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 Posted - September 29 2012 : 3:04:19 PM
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At the last swap meet I went to in September, one of the vendors just "gave" me a free Atlas Girder Plate bridge. Having no use for it, I was still happy that the word free was involved in the exchange! I took it home and immediately proceeded to give it a bit of a different treatment than the standard "logo-in-the-center" scheme that most of these are done in.
First, I painted the bridge inside and out and underneath in Walmart flat black, then sealed it with Dullcote, taking care to cover the rails first. I then masked the two end "spaces" and gloss coated them with Krylon Gloss Clear (acrylic), again, a fine purchase at Walmart.
I then used some Great Northern decals to place the goat herald on one end of the bridge, and the GN initials in empire font (meant for boxcars) on the other end. The reasoning behind this is that there are ten spaces on the bridge, so a "centered" logo decal is not
really centered. By using the two end spaces, a balance is achieved. The use of a more "modern" GN font can be explained by the "repainting" of the bridge during my layout period, the 1950s, when "modern" fonts began to appear on building signage and such more commonly- so why not "update" GN's image a bit? I know this is fussy detail stuff (although not on a par with rivet counting), but it makes the bridge a bit more unique.
I am sure that other railroads may have decal alternatives that could also be used in a similar manner.
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Posted - September 29 2012 : 4:39:25 PM
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Nice work Ron! Makes the girder bridge have a bit of character!
Kind of what I did.....
Altho, I made the lettering "BIG" for this display case.....On my layout, it be way more to scale in size! 
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Posted - September 29 2012 : 4:48:36 PM
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I would love to see my climax running high above on Johns bridge!! Too bad it has to go back to Bachmann after the DCC decoder fried!! Oh well I'll have a new one of the same paint back in about 2 months. Anyways once I'm older and have my own home, and space for a big layout, I'd love to have a bridge like that john!
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Posted - September 29 2012 : 5:37:57 PM
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Hyde,
You want to see other pictures of that same display case? Look under my posting in the Customizing & Kitbashing section of the forums for "Museum Quality Display Cases" As This is the first of the beginning, I'm going to be offering custom made displays such as this for sale, to the patrons designs and size limits or non limits, however you may look at it.....
http://www.tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12246
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Posted - September 29 2012 : 6:46:48 PM
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real cool there, siouxlake
I heard of one bridge where one guy painted the name on the enitre bridge all year!
He'd start on the first letter & by the time he got to the last letter He'd hafta start all over again!
I wish I knew the railroad's name that was on the bridge 
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Posted - September 30 2012 : 12:08:10 AM
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I believe that's called the "Golden Gate", Ben....
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Posted - September 30 2012 : 01:16:21 AM
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Walt - I said it was a railroad name he continuosly painted
Siouxlake - I oughta have you do that to my girder bridge 
Also GN used Sky Blue in the last years before the BN merger
The new logos Didn't last long either I think it was the shortest use of a new logo in GN's existance!
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Posted - September 30 2012 : 10:33:07 PM
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quote:I would love to see my climax running high above on Johns bridge!! Too bad it has to go back to Bachmann after the DCC decoder fried!! Oh well I'll have a new one of the same paint back in about 2 months. Anyways once I'm older and have my own home, and space for a big layout, I'd love to have a bridge like that john!
Originally posted by SCVR66Â -Â September 29 2012Â :Â 4:48:36 PM
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Hyde,
so what do you think of this.........
OR better yet...... BOTH at the same time......
OR 2 loggers on the same bridge?
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Posted - October 01 2012 : 12:18:49 AM
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Posted - October 01 2012 : 07:38:07 AM
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Thanks Jim!!!!
I posted those for SCVR or "Hyde" as thats his right name.....
I had to spend some time in the shop the past 2 days as I had some company yesterday so.....I'm gonna be re-working a few brass steamers for as local guy!
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Posted - October 01 2012 : 3:15:51 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by EM-1Â -Â September 30 2012Â :Â 10:33:07 PM
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Veddy interestink! I didn't know they made an in-between version of the Heisler with RP25 wheels and the round can motor.
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