Seaboard Central 2.0

[davefoxx]

Dave, nothing wrong with how those roads look. Very typical small town. Well captured I say.

What this thread needs is more kudzu.

Haha!  Thanks!

[davefoxx]

Don't forget Kudzu Jesus...

Except for the fact that this will require stringing lines, I love Kudzu Jesus and would love to see that effect on the layout.

Thanks,
DFF

[timgill]

I've had the same frustrating moment with chalk weathering. One slip up and you can over-apply. However, shouldn't be too hard to fix; sometimes you can wipe up the excess with a damp cloth.

Or, how about an overspray of light grey to fade it back down?

[davefoxx]

However, shouldn't be too hard to fix; sometimes you can wipe up the excess with a damp cloth.

I did just that and spent more than an hour scrubbing the road with a wet paper towel.  The picture shows the end result.  Since I used Rustoleum primer as my asphalt color, it seems to have a tooth that the chalk sticks to better than regular paint (especially semi-gloss or gloss).  It made it really difficult to get the excess weathering off.  It won't bother me a bit, if a layer of Dullcote, once applied, causes the chalk weathering to fade a little.

Or, how about an overspray of light grey to fade it back down?

I fear to attempt this, because I don't have that much control out of a spray can of Rustoleum primer.  If it requires new paint, I'll mask and just repaint the entire road section.

Thanks,
DFF

[timgill]

It won't bother me a bit, if a layer of Dullcote, once applied, causes the chalk weathering to fade a little.

That might be worth a go; I've noticed that Dullcote (especially the spray-bomb variety) usually knocks chalk weathering down quite a bit.

[wm3798]

Except for the fact that this will require stringing lines, I love Kudzu Jesus ...

And Kudzu Jesus loves you, too...

[davefoxx]

And Kudzu Jesus loves you, too...

Kudzu Jesus loves me so
Because the kudzu told me so . . .

[Specter3]

Need to beat up that hack a bit to match the one in the video...

[Jesse6669]

I did just that and spent more than an hour scrubbing the road with a wet paper towel.  The picture shows the end result.  Since I used Rustoleum primer as my asphalt color, it seems to have a tooth that the chalk sticks to better than regular paint (especially semi-gloss or gloss).  It made it really difficult to get the excess weathering off.  It won't bother me a bit, if a layer of Dullcote, once applied, causes the chalk weathering to fade a little.

I fear to attempt this, because I don't have that much control out of a spray can of Rustoleum primer.  If it requires new paint, I'll mask and just repaint the entire road section.

Thin washes of diluted gray acrylics--so thin its basically goes on clear, with a wide artists brush.  Try a small section to see, and always wait until it dries to see the effect.  I've corrected my own "sins" this way a couple times and the overall look was actually better than I had intended for the initial roadway in the first place.  Road coloration is really not uniform, they have patches and repaving and blemishes from potholes, scrapes, different spills, etc.  If such "irregularities" are consistent enough, it will look more realistic.  At least that's my impression.  Look at real-life photos and compare. 

[davefoxx]

Before we went away for the weekend, I patched a few defects in the road:



Next will come some restriping and some weathering to tone down the patches and to blend it all together.

Have a great week!
DFF

[Rich_S]

Before we went away for the weekend, I patched a few defects in the road:

Next will come some restriping and some weathering to tone down the patches and to blend it all together.

Have a great week!
DFF

Dave, something just does not look right and I can't put my finger on it    It maybe the stark contrast between the gray and black of the patches. Something to try on a piece of scrap styrene. Mix the gray paint used on the rest of the highway with some of the black used for the patches, to create a weathered black. Just a suggestion and keep up the great work with the layout.   

[Philip H]

Rich,
Around DC fresh patches usually contrast like that for a couple of weeks, especially on secondary roads. If it were me, I'd set it up as a road construction site with bars adds, steam rollers and 47 DPW guys standing around leaning on shovels.

[Bendtracker1]

+1

[wm3798]

There should be some detail that justifies the cut that goes all the way across the road... like a new culvert pipe on the scenery end and a storm drain in the parking lot.  That and make the patch a bit wider to indicate a deeper cut.

Lee

[C855B]

There should be some detail that justifies the cut that goes all the way across the road... like a new culvert pipe on the scenery end and a storm drain in the parking lot.  That and make the patch a bit wider to indicate a deeper cut.

Agreed. Just put a fire hydrant on the bit of curbing, and maybe a couple of bollards now that the city water department has replaced the hydrant and re-run the lateral to the main for the Nth time because some trucker forgot it was there while turning around in the lot.