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Using our Concrete paving Powder for this street scene provides a natural look. The cheap digital camera I'm stuck with for now gave me a lucky true color shot at left. This was done with our "wet" method for the street. The sidewalks were done with thin cardboard and then painted with two coats of the soupy mixture and then trawled flat. |
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Pickard's Motors car dealership occupies a prime corner lot. A 1/4 inch Masonite base appears to thick, however, when it's positioned on the layout and the street poured on the perimeter, it'll look ok. The parking lot was done with the sand painting "dry" method with our asphalt paving material #1030. The sidewalk groves were scored with a hacksaw blade and strait edge. The scoring plows up the Masonite on both sides of these saw cuts so sand them away. Notice the yellow curb for the bus stop. |
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1/8 inch Masonite is my preferred thickness for a layout module as the street can be laid very thin. |
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I have since made a 1/8 inch base for this Shell Station with curb and gutter once I knew the model could be jammed into this space. |
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This is an example of how a base can be made later for a stand alone model or building block on the layout. 1/8 inch Masonite will warp up in the center when this wet paving material is applied. I sucked it down right in the near center (under the inner pump island) with a drywall screw. The primeter is now very tight against the street and scenery on all sides. This was done the dry method. |
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Even though the camera colors are way off, the weathered and dirty street is a view of the slummy and decrepit part of town. |
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This scene was built on the layout bench work before the Masonite base concept was conceived. The sidewalks were made by plastering corrugated cardboard strips glued down. I colored them with Floquil's Concrete paint. The plaster broke loose in some places and had to be carefully glued back down. This could be an effective asset with plaster for modeling raised and sunken sections in streets and sidewalks. The oil based Floquil paint on the sidewalks kept me from weathering them like the street done with the concrete paving powder. In the background is a begining of the scene below. |
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The "tracks in the street/grade crossing" text describes how this area was built. Storm sewers and manhole covers are in place. Some street damage was modeled in front of the corner building and old cobble stone showing this side of it. |
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Here is a combination of an asphalt road and concrete sidewalks. The grade crossing was done with Campbell's turnout ties and then paved up to them. |