Scratch build realistic stone arch bridge

In this video we will be modelling a stone arch bridge. The bridge is made from Styrofoam, which is low cost and easy to work with. This bridge, or viaduct is designed used a modular approach, almost like LEGO, which makes it possible to fit onto any model railroad, warhammer gaming board or combine with LEGO or make a fantasy diorama.
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examples on other channels working with bridges are Luke Towan, Terraintutor and woodland scenics.

[@lucluc6020]

You are a true master of art😮

[@erikjames9733]

This dude is unbelievable

[@robertkwassie]

Zo geweldig je moet de tijd ervoor hebben maar als je een treinbaan heb zie je maar dat je het steeds mooier kan maken en blijven verbeteren

[@giulius7176]

Very nice build!

[@terryxperry]

Wow what a great jobs on your train layout .

[@birgitwestermann-winter3652]

Really greet wall! Just the plaster is hair to find

[@WimVeen]

Just love to watch your videos so much, thanks for sharing,

[@lent7614]

You are a man of infinite patience, and your work is superb

[@Singingmute]

Your videos are inspiring.

[@Alpenkracher]

Schaut echt super aus 👍👍👍👍🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@HenrikSweden1]

I really like that you find a way to build things at no cost at all in a hobby that today is very expensive. Thumbs up !

[@zebharris5233]

Brilliant!

[@silkcustoms520]

Incredible Work. I would definitely lose a few fingers slicing all that

[@davidbrinkmoeller8465]

I really enjoy watching these videos. He is an inspiration for all modelers.

[@Dr.Gunsmith]

Absolutely incredible work 🙏

[@daveolliemetalhead]

You do very amazing work thank you for sharing this video .

[@file1man]

I will try this method on my o gauge layout for my 4 to 6 feet long inclined runs going from my lower level to my upper level. Takes time but saves huge amount of dollars over store bought walls and pillars. You are an unbelievably ingenious and skilled artist.

[@TrainsandDioramas]

I really like how you take very simple and unique methods and make them work beautifully. Is this bridge museum quality? May be not. Does this look great? YES! I'll possibly never need a bridge like that in foreseeable future, but this will remain in my list of references. Cheers! Kaustav

[@peterstecks7660]

Excellent as usual. Thanks again.

[@tryexceptions1025]

Good video for learning English! )

[@rafaelvoncina6036]

Most impressive! Cheap material and a lot of modelling dedication gives a unique and atmospheric result. Congratulations.

[@VochosGranja]

That is one amazing bridge. Love it.

[@tomhughes9639]

Patients is a virtue. Excellant work.

[@magnusnordholm8149]

Great video, thanks. Glad you got the sponsor. One87 really makes superb models.

[@marklinofsweden]

Hej Magnus! Va kul! Du tittar också på mina videos? Okej.. Vi skulle ju ha träffats.. Jag är på gång.. Lägger 10-12 timmar om dygnet 7 dagar i veckan på KZbin nu.. Jag hör av mig! 👍

[@laszlocsapo3279]

Great work, you give us nice tips and tricks. Thanks for it.

[@nigeljohnson8022]

A lot of work but well worth it !!! It looks amazing.

[@patrickmasse7159]

A wonderful realisation with a lot of good ideas

[@dancemaniaable]

Really good videos,very useful and a very cheerful chap !!

[@marklinofsweden]

Thank you Richard! Good to hear you like the videos! Wish you a nice Easter! 👍😊

[@edwardpalazzotto1129]

Great ideas...great work

[@sonnylatchstring]

Your skill, eye of detail and patience is amazing.

[@normanrowe2831]

Thanks for yet another great tutorial. Beautiful bridge. One heck of a lot of bricks.

[@marklinofsweden]

Hi Norman! Thank you! Yes! Maaaany bricks in this one! 👍😄

[@alexandre.studio3d]

Speechless. I'm impressed with your ability of using simple and low budget technics and materias for creating scenery. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Cheers.

[@NThusiaMoBa]

Great. the illuminated statues are brilliant. greets lui

[@tomjenssen7486]

Truly beautiful workmanship. Inspirational!

[@ewoodrailway]

That's an amazing scratchbuild. Makes my football ground look bad

[@SchuylkillRiverValley]

Very effective bridge! Best, John

[@Leadweight2]

I love how Luke Towan's channel complements yours. We are so spoilt for choice. It's just amazing seeing all this great work.

[@marklinofsweden]

Thank you! 👍😊

[@phil36310]

Hi Martin, Fantastic design and the result is very realistic. Well done ! Just one remark: you can omit the use of plaster by just mixing PVA glue in the color blend you put on the foam. It ads some texture as does the plaster but the process is faster.... and it never cracks for it's more flexible. Greetings and thanks for sharing.

