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…...................…………........--- Scenery by Coal Mine Part 4 ---

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Continuing on …....

I had designed some logs for the sawmill complex this past year but was not very happy with them. Didn’t like what the bark looked like. I had looked into using ‘Blender’ to make the logs but it looked like a pretty good learning curve and didn’t want to spend the time for only one need at this time. Laying awake at 3 in the morning I got an idea how I could use Fusion to maybe do a better job than before. I like them well enough to make a bunch and have it be ‘good enough’ at least for now.

I designed some in 36” & 40” diameters and printed them and it won’t take long to also design the smaller diameters also. I did try taking my first attempt, a 36” diameter, and scale it up and down but wasn’t happy with that as it of course scaled the bark up and down and the bark itself would be the same size on all of the different diameters.

There will be a high trestle in the area where I’m now working and I need to progress on it at the same time I’m putting in the foam for the terrain. I had designed the different length and height steel girder sections earlier but needed to make a 40’ long section into a 50’ long section so added another section to the 40 footer I had designed to make the 50 footer.

Also needed abutments for both ends of the trestle so designed them also. I’ll put the print files up for the trestle sections and the abutments soon on my thingiverse account as free downloads.

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New 50’ section and abutment for it above.

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This is going to be a complicated area to hopefully get things to work together.

Beginning design of the supporting uprights took place a year or more ago and now have to move forward in order for the terrain and the trestle supports to work out alright.

Two curved turnouts had been put in place some time ago but not the two tracks past them where supplies and equipment can be brought to the mine. The two tracks were put in at this point as it is easier to get to this area now before the new foam rock faces go in. Which reminds me I should do the track drops now also.

I’ve kind of put this area off as don’t have a compete picture of how to make it all work but that will come as I move along.

..To be continued…....

A link to this whole build ( HERE ).

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