Having completed the cliffs and having an evening to spare I decided to tackle a fairly long section of road. Having learnt from my earlier mistakes with the overbridge and Linkspan I didn't try to put the ironworks in first. They can be a finishing touch instead which stops them getting bashed about. It also saves a lot of fiddly cutting about the das clay. I used the air dried clay again as overall I was pleased with the result last time and I still have a large block to use up! Sticking two strips of balsa down to my kitchen work surface gave the correct depth and width to roll out my clay between. A Liberal application of PVA to help bond it to the ply and then I carefully peeled the clay off the work surface and laid it gently down trying to avoid too many finger marks. Once on I used my wooden das clay shaping tools to gently smooth the clay into the corners, adding a bit more here and there to make up levels. 

(first section complete) 

Considering I had rolled it out as a straight piece it coped with going around the tight corner surprisingly well with a bit of persuasion with my modelling tools. 

Second section was the ramp

(ramp paved) 

After that was a wide section of tarmac to join the first two sections together

(top piece smoothed into place) 

And then to finish this section a large piece that will go under the bridge

(the last piece butting up against the railway) 

Much checking of clay heights, point operation and flanges ensued to try and ensure I wasn't storing up trouble for myself later on. 

Just need to let this all dry out so it can shrink a bit before coming back with filler then painting, white lining and adding the self-adhesive decals and ironworks. 

(first main section of road complete) 

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