Japanese river foot bridge?

[sunbeam]

Hi Guys,

 

I need a good size traditional Japanes foot bridge that would spand a river, does anybody make such a thing?

 

Thanks.

[cteno4]

The greenmax is about the biggest I've seen

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10193651

 

If you are thinking one of the long ones over moats or larger waterways probably have to scratch build. Hardest part there is the railing on a vertical curve... Don't think any of the tgw railing are ornate like most foot bridges are.

 

Cheers

 

Jeff

[velotrain]

If you do need a longer bridge, you could combine multiple Greenmax bridges and bash taller piers in the middle.

 

Likely a whole lot less work than scratching the whole bridge.

[sunbeam]

I was hoping for something older like this. May have to scratch build.

Think this is Chinese, but you get the idea.

Edited September 19, 2016 by sunbeam

[velotrain]

You mentioned a footbridge, not a covered bridge.

 

I'd suggest looking for something similar marketed as a Chinese historical item made for tourists - you might get lucky on the scale.

[cteno4]

hmm not seen any like that in japan now, im sure at one point there were ones like that. if you look at google image search "traditional Japanese footbridge" you will see the greenmax is the basic design you will see all over japan still. you can see these from short to very long. its something that screams japan actually.

 

traditional japanese footbridge

 

http://www.travelweekly.com/uploadedImages/TW_Media/Asia_Pacific/010T0706JAPAN_3341_MEH.jpg?width=750&height=420&scale=both&mode=crop

 

looking quick looks like some of the really old were more of a traditional suspension footbridge

 

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-95357335/stock-photo-japanese-old-suspension-bridge-constructed-the-plant-vine.html

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/findery/footbridges-around-the-world_b_4103020.html

 

a bunch of fine wire and you could twist up your own version!

 

cheers

 

jeff

[velotrain]

Huffington Post:  accuracy in journalism  .  .  .  .

 

 

Built by Bandits - The Iya Valley in Japan has long been remote and difficult to access, making it a famous retreat for refugees and bandits. Hundreds of years ago, these brave residents took vines from nearby wisteria plants, grew them across the river and wove them together. They may look quaint, but you’ll change your mind about that when you are standing on one, and look down through the cracks of the bridge to the river hundreds of feet below.

 

Really?  Why am I seeing water no more than ten feet below the bridge.

 

 

 

 

[toc36]

Check out Kintai Bridge in Iwakuni.

 

https://www.ana-cooljapan.com/destinations/yamaguchi/kintaibridge

 

In the top photo, you can see Iwakuni Castle on the ridge, slightly to the right of center.

[nscalestation]

The greenmax is about the biggest I've seen

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10193651

 

If you are thinking one of the long ones over moats or larger waterways probably have to scratch build. Hardest part there is the railing on a vertical curve... Don't think any of the tgw railing are ornate like most foot bridges are.

 

Cheers

 

Jeff

 

Oh Oh ! I didn't know we were not supposed to drive across those bridges.  So far it has not fallen down.  :confused1:

 

[velotrain]

Check out Kintai Bridge in Iwakuni.

 

https://www.ana-cooljapan.com/destinations/yamaguchi/kintaibridge

 

In the top photo, you can see Iwakuni Castle on the ridge, slightly to the right of center.

 

 

I believe that was in one of the links that Jeff gave.

[ToniBabelony]

For those scratch building, here is a diorama with a classic bridge design in model that can be made for any means of land transport really: http://ezu.yh-aa.com/02_04.shtml

[sunbeam]

Thank you guys, I'll hand make the first part of Iwakuni bridge :-)

[cteno4]

That will look great across a river scene! Keep us posted!

 

Jeff

[marknewton]

For those scratch building, here is a diorama with a classic bridge design in model that can be made for any means of land transport really: http://ezu.yh-aa.com/02_04.shtml

WOW! That's so impressive! And it appears to be HO scale, too!

 

Thanks heaps for posting that website, Toni.

 

Mark.

[ToniBabelony]

WOW! That's so impressive! And it appears to be HO scale, too!

It's an N scale diorama, as the rolling stock is Alunine ;)

[toc36]

Sunbeam,

 

If you have room, build the Great Torii at Miyajima!

 

http://visit-miyajima-japan.com/en/culture-and-heritage/spiritual-heritage-temples-shrines/le-torii-flottant.html

 

http://visit-miyajima-japan.com/en/