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Category Description: Modeling information about streets, roads, highways, paths, etc.

Blacktop Roads  
N-Scale 2005-07/08 Robert L. Hundman pg. 60 Scale:

The author uses sandpaper as the foundation for blacktop roads. Includes step-by-step photos, building complex road systems, lines, and installation.

Grade Crossings  
Model Railroader 2003-05 Jeff Wilson pg. 44 Scale: HO

Modeling modern rubber and older wood crossings. Complete installation photos.

Maintenance Road  
N-Scale 2003-01/02 John Gerdes pg. 26 Scale: N

The author shows how he built a dirt road into existing mountain scenery without doing too much damage to the layout.

Modeling Streets and Roads  Part 2
Model Railroading 2002-06 Doug Geiger pg. 27 Scale:

Using sand paper to model gravel roads.

Modeling Streets and Roads  Part 3A
Model Railroading 2002-07 Doug Geiger pg. 48 Scale:

Asphalt.

Modeling Streets and Roads  Part 3B
Model Railroading 2002-08 Doug Geiger pg. 28 Scale:

Asphalt using Route 66's HO and N scale paper roads.

Modeling Streets and Roads  Part 4A
Model Railroading 2002-09 Doug Geiger pg. 30 Scale:

Concrete streets

Modeling Streets and Roads  Part 4C
Model Railroading 2002-11 Doug Geiger pg. 42 Scale:

Concrete roads. Simulate the real world by pouring hydrocal. Use similar construction techniques. Shows how to create cracks in the concrete and highlight them with india ink. Also shows how to paint white strips down the middle of the road.

Modeling Streets and Roads - Concrete  Part 4B
Model Railroading 2002-10 Doug Geiger pg. 38 Scale:

Model construction, and prototype photos.

Modeling the Holiday Season  
Railroad Model Craftsman 2008-12 Debie Baker-Snell pg. 60 Scale: HO

The author presents the various solutions her and her husband have found to temporarily decorate their HO-scale layout for the Christmas holidays. Ideas include wreaths, garland, blow-up yard decorations, street light decorations, a lit Christmas tree, hanging signs, town square display, and figures.

Prefabricated Streets  
N-Scale 2002-07/08 Charles Moslander pg. 26 Scale: N

Using mat board to simulate streets and sidewalks, including manholes, curbs, and parking spots.

Taking it to the Streets  
Model Railroader 2004-09 Michael Tylick pg. 88 Scale: O

Adding details to roadways, including cracks, a construction site, and junk.


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