After that I decided I wanted more build-up of fine gravel down the middle so I glued on some more fine sand. When the glue had set I had to paint the fresh sand to match. Before the paint was fully dry [because I'm impatient] I rubbed on powdered grey and brown pastels for the soily look, adding a good dose of those colours over the existing land to help marry road and land together. mike
I had to rebuild a road recently, so I thought I'd add it here. I used a strip of 3mm MDF, bent to the required shape, and glued down with Fuller's Max Bond, similar to Liquid Nails I spread water putty over it, leaving a margin along the side because I wanted it to look as though it had been there for a long time All the excavations meant I had to redo the bank as well. I used cotton wool and pieces of paper towel smothered with white glue to fill in the space. I sprinkled it with sand and I pressed in plenty of small rocks. It dried tough but flexible.
I used a mix of sand, crushed rocks and rock dust for the roadside gravel, bringing the level up almost to that of the water putty. These are my crushed rocks - I used only the fine stuff ...glued down with white glue... I painted a dark grey edge along the road before painting it all with mixes of Jo Sonja's warm white, black, blue and burnt sienna. The bank received the same mixes, but with more burnt sienna than the road, to help give it an earthy look. I drybrushed plenty of pale highlights over prominent rocks, and I picked out a few individuals with a small brush. Grass tufts cut from my painted cleaning cloths helped disguise the edge of the MDF Here's the finished job, with some grey pastel dust rubbed over it to kill any sheen
Really, Mike. You're gonna have to quit trying to pass off prototype photos as models !! :wink: Great job dude !!!!.....Mike
