The Atlantic and Southern Build Thread Continued, Part 3

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A new foam piece was cut to fit.





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I then used Elmer's White Glue to glue it in place.

Weights were added and then let it dry overnight.

[deemery]

If you can't take Mohammed to the mountain, bring the mountain to Mohammed. 


(Actually, you apparently flunked trigonometry, long before you got to calculus :-) :-) )


dave

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If you can't take Mohammed to the mountain, bring the mountain to Mohammed. 


(Actually, you apparently flunked trigonometry, long before you got to calculus :-) :-) )


dave

Dave,

Advanced Algebra A, I escaped Trig with a C and Calculus was a waste of time for me and my prof.

Just saying.

Tom

[S&S RR]

Good work Tom. Just a small engineering change. It's hard to get good help these days.

[GPdemayo]

It looks to be another government job - over budget and over schedule. 

Greg,

Possibly so. However, I didn't see the other five government workers standing around while I did all the work.

Tom

They were probably in the shady bar down the street checking out the suds and broads.....

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Good work Tom. Just a small engineering change. It's hard to get good help these days.

John,

Thank you, appreciate the comment. Also, if I paid myself, I'd be fired a long time ago. 


Tom

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It looks to be another government job - over budget and over schedule. 

Greg,

Possibly so. However, I didn't see the other five government workers standing around while I did all the work.

Tom

They were probably in the shady bar down the street checking out the suds and broads.....

Greg,

They probably were at the trackside tavern.

Tom 

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A new roadway was cut to replace the one removed. I first marked on the road base the width of the bridge road portion.

I drew a straight line from the bridge road along the road base.



I did the same on the opposite end.



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The two lines came together at the X.



I then used a 36" radius tool and aligned each end with the pencil lines.



More in a few.

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Using the radius tool as a guide, I drew a pencil line along the outside edge.




This gives me the natural curve of the road. I did the same on the opposite side of the road. I used an Xacto knife with #11 blade and free hand cut on the pencil lines.

Here is how it looks.



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Applied some white glue and placed the road on the foam using traced pencil lines to align the road on both ends.



Here we go again with the weights. I let this dry overnight as well.

[Blazeman]

Shows us even the best can err now and then.   Nice recovery.  Great that you shared the entire situation with us.

[jerryrbeach]

Tom,

I actually like the road better now with the slight curve.  I know it ended up being extra work, but looks to me like a happy accident.

[jbvb]

Roads often have jogs next to river crossings from building a new bridge next to the old one.