Building Concrete Slabs for Street & Highways

May 13, 2022

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Building Concrete Slabs for Street & Highways


I’m beginning to favor the technique described below as it gives me more modelling options. At any rate, I don’t end up with overly antiseptic look working with plastic.

The cardboard I use is from an old Priority Mailbox because it’s the thickness that works best. Using a carpenters square, I cut my slabs in rectangles 2′ X 2 1/2″. Sidewalks made first, and you can make them with thicker cardboard, Masonite or even soft pine paint stir sticks. odel a frost heave, but don’t overdo it.

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National Blame Someone Else Day


The first Friday the 13th of the year, which is May 13, 2022, marks National Blame Someone Else Day. Don’t we blame that day for anything that goes wrong anyway? If you must leave the house today, go ahead and plan your best stories of how someone else (or some thing) may be at fault for whatever happens. We’ve all had plenty of practice so it shouldn’t be a wildly daunting task. But, read on if you need a little more inspiration!

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