So, this week I simply decided to build myself a model of the bridge in my home town, the bridge that was used as a stand in for the Anrhem one in the movie 'A Bridge Too Far'.
Some pictures how the thing looks:
A drawing I found in the local archives (Yes, I spent a few hours in one of Europe's oldest Libraries - dating back to 1560 - researching!).
Brilliant to browse through that old stuff
Basically, the only one I could find with some measurements...
The other values must be retrieved from a picture like this one:
I will only be building the span itself, maybe the two pilars later as well... Maybe.
It will simply be an all wooden model, should be to scale, (1/70) but not too precise, and not too detailed.
I mean the thing is all riveted, each beam and strut and whatnot...
First step done: Buying me some wood. Check!
Second step done: The two basic guirders (?) 2.10m long, getting them to bend a bit, as the bridge may appear level in the last picture, it does have a bulge! Check!
Yes, please wish me good luck...
And if anyone has some cracking ideas what to do with the model once it's finished, please share!
(It might burn nicely, true... or blow up nicely.... but)
(Same bridge, destroyed by the Germans in april 1945... someone forgot his helmet lol)