Started to work on the first road on the layout.  This is the road crossing the mainline along the Dixie River on the lower level.

I came across a product by Heki called Insta-road and decided to order some to see what it was.  It’s basically a thin piece of foam appropriately colored with a VERY sticky backing (ie: don’t let it accidentally touch something, cause it ain’t coming up).  If you get real up close and stare at it, you can see it’s a piece of foam, but standing out in the aisle where you’d normally be it actually looks pretty good. I cut some thin sheets of styrene to the correct shape and I applied the road to that for a nice flat surface I can super glue later to the foam bed.

I hand painted the strips with some paint pens.  I actually liked how it turned out. The foam texture I think gives it a good weathered appearance.  I messed up on the spacing on the upper piece and tried to fix the best I can with a double strip. I may eventually go back and redo it.

The road crossing is a Rubber Road Crossing from BLMA. I need to paint it black first before installing.

Here’s some pictures of the mock up.

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