Sources for modern roads?

Extra Crispy · Post by **Extra Crispy** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:59 pm

I'm after modern paved roads suitable for 6mm gaming. Asphalt with lines and markings. I've found a toy or two but they give you two pieces (straights and intersections â€“ no curves, no variety).

What options are there for contemporary roads and highways? I'm open to paper, latex, plastic, whatever.

HobbyDr · Post by **HobbyDr** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:20 pm

Are you looking for ready-made roads, or are you willing to make them yourself?

Don

HobbyDr · Post by **HobbyDr** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:21 pm

Are you looking for ready-made roads, or are you willing to make them yourself?

Don

Extra Crispy · Post by **Extra Crispy** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:42 pm

Looking for ready made preferably. I can make the asphalt but getting the markings to look even half way decent is very tricky and beyond my painting skills I think...

Luca · Post by **Luca** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 3:56 am

I can suggest you the Faller roads. I'm not sure if they can be to scale, but I remember quite impressive road products when I last saw their catalogue

Extra Crispy · Post by **Extra Crispy** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:56 am

I found them here. Go to the Scratchbuilding thread on this forum and click on page 47. Loads of graphics to download and print. Perfect for what I need!

BattlerBritain · Post by **BattlerBritain** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 6:32 pm

A link to page 47 if people need it:
http://www.ghqmodels.com/forum/viewtopi ... &start=690

Extra Crispy · Post by **Extra Crispy** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 6:37 pm

I'm going to see if I can get some of these printed on vinyl at a banner shop or something. Paper can look just fine but it often won't lay flat, and won't conform to ridges and hills. And it slides around, is easy to bump. Something with more heft might work better. I'll let you know what I find out....

BattlerBritain · Post by **BattlerBritain** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 6:50 pm

Also from a thread on TMP this link gave a useful list of German railway terrain:

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TAMMY · Post by **TAMMY** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:17 pm

These accessories are HO scale. You should use Z scale (1/220) accessories.

StVF101 · Post by **StVF101** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 6:41 am

I've seen road done in the form of a tape roll but I couldn't find the specific one that I'd seen and thought was really good. I'm pretty sure it was a Z-scale item.

But also Allen's GameCraft Miniatures has a modular road system that he has for 1/285 scale and it's not pre-painted but he offers a stencil set to facilitate painting it. Not sure if this is along the lines of what you're looking for but definitely worth giving a look at.

TAMMY · Post by **TAMMY** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 1:14 am

Possibly you refer to Busch. they have a Z scale asphalt road 32mm x 1m, o,6mm thick.

TAMMY · Post by **TAMMY** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 1:14 am

Double

Bezmozgu7 · Post by **Bezmozgu7** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 4:00 pm

I use Noch Z-scale road tape available from several Model RR outlets that handle the scale. The tapes measure 25mm wide and 1 meter in length. Noch has three colors/types of tape: Country Road Gray (which I use), Asphalt, and Cobblestone.

Here are a couple of photos of the tapes mounted on the GHQ TerrainMaker hex tiles (I also mount the tape on strips of 0.001" sheet styrene for use on game mats):

TAMMY · Post by **TAMMY** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 4:35 pm

You can use also the scale N, 2,9cm wide. See here

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