What is everyone using to simulate the painted lines for your streets ? i’ve tried striping with a brush but that is not working to well.
Mark
I mask off the stripes and airbru***hem in. Although I’ve haven’t tried, some people have good luck with paint pens.
Nick
Gee I Wish someone would make an white pointed sharpee!
I cheat an use the allredy to go road beds ,Black with yellow strips,there are also curves.
JIM
I was thinking of graphing tape, but it might be too big. Not sure how narrow you can get that. Pinstriping decals, for model cars, might work. You’ll want to seal your road first, if it’s made out porous material.
Auto parts store sell pinstriping tape in different colors/widths. Worked for me
I use both gel pens and paint pens. They both work well. You can get them at Michaels.
I’ve used Scale Scenics road striping. Looks really nice, and are properly scaled. Easy to use, just peel and stick. You may want to do a dull coat overspray to help seal the stripes but not super necessary.
They come in both white and yellow for solid broken and also in double yellow. Here is a link to Scale Scenics via Walthers, but seems to not be in stock at the moment [xx(]
http://www.walthers.com/exec/search?manu=652&split=300
I’ve also used the solid white road stripes for some of my G scale locomotives. This worked great, as I didn’t have to paint the stripes on my locos.
I buy tiny narrow pinstripping at Hobby Store, I think its used on radio control cars and such
But remember, in your modeling of roads, to be very sure of the particular rules that applied for the period your layout is set in. While folks modeling post-1970 have a long enduring set for rules and colors for road striping, if you get back into the early 1960’s, or worse, pre-1950, the rules about road striping often become very localized…and in some cases down right amazing. Go back before WWII and you’ll find most roads being totally unstriped, in many cases even major urban highways!
CNJ831
I use paint pens that are available in a bunch of colors. My wife is a scrapbooker and she has gotten me several paint pens in different colors that work well with just a steel ruler for a straight edge guide. I usually use the bright yellow for double yellows down the center and off white for stop lines at crossings etc and also made some cardstock stencils for street markings such as RRxing etc…BTW, I found that spray paint made for coating the inside of car trunks is a great looking worn asphalt substance. I sprayed two coats on a thick mat board and then feathered the edges with earth and weeds, made my lines and it looks great!!
I recently did a roadway for a museum layout…shot middle of street white, and after
drying, used the thinest architect tape I could get, for the middle line, then shot it a dusky black. Made a great “used” asphalt roadway, complete with a white center line
LEM
I’ve been making the roads on my HO layout out of Woodland Scenic’s Smoothit. I had the same problem with lines. I found that Model Airplane stripping looks awesome. I’ve been using a product from a company called Carl Goldberg Products. It’s a plastic based tape that is available in varying thicknesses. I’ve been using it in 1/16" widths for my roads. The yellow and white are great representations of road stripes.
To make my roads, after installing and sanding the smoothit, I painted it using Woodland Scenic’s Asphalt top coat. When that was dry I laid the strip in, in small lengths and painted over it with full strength Matte Medium to glue it down. The tape is self adheasive, but it doesn’t like to stick to the smooth it without the Matte Medium step.
You can find the company at: http://www.carlgoldbergproducts.com/cstripe.htm and you can find the tape online at Towerhobbies.com or Omnimodels.com
I simply use a white or yellow pencil crayon over the painted roadway, except plaster roads, works for me every time and gives it a slightly weathered look.
Crayons? I never would have thought to try. Thanks for the tip.
Nick
lol wow i will have to try the crayons too… How did you come up with that? does it come out well?
michael
I found useing electrical tape, which now comes in a wide variety of colors including white and yellow, to work well for me in N-Scale. However a little extra effort is needed to scale them down to size, but I use a brand new X-acto blade and a metal straight edge on a piece of glass ( like an old picture frame glass works well) once cut, just peel and stick.
Eric
Like a couple of others have said, I use 1/16" pinstipe from the hobby store on my roads (HO scale). It’s easy to work with, and “bends” around curves very well. Most pinstripes do have a glossy fini***o them, so a dull finish overcoat is a must. If you check out my webpage there are pics of the results.
I use a white grease pencil (same as a “pencil crayon”?)…just keep it sharp. Looks good since it picks-up the road texture a bit. Can be used in a compass for curves.
I use Lion o tape, pinstripe tapes that I get at my LHS. The 1/32" is just right for road stripes in HO. Many shops that cater to airplane builders carry Monokote striping in many sizes. It will work too, but will need a coat of Dulcoate. Pictures of my road striping on my website. Link is in my signature. Once there pu***he Layout button and scroll down.
I’ve heard about using a colored pencil.