An Ify Bridge

[Ify]

A What If in pictures.

Building the diorama display table 4' x 8' (1.2 m x 2.4 m).



Under the table Control Box.



Bridge Footings



Bridge Piers



Bridge Girders





Fender / Dolphin Piers

[Ify]

Antiquated Bridge Console to be put in use to operate the Ify Bridge.







Basic operation of the bridge

[Ify]

Designing electronic circuits



Building DC power supply unit.




Making speaker brackets.



Cutting holes for connectors, power socket. and speakers.





Installing power supply unit into console.



To be continued...

[JayBee]

The back story for this is going to be MOST interesting, I look forward to it.

Now I must pull you up on your tag line.
Scotty does not disnae say I can't change the laws of physics, he says I can'nae change the laws of physics. He is speaking in the Scots dialect.
He is a Scot the name and accent are a bit of a give away.

Come to Scotland and say can't and you are likely to be hung up by yer ballop! 

Cheers, Jim

[rickshaw]

He is a Scot the name and accent are a bit of a give away.

I always thought he was a Canadian...   

[Old Wombat]

Woh!

[Ify]

Hi Jim

...Come to Scotland and say can't and you are likely to be hung up by yer ballop! ...

'S toil leam gu faic iad a' feuchainn

[Ify]

Now for making a steel framed bridge into a wooden bridge.
The undercarriage of the span section needed navigational lights and contact points.





Cable anchoring points.



How it looks across the piers.



Wiring the nav lights and contact points.





Please feel free to ask any questions about what you see on this thread.

[Ify]

Now for the span hut and gangways.





Adding bumper rollers, and light switch for operating vessel (boat) traffic lights.



to be continued.





Vessel traffic lights



Span hut balcony and storage containers.



Building the span hut



Gangways



Painting the span.

[Glenn]

Your model is beautiful.........but, does your wife know where her cloths pegs went to?
Glenn

I have to keep on buying pegs, to replace the ones I can't find.

[Ify]

... does your wife know where her cloths pegs went to?... I have to keep on buying pegs, to replace the ones I can't find.

Very funny Greg.
I get told to buy me own.  She doesn't like seeing paint on the pegs. But thanks for the kind words.

[Ify]

Now for the bridge towers.

[63cpe]

This is modelling to the max! It's got to be huge. Hats off for the electrics involved. At modellingshow this genre of modelling is frequently shown and I always take a look as is awesome to see the hours work involved and what is does (your bridge opening and closing including the corresponding signallights). I'll follow this one, Love to see the progress of your project...

David

[Ify]

The Ify Bridge diorama has two moving parts, the bridge lift-span, and a boat traversing under it.



I sweat soldered washers to make narrow pulley wheels.



Pulley wheel brackets





Attached to bridge towers.





Tower top gangway.







To be continued.

[Ify]

Thank you David for your response, I hope I don't disappoint.