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along the side of the gutter strip, forming an L shape (Photo 9).
Holding it in place with the map pins, glue it in place with the
plastic cement. Once the glue has dried, remove the map pins.
Now we have our gutter and curb.
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white glue, holding it in place with those handy little map pins.
Photos 5-7 show you these steps.
Making Gutters and Curbs
Roads can either have a dirt shoulder or curbing. In this
scene, I am installing curbs. Here is how I make them. In Photo
8, I have installed the gutter and curb on the left side of the
road using styrene strip. The first step is to lay a piece of 0.040”
x 0.125” styrene strip flat beside the styrene sheet (Photo 9),
holding it in place with map pins. I then run liquid plastic
cement along the joints to bond them together. Next, take a
piece of 0.060” x 0.125” styrene strip and stand it on its edge
Making Sidewalks
In this scene, I also wanted a sidewalk on the right-hand
side of the street. To make this, I first marked a line one inch
away from the curb (Photo 11). Then, I installed two 0.080” x
0.125” styrene strips, laying flat, with one glued along beside
the curb and the other running along the line that we made one
inch away (Photo 12). These are glued down with white glue.
The next step is to cut a piece of 0.040” sheet styrene, one inch
wide, and to the length you require. Then, scribe a line along
the length of the sheet about 1/8” from the edge. This will be
on the side away from the street. The next step is to scribe lines
at one inch intervals across the sheet at right angles to the first
line. Once this is done you can glue the sheet to the two strips
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