Build and Weather a Model Railroad Bridge

In this video I show you how to build and weather a model railroad bridge using Micro Engineering Deck Girder Bridge. This 80' open deck bridge came out beautifully. Let me show you how I did it.
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[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Interested in bridge models? See how I build, weathered, and incorporated a highway bridge here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5CteamsfL90pbs

[@peteedwards7157]

That’s a really nice job. Just shows how a fairly basic kit can be made to look really great.

[@n-scaleunionpacificevansto6569]

"Real life" keeps getting in the way of our model railroading, Ron. Glad you're back. ...Roy

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Hi, Roy. Yes, it's been a busy and in some ways hard 4 months. It's good to be back.

[@RodDiery]

Good to see you back Ron.

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks.

[@brucegiroux]

Nice looking bridge. Welcome back.

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks, Bruce. Good to be back.

[@Rhinexing]

What a pleasant surprise to find a new Ron's Trains N Things video in my feed this morning! Welcome back!

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks.

[@ainsleyperry5192]

Ron, Nice to have you back. A lot of work for a small bridge but well worth it. Cheers, Chris Perry.

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks.

[@ciredfish]

Great to have you back Ron! The bridge looks great!

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks.

[@Death_From_Below]

Fantastic video, thanks.

[@normanrowe2831]

Very nice. I enjoyed you showing the repair of the broken piece. The end results are very good. Thanks.

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks.

[@waltersobchek2465]

Ron's back! Great bridge tutorial looks nice! thanks👍👍

[@derek7837]

Great to have you back Ron!!! I have surely missed your videos.

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thnks. Its good to be back.

[@scottsilvey7522]

Nice job Ron! I have 3 of these in HO scale. I live on the old Big 4 Dow line and the bridge I want to replicate with those sections was built in 1918!!! The guard rails have been removed when Conrail installed welded rail. One detail on mine is the tie straps which is flat steel straps about 3 inches wide and about a 1/2 inch thick running along the outer edge of the ties and set in place with lag bolts. I bought some K&S brass sheet and cut 1/8 inch strips off and set thru a Cubs game and drilled holes into each strip which I will use nut, bolt washer castings to simulate lag bolts. After all of that tedious work I thought to myself I should have been building in N Scale!!!!!😁😁😁😁😁

[@donho4552]

Great to see you back. I always enjoy your videos even if the subject matter is about a technique I have used for years. You never know when you might learn a new trick. Keep up the good work.

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks.

[@charlesgardiner6023]

Great Channel Ron thank you

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thank you for your comment and thanks for watching.

[@West_Cascade_Rail]

A ron’s Trains n things video: the perfect way to start a morning.

[@RailserveJohn]

Enjoyed the video Ron. Glad to see you're back. Hope all is well with your family.

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks.

[@CM-ARM]

It's really great to see you again Ron. FYI I have finally started my own layout and wouldn't you know that I am going to be putting a Girder bridge right now. Perfect timing. Yet again a great how to video. Thanks for the help

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks, Chris. Good luck on the new layout.

[@christopherlong2301]

Great to see you back Ron. Was getting worried about you. Nice bridge build with some great tips. Looking forward to the next video.

[@robertterry9367]

I have been waiting for your next video. Thank you Ron.

[@JoshTrainsReyesBfmv]

Glad your back Ron! Can’t for more great videos. Bridge looks really good too!

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks.

[@jimsmoter4510]

Welcome back Ron, great job on the bridge..

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks.

[@erict.8190]

Nice video of the bridge building, welcome back Ron

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks.

[@brenmayhugh]

Ron has returned - yay!

[@flyboy2610]

Great to have you back, Ron! Life does have a way of going bonkers sometimes, doesn't it? Nice looking bridge!

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks.

[@williamdickman7917]

Welcome back, Ron...great video. One thing...the guard timbers also help hold the ties square and evenly spaced over time since there is no ballast to hold the ties in place. Hope to see more vids like this one.

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thank you for your comment and thanks for watching.

[@sithlordofoz]

Hey welcome back!! The finished bridge looks great - really like the look of the rails.

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks, Kevin. Good to be back.

[@nateshon3eastbroadtoprailr448]

Glad to see you're back!

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks.

[@IMRROcom]

Holy Blocks in play, Real Modeling has begun

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

I thought of you when I pulled it out. Knew it would.make the video for you.

[@IMRROcom]

@@RonsTrainsNThings Holy Steel Brick BATMAN that had some weight to it, I'm serious that is nothing to bridge over.

[@jeffmorgan1229]

Hi Ron, glad to have you back, another great video. I also enjoy the background music, for me it's very calming and I can focus on the contents of the video. It's great to get back to normal. Steam town was great but multiple weeks of it was getting to much. Don't get me wrong, I love trains. But it's nice to get back to videos like this one. As Steve Brown would say RAIL ON MY FRIEND. already looking forward to your next video.

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Hi, Jeff, and thanks. Its good to be back.

[@richardmattingly7000]

Nice use of painters tape as a rig for gluing two pieces back together, and I often use the leftover spru/runner for bracing both unseen inside corners/repairs. Another use for it is making lengths of pipe or other fittings and applying a little heat it bends nicely then you "freeze" the shape with a spritz of water. Weathering is one of though techniques where less is more because thinned paint or washes does more to bring out detail better than any brush and making rust right is an art unto itself.

[@mandbhomestead]

Ron, great video, that bridge looks perfect. I have learned a lot so far on your channel and continue to do so with this video, thanks for sharing it.

