Road Markings

a) make a stencil b) use striping tape

In any case, use an offwhite of light dirty grey. Road markings don't stay white very long. :-)

What is striping tape? Thanks

Go to a good auto parts store and ask to see some

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If you're using modern US conventions, you'll want to use yellow, not white, for the centerline.

-- Bill McC.

Pinstriping tape for model cars. You'll find it at any hobby shop.

Also, as someone else mentioned, lane markings will be YELLOW if between lanes where traffic moves in opposite directions, white if both lanes go the same way.

Don

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The stuff car freaks use to put stripes on their cars. Comes in many colours and widths. Made of thin vinyl and sticks like the dickens. Automotive supply stores and some hardware stores carry it.

Also, artists use striping tapes. Artist and drafting supplies stores carry it, but I've never used it.

Right, the change occurred in the early 60s, took several years, but was complete (even for counrty side roads) by about 1970.

Thanks Wolf, ill check it out this am.. Rob

Gel Pens, made for writing on dark paper. I use the sheets of craft foam for roads (black and gray) and have had excellent results with these. You can get them in all kinds of colors - white, yellow, black (for correcting mistakes or putting in cracks and/or seams) and blue (for handicap markings). Get tham at art supply places.

BTW, I don't use tape for several reasons:

1) Inevitably, tape comes up. 2) It's a pain to get to go around corners or make dashed lines or stop bars 3) Using the gel pen all my makings look alike, like they're painted on the pavement: stop bars, street and parking lot lines, handicap parking marking, no-parking zones, all have a realistic look. Use the etched-brass RR Xing stencils for crossings. It's easy.

Graphics tape I wouldn't recommend (Chartpak is the most common brand). It is too thick and the adhesive is weak. It's designed for graphic work that will be photographed then thrown away. Also, most of it is glossy, and the yellow isn't orange enough for road markings. It's useful for adding certain kinds of details to structures, especially the metallic tapes, but not much good for roads.

Mark Alan Miller

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-- Bill McC.

I read somewhere a neat idea. Havn't tried it yet but it should work well. Paint the yellow down the center of the road, over spray is ok. Then with that graphic arts tape that doesn't stick real well....make the strips over the top of the yellow paint. Then spray paint the road the color you want it to be, add cracks and pot holes if desired, then pull up the tape and weather the whole road. Oil drips, etc....

Peter

Cool, Joe, I'll try that. Never thought of it. And my grand daughter went through a gotta-have-them-gel-pens phase, too. :-)

There is an article about that very subject in April's edition of the MR magazine. Starts on page 36.

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Real narrow colored tape. Used to be commonly available at drafting and art supply stores, but with CAD being the way things are going, it is becoming hard too get.

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Having previously used it in actual drafting applications, I thought this would be the way to go when I did my first layout for the kids about 16 years ago. It even came in solid and dashed lines, but it did not stick very well. At that time, my "road" was just the plywood tabletop painted with FloQuil "Concrete" color, and sidewalks were 1/16 x 3/4 balsa strips also painted with the FloQuil. The tape started to peel up after just a few weeks.

How about using chalk sticks, sharpened to a chisel point? Road markings don't stay in pristine condition very long, and chalk would give that 'run over' look. Fix by a matt spray. And don't forget to camber your model road. Regards, Bill.