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I took a very similar approach, except instead of a single piece of styrene cut to the proper curvature, I used 5 pieces of strip stryene bonded together. I can't recall whether it was 0.100" square strip or 0.080" square strip but I'm pretty sure it was one of those. I cut 5 pieces a bit longer than the width of the roadway making up the grade crossing. I scribed lines across the strips at random locations to emulate individual planks. Then I bonded them together with the usual styrene solvent, but before they set hard, I pushed them into the HO track just where they needed to be. The 5 pieces could slide by each other enough to 'take' the curve from the track. I did have to shave off some thickness to get the 5 pieces to fit between the molded in spikes of the track and ensure adequate flangeways, but this wasn't too awful a task. After a 'while' holding the pieces down, they set hard and I could remove them from the track without losing the curvature. Then I cut each end of the set of planks, to be flush with the edge of the roadway. The height of the 'planks' worked out just fine, nearly even with the railheads. I still haven't weathered the styrene to look like wood but I am confident they'll look OK. I got this idea from at least two sources: an MR article and from a TV show showing how wood laminates are sometimes used to make curved pieces. Hope this helps. Stan
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