Model Bridge Design

This is the absolute best video I have seen about building model bridges. Roy Coleman, the founder of the International Bridge Building Contest, gives a very informative presentation in this video. The presentation is over an hour long. He shows how to build a bridge from scratch. He is gearing his video towards the Chicago Regional Contest in particular. The concepts, however, apply to virtually all model bridge building projects. This is a great companion video to my 5 Steps to Building a Model Bridge ebook

Upon request, I have written an analysis of the K Truss which you can read about on my truss design page. The K truss design deserves your consideration as a bridge builder.

Probably the question I get asked the most is “What bridge design holds the most weight?” or “What bridge design is the strongest?”

The answer to that question is not simple and probably is not going to be what you expect. The truth is, I cannot answer the question. There are too many variables that are [...]

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I wrote an ebook, 5 Steps to Building a Model Bridge PDF to answer the most common questions people have about building bridges. In the ebook I show all the steps of building a model bridge, and then walk people through the actual construction of a bridge. The ebook contains many photos [...]