Thank you Stein. I’m going to try that method on my next roadway. The closeup shots of it look like the real thing. I’ve already committed to using the Durhams Water Putty for the one I’m currently doing but I want to try the foam underlay method too.
I just finished building the road on my layout. Before starting I did some research on the internet and found one single image which made my decision for me. The guy used the back of an asphalt roof shingle as his road surface. I liked the idea and ran with it. For me, it worked great. The shingle is flexible enough to follow the contour of my surface, its already flat, and is fairly easy to cut. Here are some images:
I painted the shingle with gray paint and then dry brushed the oil marks. The road was then masked off with tape and a light mist of yellow paint marked the center line. Then a misting spray of india ink finised it off. In the second photo, you can see difference between a road section that has its coat of india ink and a section that does not.
In the first and second image, you can see where 2 sections of ‘road’ butt with each other. This joint was fairly easy to hide using wood putty. Then a little more paint on the putty made it done. The last photo shows my joints after I’d disguised it. If you look carefully, right down the center of the photo, you can see a faint difference in coloring.
