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{Northern,Covered Bridge}Model
« on: February 18, 2013, 09:42:26 pm »
Something a little different for your viewing ,This model Bridge is 6'6" long contains over 800 LF ,of Oak strips ,Carved fir foundations ,plexiglass and FRP roofing ,and gables ,one of three large bridges I built for town festivals and the museum .All on display at city buildings ,One of the Cities own real Covered Bridge ,one of the antique steel ,in the city ,and this Northern style covered bridge,all are same basic length ,The pictures are a work in progress ,bridge itself is natural finish ,carvings
combination of wood burning& pigmented stains to achieve stone look.I hope you enjoy something a little different! Combination of wood burning and pigmented stains. Hope you enjoy,something a little different!




















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Re: {Northern,Covered Bridge}Model
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2013, 01:28:33 am »
Very nice. How long did it take you to get this far with it?

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Re: {Northern,Covered Bridge}Model
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2013, 02:29:46 am »
Wow some time and love went into that.  Well done.

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Re: {Northern,Covered Bridge}Model
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2013, 04:04:10 am »
thats an awesome piece of work, must have taken ages to get that far?
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Re: {Northern,Covered Bridge}Model
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2013, 04:58:08 am »
Beautiful piece of work, nice job well done.
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Re: {Northern,Covered Bridge}Model
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2013, 06:35:13 am »
That is a wonderful piece. I can see a railroad enthuiest being interested in that one. Let us know what becomes of it. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: {Northern,Covered Bridge}Model
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2013, 07:45:22 am »
Absolutely fantastic. Thanks for sharing with us.  :)
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Re: {Northern,Covered Bridge}Model
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2013, 07:59:13 am »
??Wow!! Great and amazing work, requires a lot of patience, but looks perfect, thanks for sharing
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Re: {Northern,Covered Bridge}Model
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2013, 08:04:39 am »
awesome job thanks for sharing
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Re: {Northern,Covered Bridge}Model
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2013, 09:05:22 am »
Construstion took about two weeks ,design scaleing and jig building took longer ,I .was going to post as work in process ,but trying to post in order and detail has been very time consuming and to this point not sucessful ,I make too many mistakes on the computor.
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Re: {Northern,Covered Bridge}Model
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2013, 09:11:59 am »
That just looks outstanding!! Feel proud of that!! A++
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Re: {Northern,Covered Bridge}Model
« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2013, 10:12:56 am »
Very nice indeed.  Thanks for sharing.  Would like to see some of the jigs you came up with.

Thanks for sharing.
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Re: {Northern,Covered Bridge}Model
« Reply #12 on: February 19, 2013, 11:10:23 am »
Wow! that is awesome.
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Re: {Northern,Covered Bridge}Model
« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2013, 06:43:19 pm »
Very impressive. I love the detail.
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Re: {Northern,Covered Bridge}Model
« Reply #14 on: February 19, 2013, 08:28:12 pm »
Wow! I need to get a bigger shop.... Very nice!
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