Wardell Bridge and boat by Tecko - 1:72 - diorama
To be honest, the boat in this diorama will be built near the end of the project.
The diorama is going to be a working lift-span bridge with a boat traversing underneath it.
The bridge fits on a 2.4 x 1.2 m (8 x 4 ft) tabletop. The scale is 1/72.
There are no available plans for the bridge. Created my own plans from photographs and two diagonal reference measurements (road width and span length).
An antiquated control console of the actual bridge will be converted to operate
My goal is to create something like this.
The boat and bridge motors will be under the display table - in a control box. Both will be moved via cable and pulleys.
The tabletop.
Yes, my lounge is my studio-workshop. The museum did not have enough workshop room for this display.
The control box to be aligned directly under the tabletop slot for the boat pathway.
It has two access doors.
Next is the bridge substructure.
