Very late to the party but Peteski just helped me with my photo uploading problems.
Here is the original bridge across the Chicago River.
Here is the CMR lift bridge in progress.
Pockets cut into benchwork and cross-over removed.
The pockets trimmed out with cut down Chooch bridge abutment and Evergreen styrene.
Bridge installed and, yes, that is a fireboat sitting by the Traffic Courthouse clock tower.
The bridge was painted with Model Master rattle can flat black and weathered with two applications of Pan Pastel Burnt Sienna followed by Dullcoat after each application which gives it a nice dark brown patina. Track and scenery have been completed since these photos and trains are running through the bridge. More photos next weekend, I hope.
