First attempt at using the woodland scenics flexible ruler and road striping markers. Have to say I was disappointed. I thought I’d be able to save some time from masking like I’ve done in the past. The ruler is not easy to get I to the shape you need and doesn’t maintain an even edge. My dogs chewed up the first one I bought so I got a second. Guess I’m going to let them eat this one. Paint markers work okay. Will repaint and go back to masking. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I think I am going to try the Tamiya striping tape one day. Not sure if it will work either. Or print them from the internet and glue them down or something. Too bad it did not work for you.
I may try to find a better flexible ruler I think. The WS is marked for dashed striping which is nice but because of its construction it bowes and kind of bubbles out in places. I think the pens would work well if combined with a different ruler. Plus the WS is very long so hard to get in smaller places Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I have been happy with the results I have gotten from the Builders in Scale HO products on my N scale modules. I posted about my experience with this product on one of my blogs. http://tokyo-in-nscale.blogspot.com/2016/08/street-markings.html
Think chart tape may be the answer. I rotated the flexible ruler on its side and that mitigated the bulges. Second try came out better but still hard to maintain uniform width.
I used chartpak tape for striping. Even using a burnishing tool to secure it to painted styrene as firmly as possible, it still comes loose eventually. And the gloss yellow tapes have a clear layer above the yellow that detaches from the color tape. I prefer the look to trying to draw or paint them, but like in the 'real world' I guess they need regular maintenance. Many of the newer roads are made from foam that I overlaid with a thin coat of plaster before painting to create better weathering effects. The tape does not work well here because it loosens the plaster, so I'm stuck with drawing the lines with a yellow pencil and a flexible guide.
