Here are several photos of the road and railroad crossing I just completed in an industrial area of my shelf layout. Will probably add some telephone poles and vehicles.
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Very nice! What did you use for the road?
That is great. What is the actual depth of the shelf? The image looks like it goes on forever.
Amazing!
SouthernMike posted:Very nice! What did you use for the road?
I use 1/32" thick core. It comes it sheets to make cork boards. It has a texture similar to macadam/black top. I paint it with gray that I mix to try and match roads that I see in the neighborhood, and then weather it with chalks. By tearing or breaking it you can get a nice road crack or pothole effect.
SteveC posted:That is great. What is the actual depth of the shelf? The image looks like it goes on forever.
It is actually 3 feet deep - probably deeper than most consider a shelf. I originally planned to make it 2 feet deep but decided I would add the extra foot for background buildings. I keep all my track in the front two feet, and have enough room for full buildings in the back one foot. The depth is accomplished by a collage of various photos of different depths laid over top of each other.
Very nice! I like the look of two rails around pavement.
Wow this is magnificent
Enjoyed the post!
Very nice, Thank you
Ray
As mentioned, an amazing job!!
Nice looking scene!
Beautiful work; mesmerizing!
Very nice work. Good design too.
Wow, that looks great! I love the curve, which looks realistic. I see too many layouts with roads which have 'curves' that are more like right angles that no car could ever traverse.
The only suggestions I'd make (based on recently getting my own road rebuilt on my layout and doing a lot of observations beforehand) is to have the normal road debris on the edges of the pavement, where cars rarely ever travel. A few small oil stains here and there, maybe a small pothole or two. Roads are just so random, once you stop and really look.