[@marklinofsweden]

Hi Philip! Wow! I’ll try that! Thank you for the information!

[@adem9599]

This is fantastic great advice for me.

[@gabrielcoronado6395]

What an amazing job! What creativity! You are a genius! I congratulate you and thank you for sharing it.

[@philmissy1]

Again you have made it seem so simple. Brilliant.

[@johnkelley9877]

Wow! What and incredible bridge. Your work is simply excellent and the new bridge really improves the look of the whole layout by adding a lot of visual interest. Thanks for sharing this.

[@marklinofsweden]

Thank you John!

[@davidcutts2650]

Great modeling. You have me ideas with this one. Thank you.

[@Atellarion]

Viel Arbeit, aber das Ergebnis spricht für sich.👍👍👍

[@alfonshof1257]

Great - perfect. Thanks, Alfons from Germany

[@stephenmesser4196]

Thank you for this tutorial , I've been looking for plans for a similar bridge idea for awhile. This should be just what I need to get it done.

[@PennsyRailroad]

Fabulous video, superb work. Your ability to teach us “novices” how to do these features is very much appreciated.

[@joachim9043]

Congratulation! Top Job 👍

[@RDGWingsUnited]

This is amazing! I plan to try some of your techniques soon. Love your work!

[@1tombensky]

That's amazing!!

[@nicholasbishop3300]

Very impressed with your amazing down to earth modelling skills What a fantastic result. Great inspiration to us all Well done Nick Australia

[@chrissharp5073]

Awesome. What a beautiful labour of love and thank you for the inspiration. It's a technique that I will definitely use on my HO layout. Thank you for sharing.

[@philcaldwell9951]

Thanks for another amazing video. When viewing your videos I’m always taken aback by your brilliant modelling skills. Absolutely fantastic!

[@marklinofsweden]

Thank you Phil! I’m very happy to hear that! Greetings from Sweden!

[@eugeneg68]

A great tutorial on how to make masonry. I want to do that too. I will try as you have in the tutorial

[@colinrimmer789]

Looks fabulous

[@johncroden6380]

I am so impressed ty

[@me4814]

I can’t believe you don’t have more subscribers, you got some awesome stuff

[@stephenmesser4196]

I'd love to see your spin on building a dam.

[@marioschonleitner8392]

Very very nice , 👍👍👍👍

[@tamstrainworld3754]

Nice video. You put a lot of effort on that bridge. Thanks. And nice to see you got some sponsor. :)

[@mikkelagnerclausen7150]

You are truly an inspiration to me, wish I had the same space to my layout. Enjoy your videos very much. Subscriber for life.

[@flyingdumbo76]

Amazing. TKS

[@shermannancy]

Outstanding

[@renatoscaglia7298]

Molto bello 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@nmobastart]

Hello marklinofsweden: That looks awesome, realy great job

[@xflow79]

Hej Martin! Yet another great tutorial, great to watch how you turn something cheap like styrofoam into such an impressive structure! 😜

[@larrydee8859]

Your detailed work, is incredibly amazing! As always; Excellent instructual video, Marklino! Always enjoy your Friday tutorials! (My NYC model subway, is currently buried under Ice in Northern New Jersey).

[@gee530]

Amazing work as always, both with the modeling and the editing. I love your videos. Thank you!

[@marklinofsweden]

Thank you Per! 👍

[@waynesbutler7834]

Your workmanship and attention to detail is fantastic with great results . I have been watching you use that tool you made for the vertical lines in the bricks . It would seem you could modify the tool to imprint the whole brick or multiples at once by cutting the tab off so its level with the holder you made , have different sizes . If a tool for this does not already exist there needs to be , you can have the patent but i want a sample from the first production run . lol .

[@valborchardt3596]

Greetings again from South Africa, oh my word, how amazing, your work is wonderful, thank you

[@marklinofsweden]

Hi Val! Thank you! I’m so happy to hear you like it. 👍 Warm greetings from a cold Sweden.

[@anaisfleur362]

Amazing

[@machoni1974]

Super unglaublich Nummer eins

[@ericw4329]

Thank you for your guidance. Using some of your techniques I'm working on a scratch build as a gift for friends. I did find that using tweezers gave me twice as many blocks. At random points the blocks would brake and added a little feature.

[@David-wd8wz]

Thanks for your helpfull vids

[@marklinofsweden]

Thank you Moan!

