Kathy just discovered your channel. Your work is amazing. I build in 28-32mm scale for war gaming and role playing. I’ve lent a lot from this video. Have fun.
Good morning, it is impressive, the details, I am very happy to see these videos and many more videos of you, because I am doing my HO Scale train table, always remembering the talkes is very important. 👍🤗 Thanks ..... Luis Acosta.
Kathy, I just wanted to say thank you. You, and others, like Jason Jenson, Bob Brown have helped me soooo much. The very act of actually living through some of the same experiences as you guys let me know I was going to be ok. BTW my bathtub is filled with extra Styrofoam. And yes I too have all my empty boxes.❤ ......Pattick
I'm still driving my cars back and forth lol, I have been for a few days now, but nobody has said anything, so I'll just carry on. Highly enjoyable episode, thank you.
One other thing to consider is the setting for the road. If it's a modern road that isn't having much animal traffic, a bit of grass in the middle of the roads works, but if you're going when it's largely carts and animal pulled vehicles, you really don't want to do that. Another option for asphalt that seems to actually work rather well is finer grit sandpaper sheets, a rattlecan primer actually seems to work really well. Using a dark grey option and then a black ink wash goes for a very good weathered look. And then you have the brick/cobblestone roads...best option there is normally to look for the textured wallpaper that fits it.
Another helpful video. I’ve not every heard of using tile grout, but it looks great. I’m about to start a layout so, I think I’ve found some new materials to use. Thank you very much for the videos.
Great video as always. I personally found roofing felt works really well. Takes paint chalk or dust pigments well. Ripping edges produces realistic cracks and grills or drain covers can be added easily as it's possible to cut after the road is complete with a craft knife.
All I could think about throughout this video was how do they farm the Chinchillas to get the dust? Overall a great series on modelling basics that I'll be sure to rewatch when I finally get round to making a layout!
This was great! I like this series as you have a lot of good information in a shortened format. I am looking forward to your next tutorial. By the way, I watched the Tarmac tutorials and they were fantastic.
Heck, I love the damp earth / patchy grassland look on the left of this diorama. Got a very peaty 'soviet' feel about it... Guess I need to find and rewatch the techniques you use for that.
Hi Kathy, I've been looking forward to this one, I'm a road worker , so I really need to get this right on my layout, I'm planning to have a road resurfacing scene on one of the streets, ( nothing too elaborate, just a few machines and a couple of trucks, along with some figures), so I'll need to figure out how to represent a road surface being rolled, the roller leaves tracks at the start, but these disappear as the asphalt compacts, ( all being well), anyway, thank you for another interesting and informative video, stay safe, all the best from Scotland, Stephen.
Magic ! Love the muddy road, more experiments for me to try. I used concrete recently to make a platform (O Gauge) I always have problems with concrete colour so what better than real concrete ?
There’s a few ways but having them wind behind a building or trees is a good. The hardest is to go straight into the backdrop and to match a photo. I prefer just to not show them going in if I can.
Do you have any good tips for making a washboarded gravel/dirt road? After cursory research, this mostly seems to be a phenomenon on roads in dry areas, so it might not be something that you've had occasion to try to model, but it's ubiquitous in my area of the world, so I thought I'd ask.
@@KathyMillatt No problem. Washboarding (sometimes called corrugating) of gravel roads happens apparently because of resonance between car suspension systems and the road surface. The phenomenon is characterized by regular ridges perpendicular to the traffic direction developing purely as a result of ordinary traffic. Around here (Colorado), roads need to be graded fairly regularly to improve ride, because the regular texture makes for pretty bad vibrations.
@@KathyMillatt I prefer sanded grout as 1" in HO and O scale is 11/1000 and 21/1000 respectively. When I saw this it just reminded me of the people who use cat litter in three rail.
So, knowing full well an awful lot of people seem completely oblivious and will chime in with something pointlessly bizarre because they don't get this isn't their internet... And with a name you might recognise as not being hostile... With the spirit very much in place of offering up helpful observations... Even when they're a teeny bit on the negative side... There was a lot of mouth noise on this one. Dunno if you've changed your audio set-up or something, because I've not heard it on your videos before, and I do catch pretty much all of them, might be an idea to change back if so, it's quite distracting, especially through 'eadphones.
Kathy just discovered your channel. Your work is amazing. I build in 28-32mm scale for war gaming and role playing. I’ve lent a lot from this video. Have fun.
!!! Woooow !!! I just bought a hot wire iron from woodlands. I love your works.
Good morning, it is impressive, the details, I am very happy to see these videos and many more videos of you, because I am doing my HO Scale train table, always remembering the talkes is very important. 👍🤗 Thanks ..... Luis Acosta.
Kathy, I just wanted to say thank you. You, and others, like Jason Jenson, Bob Brown have helped me soooo much. The very act of actually living through some of the same experiences as you guys let me know I was going to be ok. BTW my bathtub is filled with extra Styrofoam. And yes I too have all my empty boxes.❤
......Pattick
Glad I could help and I’ve finally emptied my bath and the boxes are being sorted! Of course, I’m nowhere near there yet!
