10-03-2010, 09:00 AM
Here's what I am doing with the road. Decided to put the sandpaper on a piece of .040 sheet plastic so that I could work on it at my workbench in the house instead of in the trainroom. This way, I can monitor Big Blue and watch TV (Go Texans!) The sheet plastic will also give me a base for glueing the curbs and sidewalks and gutters.
First, measured the area where the road goes and made a paper pattern, then cut the plastic. Painted black lines where the edges of the sandpaper will be so that the white plastic wouldn't show through. The plastic is 32" on the long edges and almost 9" wide.
Cut out the sandpaper to fit. Although the sandpaper was wide enough to cover the width of the road, I went ahead and cut the sheets in half to represent the joints between the asphalt sections which result on the real thing because of the width of the asphalt laying machine.
Used 3M 77 Spray glue. This stuff sticks like crazy. Gotta be real careful to get the sandpaper in the right spot on thefirst try.
And after putting a wash of off-white on the paper and sealing it with a coat of spray-on matte finish, I put it in place with the bridge just to see how things are looking. The road is still too dark, I'll do another wash of white and then seal that, and repeat as necessary until I am satisfied with the color.
First, measured the area where the road goes and made a paper pattern, then cut the plastic. Painted black lines where the edges of the sandpaper will be so that the white plastic wouldn't show through. The plastic is 32" on the long edges and almost 9" wide.
Cut out the sandpaper to fit. Although the sandpaper was wide enough to cover the width of the road, I went ahead and cut the sheets in half to represent the joints between the asphalt sections which result on the real thing because of the width of the asphalt laying machine.
Used 3M 77 Spray glue. This stuff sticks like crazy. Gotta be real careful to get the sandpaper in the right spot on thefirst try.
And after putting a wash of off-white on the paper and sealing it with a coat of spray-on matte finish, I put it in place with the bridge just to see how things are looking. The road is still too dark, I'll do another wash of white and then seal that, and repeat as necessary until I am satisfied with the color.
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