powders rubbed with my finger.
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Are you going to fit a parapet on top of the trackbed and, what did you use to make the copings along the trackbed - looks good ?
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The hardest part is cutting the thick card for the arches.
The Avocado is the colour I paint my facias like this
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What is the covering under the arches - above where the stone piers stop.?
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