I am trying to change some White stripes on my roads to yellow but I can seem to find a prototypical shade of yellow for a modern road. Seems either too yellow or too orange. Any ideas?
Its Highway Yellow. I went with 1/32” (HO) yellow automotive striping tape. I have also masked the roads and shot it with my airbrush.
Mel
Modeling the early to mid 1950s SP in HO scale since 1951
My Model Railroad
http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/
Bakersfield, California
I’m beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
It is kind or orange.
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If you can locate a color called “Equipment Yellow”, “Caterpillar Yellow”, or “School Bus Yellow”, that should get you close. I salvaged a bit of actual traffic marking paint from when we painted walkways through the shop.
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Might I ask where you get that tape??
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South Penn
I bought it at a local automotive paint store. They have all kinds of vinyl striping.
EDIT:
I have also used pinstripe tape from Graphic Tape & Label.
https://www.graphictapeandlabel.com/
It costs less and works pretty good. The automotive tape is close to $10 for 42’ and the Graphic tape is under $5 for 50’. The automotive tape has more stickum on the back than the Graphics tape.
This is automotive striping tape about 15 years old.
Not sure if I should go with 1/16 1/32 or 3 mm chart tape
You are correct Joe, I checked my tape and it is 1/16”. Sorry about that guys.
Mel
Modeling the early to mid 1950s SP in HO scale since 1951
My Model Railroad
http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/
Bakersfield, California
I’m beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
I prefer to paint stripes rather than use tape or decals, as this gives the uneven, broken look most painted stripes get after a few years of being driven upon. I don’t worry about matching the color too closely, either, as normal weathering will account for that, too.
how do you paint the curved road. My hands are not that steady.
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South Penn
I bought it at a local automotive paint store. They have all kinds of vinyl striping.
EDIT:
I have also used pinstripe tape from Graphic Tape & Label.
https://www.graphictapeandlabel.com/
It costs less and works pretty good. The automotive tape is close to $10 for 42’ and the Graphic tape is under $5 for 50’. The automotive tape has more stickum on the back than the Graphics tape.
This is automotive striping tape about 15 years old.
Cut very thin (1/8") strips of masking tape to mask off the line being painted. If you need a double stripe, do them separately, letting the first dry at least 24 hours to keep the tape from pulling up the previous line’s paint.
I ended up ordering 1/16 yellow chart tape off ebay and with careful application it worked great. Then I used a sharpie in between to cover the white stripes (It was bush stick on roadway. it should look good once weathered.
Sorry a little late to this, but I used 3M Scotchcal automotive pinstripes for our HO layout roads.
The layout is set in 1958 California, meaning yellow stripes were not in widespread use yet. So I used white. 1/16" solid white and 3/16" double white for roads and highways.
They make a color called bright yellow which looks good for modern stripes, however they do not offer the double stripe (3/16") in that color which is kind of a bummer as that would make adding double yellow stripes to roads and highways very easy.
Here is a link to a vendor:
Double white on Route 66:
Broken stripes on local roads:
And some road overviews:
