Thought you might like to see some progress pics on a small problem that was solved yesterday. I have a highway bridge that crosses my river valley that is made from two old Lionel single-track truss bridges. The valley is 8 inches deep and I used Scenic Express bridge piers and stacked them to reach 6 inches. The remaining 2 inches I originally used two pieces of scrap wood to make up the 2 inch difference thinking that the river would be high enough that it wouldn't show. I now realize that they will show and had to do something to conceal or replace them. I thought of coating them to look like a poured concrete base, but decided to make an extension out of 2 inch pink foam.
The first picture shows the wood scraps on the bottom. The second the foam after I rough cut it on my band saw. Next picture after I carved the brick work with a pencil. Then I glued it on the bottom with Elmer's Wood Glue and the last picture after it has been painted. I not completely satisfied with the painting and may have to touch it up a little yet.
This is one of the many little "details" that need to be done to complete the river valley.
Today I am going to take a break from this area and work on retaining walls. I plan to start adding the trim strips to the walls I have recently done. I looked last night and I have about 65 feet of retaining walls to build that haven't been started yet. The only way to tackle that is one piece at a time.
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