For unknown reasons, I built the 'right' (northern) end of the Mittlere Meienreussbrücke today.
The centre span of the viaduct is just a placeholder here, but completing both abutments should allow me to plant some trees and rocks in the gorge around the viaduct - this would be harder if the middle section was in place.
The abutment was built in the same way and from the same material as the left end, with vertical pieces of the stone-embossed plasticard used inside the columns to give the thing depth. A lot of trial and error was employed to have this mate up with the various slopes of the cliff face behind it.
Once it was fitting properly, a wash of black was applied to bring out some of the stone detail and it was glued and clipped and prodded into place using pins and the hokey items pictured.
It's neat to finally be able to 'see' the bridge for real, but perhaps a slight disappointment as this was supposed to be the layout's focal point - but here it looks a bit Lilliputian. I suppose it's 60-70% the size it really should be, but those small locos look larger than I'd hoped...
Perhaps when the centre piece is detailed and weathered it will look better.
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