I was thinking of lining my automobile roads and came across the ad for Summit decals in August’s issue. I ordered a few sheets and started out lining the sides of the roads with the white lines. They are the usual decals that you soak and slide off the back. I found it kind of difficult to line the curves. They just didn’t bend to the contours of road that well without them curling or breaking and so on. Are there better and easier ways then those decals? Did anyone use a thin tape? Suggestions would be helpful
If you’re talking about using white/yellow tape, i think that’ll look way too thick. I would try painting the road yellow or white and masking the stripes with tape. Then paint it with “road color” and pull up the tape. This won’t work, of course, with dashed lines. Or, it will, but it’ll be a good bit more work.
Look in a craft store for paint pens. They work really good. Try not to free-hand them, but put something down that you can use like a guide for the pen.
When I saw, “Little Help,” my overactive imagination served up an N scale mechanic in an HO scale engine house. I’ve changed the title to something a bit more appropriate.
There were no yellow centerlines in Japan during my period. I apply white lines with a white paint pen. I also freehand the Kanji traffic directions painted on the road. (The English word, “STOP,” wouldn’t mean much to the natives of my 1:80 scale world.)
I used 1/16" double stripes (white) for my 1957 era streets. Actually it is listed as 3/16" (1/16" White, 1/16" blank, and 1/16" white). Product number 71001. I used single white for the the other stripes and roadway markings. Product number 70101.
Great stuff. Easy to use and curves well. I don’t have a photo of it on my curved road, but these pin stripes curve really well. Sadly they don’t offer double yellow in 1/16, which is bad for more modern roads [:(]
