A highway overpass concealing track thru backdrop

[jglfan]

Hi MrBill, thanks for that photo. I'm not sure when the type concrete wall I'm modeling came into use either. I still don't know what to call it! I know I saw the walls in the pics I posted in the early 80's and they looked old at that time, but that could mean they were built in the 60's, I just don't know. But as you'll see below, I've gone ahead with the construction of it. It's been a long time since I last posted, I had my cataract surgery in early January. Happy to say my vision in that eye has improved tremendously. For anyone who may be curious about the procedure, they make a 2.2 mm slit in your eye, suck out the cataract along with the lens it was on, and insert a lens (of your choice) The lens is folded to make the slit as small as possible, and unfolded once in the eye. It takes between 5 and 10 minutes! Once you get to the surgeon of course. Then an hour in post op. Some people tell me their vision improved the same day, mine took 3 days and continued to improve dramatically for the next week. They say the improvement continues for 3 to 4 weeks, and on 2/8 I have my lst follow up appointment when they will allow me to go to the Optometrist to get a prescription for new glasses. I mentioned above they allow you to select the lens they implant. Apparently there are lenses which allow both distance and reading, but these are expensive and not covered my most insurance. So, you can choose between reading and distance. I chose reading, so I can do modeling work without glasses, and it has allowed that much to my delight. My closeup vision in the eye operated on is now better than the other eye. I will probably need this surgery on that eye in two years. Some of the post op instructions were to avoid coughing and sneezing, or straining at bowel movements. I laughed and said I could control one of those things but how in the world do you avoid coughing and sneezing? As it turned out, the day after the surgery I started to feel like I was getting a cold. The day after that I woke up feeling really achy, and by the end of that day I knew I had the flu. That lasted 5 days with me downing cough medicine! But my eye is fine, thank God.

Anyway, so I built the wall, and have painted the overpass and highway. I'm still not completely happy with the paint job appearance and I need to weather of course, and add lines, etc. Here are some pics: