Saturday, 16 January 2016

The Mill Bridge

The mill, completed in the previous post, is intended to be the central feature in a Crimean War scenario that involves securing a river crossing. So it needs a bridge, something substantial, something worth fighting over.  I also needed to disguise the fact that on the model the mill race is 10mm above the pond level and to have that starting so abruptly on the table would just look weird. So I wanted the water to flow into the race through an arch in the bridge. Now because the arch on the opposite side of the bridge sits at table level and the mill race is 10mm higher, the more astute readers will realise that the water flowing out of the arch will have had to have flowed uphill to reach the mill race, and they would be right. But the visial break that the bridge provides does make the different levels a fraction more believable.

For inspiration I searched some Crimean War sites and these two images drew my attention.



Using them as a very loose basis for a design, this that I came up with.


And then when it fits together with the mill...




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  1. John17 January 2016 at 08:08

    Mark,
    That actually looks a really good combination and the bridge and mill complement each other very well. Love the finished mill!

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    1. Mark Strachan17 January 2016 at 08:41

      Thank you John. The set will expand by one more small building, since I am still waiting for my order of figures is still to arrive.

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  2. Natholeon17 January 2016 at 22:18

    The arch disguises it well. Fantastic effort again.

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    1. Mark Strachan18 January 2016 at 07:01

      Thanks Nathan. Since I am still waiting for my Foundry order to arrive I have started another small building to go with this one. It ws so hot here yesterday that the Emerkit that usually takes three hours to cure was curing in half the time, so over half the model was done in just a few hours work. I won't get much done tonight though - overseas visitors for work that will need some entertaining.

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  3. Colin Ashton22 January 2016 at 22:07

    Gorgeous

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  4. Mark Strachan22 January 2016 at 22:26

    Thank you Colin. I have just finished the dwelling that will go along with this set. I hope to have it painted tomorrow (although her indoors seems to have different plans), and will post an image n due course.

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