Rice Harbor Series: Build a car float part 5 – add a float bridge

Man lifting a collapsable section onto a table.

After completing the car float for MR’s Rice Harbor layout, David Popp builds a float bridge used to transfer freight cars from the vessel to the shore. Using prototype photos for reference, David assembled the float bridge from plywood, styrene sheets, foam insulation board, bridge kit components, and various cast parts. […]

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Rice Harbor Series: build a swing-up staging section

David Popp with his hinged layout.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page   In addition to boasting a unique sectional design, MR’s 5×9-foot Rice Harbor HO scale layout also features a swing-up staging section topped with a car float. David Popp shares how he assembled and then installed this hinged section to the layout. […]

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Rice Harbor Series: Installing benchwork alignment pins

David Popp holding pins.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page   Are you building a sectional or modular layout that requires precise alignment of adjoining sections? If so, then you’ll want to see how David installed benchwork alignment dowels, also called pattern maker pins, on MR’s HO scale Rice Harbor. These steel dowels […]

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