Sunday, March 16, 2014

Bridge and Light tower

Yesterday, I finished with cutting the X-beams for the bridge and nailing them down. Today, I filled a few gaps with wood filler and sanded the lot. So now the Ogle Winston Link Bridge is finished in crude. Guess I will have to contemplate the colours now.

Additionally, I soldered a few connecting wires to my Light Tower. For some reason I collected two rotating beacons; one metal of Lionel and one plastic from Marx. Both operate crappy; the light makes the beacon spin in a very uneven manner. So , I decided some time ago, to transform the Marx tower into a light tower. I used some scrap wood, paint, wires, sockets and lights and the first result is quiet all right. Looks a bit camp and that is just fine with me. Imagine that the core wooden barrel was a basket in which thin wooden cooking sticks were sold.