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advice on creating a european sidewalk for a street
Fri, 2018-05-25 08:24 — nelsonmay
I am trying to create sidewalks for a european raceway/layout. I used some parts of a retaining wall that I had molded out of hydrocal. See pic. This is O scale and I need to make my sidewalks wider for light poles. I also have a problem of trying to extend my sidewalk around a street curve.
Other than hydrocal/plaster, is there any material that I can use that will allow me to "curve" my cobblestone around the bend on my street. I also need to make a transition where the sidewalks meet at the corner of my street.
Thanks in advance. Please see pic of the bend in my street. I also have a intersection where I need to transition my sidewalks.
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Hi Nelsonmay,
Get to the arts and crafts store and purchase a block of "Sculpy".
It's a plastic based clay that can be sculpted to shape then baked into a permanent shape.
Once you've created a sidewalk corner master, make yourself a rubber mold and cast as many copies of it as you need.
A little more work up front, but a lot of labor saved on the copies you produce.
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