70s kid Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Can anyone recommend a way of avoiding the 'modern' style adhesive road/motorway style roadway materials in favour of a more rustic style setting similar to the photo included? I'm not a fan of mixing plasters and spreading as I'm sure in time they will dry & shrink causing cracks. Mrs wife isn't gone on using scatter materials as she reckons they will put sandpaper-like dust everywhere. Yes I've thought of changing Mrs wife for an N-gauge younger model but thet's likely to take longer than ideal.Now I've cracked my lighting bus circuits & soldering like a good-un (thanks everyone for the really great advice previously) - can anyone recommend a church building that I can put LEDs inside to back-light the windows from within? I intend putting stain-glass window inserts in place of whatever comes as standard but would be grateful for your experience & suggestions.Thanks as ever/media/tinymce_upload/9ad8894da236ecf7cbc950e03aa5ab87.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoFF03 Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Both Metcalfe and Superquick do card church kits, while Dapol do the ex-Airfix plastic kit. As I recall, the Superquick kit had printed paper stained glass windows that could be back lit. As for road surfaces, have you considered using fine grade wet & dry paper or flour grade sand paper to give a surface texture then painted to taste? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VESPA Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 If you can get hold of the old Hornby church kit I am sure it would be ideal.(R599) It has stained effect windows and can be painted up to look really good. http://www.marcway.net/list.php?col=category&name=Obsolete+Hornby+Accessories It is part way down the list. For roads have you thought of very fine grade sandpaper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2e0dtoeric Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Two votes for fine sandpaper, bujt to save ruining the wife's sewing scissors, how about fine sand? Treat it like track ballast, and stick it down the same way. That way you can make wiggly edges and pot-holes as you go. Paint a 'pot-hole' with a few thin layers of clear varnish, and you've got a puddle! Edit for a typo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70s kid Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share Posted November 30, 2015 Great ideas guys, I'll get googling for the super quick or Hornby church. I never thought of wet/dry fine grade paper but it seems like a runner for what I'm trying to achieve. I was born in 1960 but have a great 'draw' to the 1950s or 1940s- hence my aversion to the modern roadways that are far to clinical and symmetric. many thanks guys - really appreciate the ideas & suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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