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Post by keithb on Nov 10, 2023 19:09:56 GMT
Two dollars worth of card stock from dollar general. Need white and yellow markers to draw the center lines and line the parking lot.
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Post by Country Joe on Nov 10, 2023 20:04:16 GMT
The road looks great, Keith.
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Post by healey36 on Nov 10, 2023 20:07:38 GMT
The roads look good Keith, nicely fitted to the layout. When I carpeted the top of the layout, I chose to use a gray indoor/outdoor short pile, figuring this would give the impression of ballast under the tracks and could equally serve as roadway where needed. Of course, that strategy leaves you to fill in all of the vegetation-covered bits, but since I was anticipating a heavy-industry look, I anticipated very little greenery. Then I ran onto a reproduction Lionel landscape plot at a local flea market. These were, and still are, made by Joe Mania. It was a 1/2-size plot, made for a single Lionel bungalow building. I found an MTH repro of one of the bungalows for just a few bucks at York, and bingo, I started noodling a vast residential district. Around this time, I also picked up a used copy of Peter Riddle's Trains From Grandfather's Attic, a great book that's easily found in the used book trade. It's tailored specifically to the prewar enthusiast and has a lot of tips for operation, scenery, wiring, along with detailed descriptions and categorizations for locomotives and rolling stock of the various manufacturers in the prewar era. Back to scenery; in Riddle's book, he describes building scenery in small modular sections, easily fitting them together like a big jigsaw puzzle. It's sort of an extension of Lionel's scenic plots from the 1930s, just a bit smaller and made to fit your specific layout. I've only made one so far, an oval-shaped plot for a Lionel 127 station (seen here currently buried on the layout):  Anyway, it's a sort of photographic-negative approach to roads/ballast for a carpet-central type layout. A bit more work and perhaps it starts to look like something. Might be worth a look, or might be a crackpot idea, lol, but I'm sticking with it. If nothing else, find yourself a good used copy of Riddle's book...it's a good read. |
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Post by keithb on Nov 10, 2023 20:32:43 GMT
The road looks great, Keith. Thanks Joe, that means a lot to me!
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Post by keithb on Nov 10, 2023 20:33:46 GMT
The roads look good Keith, nicely fitted to the layout. Anyway, it's a sort of photographic-negative approach to roads/ballast for a carpet-central type layout. A bit more work and perhaps it starts to look like something. Might be worth a look, or might be a crackpot idea, lol, but I'm sticking with it. If nothing else, find yourself a good used copy of Riddle's book...it's a good read. Thanks Healey, your layout and scenery work is amazing!
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Post by keithb on Nov 10, 2023 21:44:05 GMT
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Post by Country Joe on Nov 10, 2023 23:11:18 GMT
The school bus in front of the Plasticville school makes a very nice scene.
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Post by keithb on Nov 11, 2023 0:26:35 GMT
The school bus in front of the Plasticville school makes a very nice scene. Thanks Joe.
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Post by dennym57 on Nov 11, 2023 2:01:33 GMT
Looks good. I used spackle for my streets. I used painter's tape and made a street then spread the spackle between the tape.
Then I pulled the tape up and let the spackle dry.I sanded it then painted it black. I never got around to painting lane markers.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Nov 11, 2023 2:28:55 GMT
Really great work by both of you! I envy you having a permanent base to build on. I have resorted to a few Menards structures to place around the carpet track from time to time.
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Post by f3collector on Nov 11, 2023 3:56:24 GMT
Looks great! This man wholeheartedly agrees you don't need roads!   |
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Post by keithb on Nov 13, 2023 10:16:52 GMT
Looks great! This man wholeheartedly agrees you don't need roads! I love it!
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Post by atsda on Nov 13, 2023 19:29:01 GMT
healey36, thanks for the info - very interesting. Alfred
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Post by atsda on Nov 13, 2023 19:37:36 GMT
Keith, I have never done lining of roadways; however, an idea came to mind. Electrical tape (in white and yellow) comes in narrow width. I suppose it could be laid along the roadway (tar paper strips); and cut in half with exacto knife while in place to get the correct size (cut out the center part for double lines) - perhaps time consuming and tedious. Alfred
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Post by keithb on Nov 14, 2023 23:16:13 GMT
Keith, I have never done lining of roadways; however, an idea came to mind. Electrical tape (in white and yellow) comes in narrow width. I suppose it could be laid along the roadway (tar paper strips); and cut in half with exacto knife while in place to get the correct size (cut out the center part for double lines) - perhaps time consuming and tedious. Alfred Alfred, I was think paint marker and someone suggested pin striping from the auto store.
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