@Mark Boyce posted:Thank you, John, Gene, Dave Ripp, Myles, Jeff, Mike, Jay, Dave PRRMP54!
John, It is amazing. We have potholes everywhere in asphalt, but the 120-year old brick streets are fine!
Gene, I'm not sure if it will have the same effect. Maybe if I don't put on too much paint.
Dave, you could give it a try on the town you are building. It would be neat to do around your passenger station.
Myles, it is a good bit of work. ScoutingDad Jeff did this, and I even said I wasn't going to go to the effort. I wasn't sure how I would get the curves to look right with brick embossed sheets. Jeff said it would be worth the effort, and was right. I have half of the just over 6 feet of street left to do.
Jeff, I will try painting the seam color first as you suggested and see how it goes.
Mike, I'm glad the results look good. It takes a lot of pressing down to roll it out flat and then getting the brick imprint embossed deep enough.
Jay, Jeff's The Man! Yes - the curves!
That may result in some trial and error wasted clay. I have plenty, and it is inexpensive. Please make sure you show us yours when you get to that.
Dave, I can see where this already resembles the Belgian blocks. Thank you for the information on where they came from. I can see they would last as long as some Roman roads.
I mentioned above, but I will here again. The brick streets here in Butler don't seem to be effected with the salt they put on the roads in the winter. They take a pretty good beating with traffic as well. The road our older daughter lives on what was the original Old Plank Road to Pittsburgh. It winds down the hill past our daughter's to the bridge into town. It doesn't get truck traffic, since State Route 8 was built to Pittsburgh in the 1930s. However, there is still a lot of car and bus traffic. The rows of bricks have slipped down the hill in varying rates so the rows look wavy. Up on the hill the rows are still straight. The only dips are where the dug it up for utilities, then replaced the bricks. I have been paying more attention, and you can see when they got a new batch of bricks as there is a distinct line where the bricks change from a reddish brown to a little less reddish.
I haven't decided whether I will try to roll some clay on one of the curves or try Jeff's painting approach on what I have first. My hands are hurting from painting one side of the hallway earlier today.
Dave, you could give it a try on the town you are building. It would be neat to do around your passenger station.
Mark, it's been on my mind LOL.
