No, Michel. No C4, or even a Tom Thumb Cracker.

The presented bridge will still be under construction, albeit near completion. This will give reason why the POWs, in the doirama, are still slaving on the railway. I am also going to use the incompletion as an excuse for leaving out certain framework within the two main cantilever structures. Completed, these structures look like a bird's nest. Too busy for my liking.

Hoping to make it less haphazard and busy.

@michel-verschuere

@flyingwrench
Thanks G for visiting this build log.

The power supply unit (PSU) and scope is for my other build . . . https://imodeler.com/groups/dioramas/forum/topic/wardell-bridge-1-72-scratch-build-wip/
. . . which I need to return to soon. The scope is an old Parameters 5502 20Mhz oscilloscope.

Ha ha ha, funny about bridges on benches.
Oddly enough, I have replaced or repaired many 'bridge circuits' on the test bench. Have worked on many PSUs and instruments which contain such circuits.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_circuit

Love your dioramas. Hope to see you at the iModeler at the Movies group build.

G'day mate. Good to see you here.
Thanks for the kind words.

'Between 180,000 and 250,000 Southeast Asian civilian labourers (rōmusha) and about 61,000 Allied prisoners of war were subjected to forced labour during its construction. About 90,000 civilian labourers and more than 12,000 Allied prisoners died. . . ' _ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma_Railway

That is, between 241,000 to 311,000 slaved labourers. About 102,000 of these died.
The Thai-Burma railway is 415,000 metres long. Maths show that the ralway sleepers more likely represents the number of slaves employed to build the railway.

Yes, a sad state indeed. Regardless of what statistics can determined, the whole affair is evil; and nothing good can come from it _ a living hell on earth. We, who have not experienced such things, cannot grasp it, though they may imagine it. Even so, my imagination gives me heartache and sorrow to think that humans can be so out of touch with the truth about human life.

@Peglegreg

Thank you for building this, Peter, for many reasons, not the least of which is that I can see that it has stirred some difficult feelings. Plenty of us here feel the same way.

I think that all of us, particularly those who like building axis subjects, feel that way. I've had (have) ongoing issues about portraying the swastika on models - I do it because I can, because people died to allow me to make models that show that symbol - a symbol that I don't fear and understand stands for a malignant and disgusting organisation.

Looking forward to seeing more of the other bridge in your life, Peter.

Welcome to the club, Peter. At least I get paid to build bridges.

Today, Jack, a good friend, came over for our monthly lunch meeting. Jack is 80 y.o. and for the first time he spoke about his father, whom was a POW on the Thai-Burma railway. Jack mentioned that his father witnessed five POWs fight tooth and nail over a rat, to eat. The other, was that his father had scars, on chest and back, where he was bayoneted five times, all missing the vital organs. This affected both of us. Still does while writing this.

It is hard to imagine how scary that must have been for Jack's father. Each thrust, expecting death. Last week, I had uploaded such a scene for research into this build. I did not let Jack know I had it, or seen it.