I have been working on my river valley area lately. I discovered that in order to continue shaping the sides of the valley I had to complete things on the sides. I am running the plaster up to the bottom of the retaining walls and I did not have them done yet. But before I could add the retaining walls, I had to build a highway underpass in the retaining wall.
Here are some pictures of that process. I made a cardboard template of the curvature on the single track so I could cut the right contours for the sides of the underpass.
The next pictures show the Masonite installed on both sides. I made the underpass 4" high and 5" wide. It will be an old two-lane blacktop that connects with the road bridge running across the river valley.
The last pictures are after I have sprayed a coat of aged concrete on the retaining walls. I have also plaster up to the wall on the right side of the valley. Now I can continue to work on the plastering in the valley. I have to paint and glue strips on the top and joints to finish this section of retaining walls. Later I will do some additional weathering, add vines and grass, and some advertising posters in selected spots.
Now I need to get back downstairs and get busy.
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