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More great progress, looks fab.....  Regards Alan
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Thank you Al and Alan for kind words.
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Throughout this project I continue to do Internet research. A friend emailed me a photo taken of a computer screen by her iPhone. It revealed a few things I was still not clear about. There was the matter of what did the swing-gates look like. The scale of the cars is known, but how did they look in comparison to the whole bridge. Finally, what did the concrete road look like from above.
Decided to splatter dark grey paint onto the cement colour. It turned out horrendous. Originally I wanted to start again, but a part of me knew it could be turned to my advantages. So then I used the dry brush method to lighten up the dark patches. Afterwards, I kept alternating between dark and light paint with a fine brush until I was happy with the results.
Painting the span took longer than painting the rest of the road. It was difficult to get into the central areas. The edges of the span and bridge have a metal plate (silver painted area). The hole you see on edge of road is for the fine (0.7 mm) bridge cable which goes through the display table.
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The roadway looks great and must have taken some time (big road, little brush) but why did a lift span bridge have gates ? Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Gibbo wrote:The roadway looks great and must have taken some time (big road, little brush) but why did a lift span bridge have gates ? Yes, it took a few days to paint the road surface.
I am posting photos daily to catch up to where I am at the moment with the project.
The gates were used to swing across the road to block traffic (After the red traffic lights have been on).
The bridge needs to operate from its original console, which has swing-gates (see top half). Today they have boom-gates. Don't know what console they have now. Latest update was 2014. Perhaps they have a laptop now.
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Oh i see now, they lifted with the span, ok that makes sense now, thanks. Regards Paul Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Gibbo wrote:Oh i see now, they lifted with the span, ok that makes sense now, thanks.
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Paul I am sorry Paul if I have confused you. The console operator, in the span hut, also controls the road traffic lights and the gates that close across the road. They are separate from the lift-span portion of the bridge. If you take a closer look at the first photo of my last update, you will see the gates are on the road before the bridge.
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Since the console will be a wiring diorama of sorts, I decided to add a touch of drama by painting bits here and there.  
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Created a new wiring harness for the console. 
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Very impressive, looks like you need a degree in wiring for this, just amazing.  Mark
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Thanks peter i see where you're coming from now, i was looking at the wrong bits. Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Gibbo wrote:Thanks peter i see where you're coming from now, i was looking at the wrong bits.
No worries Paul. My grammar is not the best and often confuse others.
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Markwarren wrote:Very impressive, looks like you need a degree in wiring for this, just amazing. Mark It does look a bit like a neurovascular map of some weird sea-creature. 
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Added wiring harness to console control panel. Since it is the underside (not easily seen) it was pointless to dressed it up.
Connected control panel and harness to console.
Made small harness between terminal strips and the two D-Connectors to the back of console (these connect to control box under display table).
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That`s all looking very tidy. Praise be for plastic tie wraps. In my younger days I maintained telephone exchanges and we had to form cables and wiring looms using a waxed twine. With the correct knots, keeping the twine straight along the wires and wrapping the ends with a special locking knot that became invisible. It would have taken an hour just to tie up something like this. WTG, all your effort is really showing. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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delboy271155 wrote:That`s all looking very tidy. Praise be for plastic tie wraps. In my younger days I maintained telephone exchanges and we had to form cables and wiring looms using a waxed twine. With the correct knots, keeping the twine straight along the wires and wrapping the ends with a special locking knot that became invisible. It would have taken an hour just to tie up something like this. WTG, all your effort is really showing. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) Thanks Derek for compliment. Your post reminded me of earlier years doing a few small wiring harnesses for altered valve radios. In researching for this project, I actually downloaded drawings of such looms and knots. Then I saw on eBay very cheap plastic ties.
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Added Passive Infrared (PIR) sensor for detecting any museum visitors approaching the display.
Dyed some felt a grey color and lined the console edges of front panel.
Drilled holes in the thick Perspex, allowing heatwaves to reach the PIR sensor. A portion of the front panel was used as a kick board to protect the Perspex.
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Very neat and tidy on the wiring, i'd be popping blood vessels by now, and a lovely touch with the sensor, nicely done. Regards Paul Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Wow, just amazing wiring work. Emmett Brown (Doc), would be proud.  Mark
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Gibbo wrote:Very neat and tidy on the wiring, i'd be popping blood vessels by now, and a lovely touch with the sensor, nicely done.
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Paul Thanks Paul. I think it looks better with the lights...
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