[@Voniceman]

Very Nice Martin. We are just starting up a model railroad here in Skævinge (near Hillerød in Denmark). We got about 44 kvm to make Our layout. We Will send you some pictures along The Road / process ;-). Keep up The good work. Very inspiring.

[@davidskanal1986]

Schöne Arbeit sieht klasse aus

[@marklinofsweden]

Danke David!

[@railwayuniverseeisenbahnun8759]

Wow, simply great! Are you showing your layouts in any exhibitions?

[@diveric1]

Hello, Thx voor this helpfull video, nicely made with cheap materials and great result. Keep placing this kind of videos, it will inspire lots of people, great job. Just made my first video of my layout, working now 10 months on it :-) Greetings from the Netherlands :-)

[@daubeca6300]

Incredible work friend, I will try to do something similar but perhaps they will finish the basilica of the Sagrada familia in my city Barcelona.best regards

[@tobyaman7644]

Hi again Martin, I can't believe how professional your videos are, I get a little heart flutter every time I see a notification about your latest videos, it feels like I'm in the room with you. Thanks for super videos, super performances and super education. I'm thinking of setting up a track in my garden is that something you have ever thought about doing yourself? Toby

[@marklinofsweden]

Hi Toby! I’m so glad to hear you like the videos! I have been thinking of a garden railway, but it would require some efficient negotiation with my wife. 😄

[@paulhargreaves1497]

Yeah....these videos are a lot harder to make than you think!

[@TheHerring7]

Very nicely done bridge, but what intrigues me is -how do you run the DC loco on the three rail AC track? Converted or is there a trick involved?

[@mycrazygrandpa]

Amazing as always! More wonderful tips and idea's.

[@ficherranier5887]

Bello!

[@fulviobabuder6099]

super!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@villabellotas]

I saw your video and i love it, my problem is that i don't understand english of all and there are details that i loose like the electrical cutter you use for cut the stirofoam. I must investigate it. It is amazing. Thanks for your videos and excuse my bad english.

[@michaelhjerpe7763]

Hello Martin! Shared your link in the comments on Chadwick Model Railway channel as an idea for a stone arch bridge, with Creds to your channel. Hope that's OK?!

[@magomat6756]

You could make a profile from the wall with a 3 D printer and the you just need th press it in the foam.

[@dogwalker666]

But he is trying to keep costs down 3D printers are expensive

[@aatmpollet]

Hi, I am really enjoying your tutorials. Great. But a simple question: What kind of Led are you using in this tutorial, and where can I buy them?

[@michaelehre1901]

Sehr cool gemacht . Ein Klasse viedeo. Der Kleber mit dem alles geklebt wurde , ist Holzleim oder ? Danke

[@reconwarroirthetrue1685]

Where do you get the material??? & 🔧 🔨 🔧??? I want to give it a GO!!!!also your other making/buildings projects.

[@gvet47]

I wish you would not use the wording "EASY" in your video titles. Looks like you have way more patients to make all the stone patterns on all the pieces. It would take me weeks and I'd try to find a cookie cutter to just stamp large areas, but then it would have to be able to form to non-flat shapes too! Your results always look so realistic and fit the scale you are working with. Master builder for sure!

[@VinnyandDawn]

Brilliant 👍 🚂🚃🚃🚃

[@file1man]

Any suggestions where we can get those led light chips here in the usa?

[@Mueko69]

Thank you for your nice videos, I learnt a lot. I tried to rebuild your cutting device, if I connected it to the power charger the wire is getting red is this normal or has my power charger too much energy?

[@landini66]

🙂

[@strange-universe]

Did you have any particular existing construction in mind when you designed this? or is this just a design of various architecture you have seen. I like the way the structure makes sense, as in, it doesn't look like it needs magic to keep it in place. Thanks for showing this.

[@marklinofsweden]

Hi! It’s a mix of different constructions adapted to the reality on my layout. I don’t think this construction would be possible to realize in real life, while the spans are too straight. The forces would be too heavy for the stone arches

[@ianwatkins2879]

Really good information! Inspiring! The plaster mix that you apply to the engraved surface...is it a plaster mix or just a runny mix of plaster? Have you any further details on this?

[@thatangrygerman2076]

Having used plaster before I'd say its just a thinner regular model plaster. I'd probably try to get it to a yoghurt like consistence

[@gillesbkf4315]

Hi, just wanted to let you know that this particular logo at 1:04 isn't the real CE Mark, this one is the "china export" one look on the web for the difference. CE mark vs china export. the normal CE logo has more between the letters.

[@erikjames9733]

How does one measure to scale for a bridge

[@drychalice]

What did you use to cut that thin plywood ?