That's life Julian we don't succeed without trial and error, many thanks for sharing. I have used talc powder mixed in paint to give a textured finish. Take care regards Barry..

Great technique and experimentation for roads and markings! Thanks for sharing!

G'day Station Road! Great tutorial and because of this, I have stumbled on the rest of your videos and your wonderful layout! I have now Liked and Subscribed and look forward to seeing how Station Road progresses.

New to your site. I’m impressed and I love the worn look to your lines. Great idea and a big help

I have used fine 180 grit sandpaper on my N scale layout. It gives a good representation of our New Zealand roads. Obviously it has to be painted and weathered on top rather than painting underneath as you have done. It does take some care to hide the join between strips of paper.

Really enjoyed the video as usual Julian. The experiment is like something I’d do and made me laugh because of that. But I must say your road building system with the sand is one of the best I’ve seen. The road markings look great and is probably the system I will use. I have one more baseboard section to build on my layout then the planning can begin properly. Hope all is well down your end of the world, Kind Regards John

Very interesting video Julian!! Thanks for sharing. Stay safe!! Cheers Onno.

Very good video with some interesting tips. Thanks for sharing it, I've subbed

Hello Julian, I think that if you don't press the sand into the glue, you could achiev the result with the painted surface shining through. Regarding using selfstickig labels for the template. I would recomend to try it on one of your testpieces. I'm using these selfadhesive labels for my buildings, and when I misaligned them on a card surface, I end up with a card that had remains of the selfadhesive labels on it or with a card surface, with pieces of the card torn out by the labelpaper.

Morning Julian great informative video as usual from Station Road, you will be getting requests to ship sand from NZ to the world mate. Love the giant sanding deck. Stay safe to you and yours. Cheers Steve

Looks great. But as you know the Tamiya tape and the low stick masking tape is not cheap so thinking about the amount you need to do most of the roads the price will be huge.

Hi julian great video mate a evey interesting article best lay plans don't always go well but interesting anyway keep up the good work mate clive

Great tips and ideas. I will experiment myself. we are all prone to err.

It is not a failure at all. Now we all know what happens when one glues sand to plywood painted or not. ;-)

I was also going to suggest using actual sandpaper with a layer of paint on top plus weathering.

I suggest it was due to a combinational of too much glue and too much sand. Good idea for the road markings. Thanks

How do you do curved lines for curved roads with the tape.

looking i might try the on my model bridge layout

Hi. Fantastic video, I’ve been scratching my head thinking about the best road surface and now I have it, thanks One question Julian. Do you seal the sand once dry?

Hi Julian, Good try with the experiment,I just paint my roads with a mid grey then the sand.I do use a wallpaper roller,they are about 38 mm wide.Makes sure the sand is glued down before I Vacuum the loose stuff up.I don’t worry about road markings,they do look good but how would you do bends ? Cheers David

Great experiment Julian. It worked well. I wonder what it would look like if you used west coast sand?

Greetings from NYC. I think you may have put down too much glue, or had it on too thick. Instead of spreading with a brush, try using an old credit card or a putty knife to get a really thin layer. Might even try a thin layer of straight acrylic paint and applying the sand while it's wet. Just my two cents. It is a great technique judging from the road in front of the station.

Julian - just to be annoying, don't forget roads are not flat, they have a camber so that water drains to the kerbs. Also large flat areas, eg where you plan the car park, are never completely flat either, notice the puddles that always appear in the same places when it rains and others where it always dries quickest. Thanks for being humble enough to share your failings, they will be trivial compared to the ones I make when I finally get going!

Great Video, For the templates you could use a scan-n-cut machine, It's great for template making. I have used mine for making Basic paper houses.Still experimenting.

Hi julian -i would'nt say its a failior what you have shown is that if you put enough sand on it does'nt matter what base colour you use -thats my take on it -stay safe mate -regards mike rees

Well, at least those road markings looked pretty good! Maybe applying the glue to the plywood with something like these foam rollers www.diy.com/departments/4-mini-roller-set/1694091_BQ.prd might give you a thinner layer that sticks less sand. A thinner layer might dry quicker, too. I've only tried it once, for a small backscene, but it seemed to work well. Regards, Steve.

Don't forget all the pot holes....our uk roads are full of them😄

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Doesn't look like the UK Julian. Not enough pot holes....😁

Thank youu for sharing..very helpful. Just one comment (please no offense)....you can shorten your videos significantly if you go right to the point and don't comment so much....again, my intention is not to offend, just an opinion.....thanks again...