advice on creating a european sidewalk for a street

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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Check out Chooch Enterprises

They make an amazing assortment of wall and road products, including flexible ones. I think that their O scale Flexible Cobblestone Street details may be what you are looking for:

http://www.choochenterprises.com/Oroads.html

http://www.choochenterprises.com/8659.html

Modeling a fictional GWI shortline combining three separate areas into one freelance-ish railroad.

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http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/jeffshultz

Green Stuff World Textured Rolling Pins

Green Stuff World makes a variety of textured rolling pins.

 

http://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/textured-rolling-pins/135-Rolling-Pin-...

Sculpy Clay and Rubber Mold

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.

Happy Modeling, Bruce


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