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thank you for your comment and thanks for watching.

[@plasticbutcher]

Hey Ron, great video and great to have you back. Rick B aka Plastic butcher

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thank you for your comment and thanks for watching.

[@lotsatrains]

Wow you did an excellent job on that I really like it thanks for showing how it’s done I would have made a mess or lost those little shoes lol.

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks for your comment. It isn't as hard as it looks with some practice.

[@N-Scale]

Nice job on that ME kit , they are sometimes a bear to fit. Thanks for sharing. Mike

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Yes, they can be. This is mybsecond one, so I had some.experience going in.

[@N-Scale]

@@RonsTrainsNThings They are just simply old molds and usually a lot of flash on them. Mike

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Yes, and that was very true of this one.

[@ryangrider9607]

Nice job!

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks.

[@billvassar7473]

thank you Ron, I have the same bridge in h.o. scale, have not built yet.

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Good luck.

[@davesartell5287]

Enjoyed girder bridge weathering . Sound was distorted just as you began applying material with the make up applicator. What did you apply and what is terpenoid? Thanks Ron.

[@michaelmcguire19]

Do you have any suggestions on the gauge of track I should use I was talking to a man at his Hobby shop and he asked me what gauge of rail I wanted to use on my HO scale layout

[@bulletsponge1656]

I want to buy this bridge real bad and i cant find it anywhere in stock its like all the good n scale bridges from many manufacturers are out of stock or someone is price gouging the one the only one they have in stock ...any ideas?

[@gfandwrr1]

What is the glue you used with the microbrush?

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

That was a solvent cement--in my case MEK, but MicroMark Same Stuff or Plastruct cement or other similar ptoducts work just as well.

[@azaquarium123]

Thanks for the video! The packaged instructions aren't very clear at all.

[@drpeterpunch765]

Ron I think you do a fantastic job informing others about the hobby, and your own layout and skills are exemplary. I would like to make a couple of suggestions. One is that I’m hearing a low grade repetitious music which may be something to do with my computer, but if not I would like to respectfully suggest that it doesn’t add to your videos. Secondly if you are naming a specific product could I suggest you show the label on the product so that if we don’t catch the name then we can pause the video and write down the product name? Many thanks and keep up the great work.

[@markirvin2809]

Change that awful audio track, Ron. It is driving me nuts!

[@jerrysmith1929]

Yes, Ron, I also find that background sound track annoying like the drip, drip, drip of a leaking faucet. Seems more appropriate to a mystery show. Surprising, because your videos are superb.

[@Mercatoyd]

Very Happy to see you back Ron. As usual, an excellent How I Do It video. Will you at some point apply a small piece of non conductive material to the ends of the guard rails..or just pliobond them to the ties beyond the bridge? Tom

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Hi, Tom. I am thinking I will just Pliobond them down, but I have not decided for sure. Bringing then together with an insulator will require some filing that I'm not excited about.

[@amywhite9386]

Great video, thanks for the tips.

[@JCsRiptrack]

Welcome back Ron! Looks great, and the attention to detail. :) This kit seemed to have a lot of flash for a Micro Engineering piece, or is that more normal?

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

This one did seem to have more flash than normal.

[@TheOriginalBadger]

Hey Ron...its been over 8 months since you did a layout tour and update. How about another one? Or even a cab ride? :)

[@trainroomgary]

Hi Ron: The painters tip for the repair is helpful - Cool 😎 I like using that painters tape to pick up dust off my work area, no need to break out the shop vac. just use the sticky side of the tape to pick up dust, and put it into the trash. "Like" & Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thank you for your comment, Gary, and thanks for watching.

[@DavidSmith-ub7zz]

glad you our back

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks.

[@aaron-uz6pc]

Nicely done!

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks.

[@uptownphotography]

Nice job. Must be really hard working with these small parts in N gauge. I model in HO and that seems hard even in that scale. Well done.

[@attackeagle]

Welcome back Ron. Have missed your video presence. Congrats to you and your wife on the double graduations, and blessing to your ministry. Videos always seem to be timely (divine providence?) . Just got my Tomix trough bridge in the mail yesterday!

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thank you for your comment and thanks for watching.

[@canyonpast]

Great video thanks for sharing and showing.

[@ItsMyRailroad]

Looks great Ron! Nice job buddy!

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thank you my friend.

[@JoeG-firehousewhiskey]

You did a great job building that bridge, I really like the weathering

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks, Joe.

[@Perfusionist01]

First, I am glad to see you back in action. I hope that your life is better/calmer now. Second, I really liked your bridge project. We have a similar approach but use different materials. It just helps to have looked at a few real bridges and to realize that a "black" bridge is rarely BLACK - it is a multicolor of rust, dirt, worn wood, etc. Nice results on your project. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with the abutments.

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Hi, Gary. I'm still playing with the abutments, but I think that should be an interesting project.

[@jolliemark6294]

Ron like how ot turned out, but use a little baking soda and super glue to mend parts you will be surprised at how strong it is, I repaired my grand son's glasses and it worked great, we were going on vacation and didn't have time to get new ones so as a quickie repair it really work out great....thanks for sharing....Jack

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Hi, Jack. I've used that trick but didn't think of it here. Thanks for the tip.

[@chazco]

It is great to have you back. You were missed. The bridge looks great

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks.

[@jerrysmith1929]

Good to see you back in production.

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Thanks, Jerry. Its good to be back.

[@JoseAntonio-xc3ju]

Lindo trabalho Parabéns!