I'm still driving my cars back and forth lol, I have been for a few days now, but nobody has said anything, so I'll just carry on. Highly enjoyable episode, thank you.
Great Job Kathy, thanks for sharing your ideas and Tips 👍
Popped over and subscribed from Luke Towan. He gave you a shout out.
One other thing to consider is the setting for the road. If it's a modern road that isn't having much animal traffic, a bit of grass in the middle of the roads works, but if you're going when it's largely carts and animal pulled vehicles, you really don't want to do that.
Another option for asphalt that seems to actually work rather well is finer grit sandpaper sheets, a rattlecan primer actually seems to work really well. Using a dark grey option and then a black ink wash goes for a very good weathered look.
And then you have the brick/cobblestone roads...best option there is normally to look for the textured wallpaper that fits it.
Thanks for sharing your skills.....turned out great 👍
Another helpful video. I’ve not every heard of using tile grout, but it looks great. I’m about to start a layout so, I think I’ve found some new materials to use. Thank you very much for the videos.
Great advice as always , thanks
Thanks for the video, I enjoyed it.
Great video as always. I personally found roofing felt works really well. Takes paint chalk or dust pigments well. Ripping edges produces realistic cracks and grills or drain covers can be added easily as it's possible to cut after the road is complete with a craft knife.
Interesting. I’ll have to look out some.
@@KathyMillatt I can send you some pics if it helps Kathy. :)
@@EvilEd3000 that would be great, thanks
Looks great Kathy as usual I’ll have to use This on my layouts and dios hope your keeping safe 😃👍
All I could think about throughout this video was how do they farm the Chinchillas to get the dust? Overall a great series on modelling basics that I'll be sure to rewatch when I finally get round to making a layout!
I like that wet path!
Great video Kathy. Will have to try this on a diorama for tabletop gaming terrain for warhammer 40k
This was great! I like this series as you have a lot of good information in a shortened format. I am looking forward to your next tutorial. By the way, I watched the Tarmac tutorials and they were fantastic.
Heck, I love the damp earth / patchy grassland look on the left of this diorama. Got a very peaty 'soviet' feel about it... Guess I need to find and rewatch the techniques you use for that.
Hi Kathy, I've been looking forward to this one, I'm a road worker , so I really need to get this right on my layout, I'm planning to have a road resurfacing scene on one of the streets, ( nothing too elaborate, just a few machines and a couple of trucks, along with some figures), so I'll need to figure out how to represent a road surface being rolled, the roller leaves tracks at the start, but these disappear as the asphalt compacts, ( all being well), anyway, thank you for another interesting and informative video, stay safe, all the best from Scotland, Stephen.
Good luck! You will be your own worst critic on getting that just right!
A blind thumb up 😎👍
Magic ! Love the muddy road, more experiments for me to try. I used concrete recently to make a platform (O Gauge) I always have problems with concrete colour so what better than real concrete ?
It’s a perfect solution.
Hi Kathy, how do you make your roads disappear into the backdrop showing that 3D effect? Great videos, thanks Brian
There’s a few ways but having them wind behind a building or trees is a good. The hardest is to go straight into the backdrop and to match a photo. I prefer just to not show them going in if I can.
Do you have any good tips for making a washboarded gravel/dirt road?
After cursory research, this mostly seems to be a phenomenon on roads in dry areas, so it might not be something that you've had occasion to try to model, but it's ubiquitous in my area of the world, so I thought I'd ask.
I’m sorry, I don’t know what one I’d those is so I’ve never modelled one I’m afraid.
@@KathyMillatt No problem. Washboarding (sometimes called corrugating) of gravel roads happens apparently because of resonance between car suspension systems and the road surface. The phenomenon is characterized by regular ridges perpendicular to the traffic direction developing purely as a result of ordinary traffic. Around here (Colorado), roads need to be graded fairly regularly to improve ride, because the regular texture makes for pretty bad vibrations.
Thanks Doug. Sounds interesting to model.
Kathy have you a layout that is designed to be viewed from a not from the drivers cab I have never wished to drive a train
I had a camera train for my last layout and my current one is definitely a candidate as everything is detailed for it.
Loving the dioramas Kathy, I build a lot of WWII dioramas. Where is the best place to buy coloured tile grout on the Internet? Thanks
Thanks. I don’t know which country you’re in but I bought my last lot on Amazon.
@@KathyMillatt thanks for the advice I'm from England 🏴
I'll be back tomorrow
Roads?! Where we're going We don't need Roads!!!
47 hours?? Reallly
I needed to put it live so they could link to it. A premiere was the only way. The exhibition starts tomorrow.
Bell activated 👍🏼
Not a fan of the ballast and car approach vs. others. Looks like rushed modeling.
And yet it works for certain types of roads.
@@KathyMillatt I prefer sanded grout as 1" in HO and O scale is 11/1000 and 21/1000 respectively. When I saw this it just reminded me of the people who use cat litter in three rail.
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So, knowing full well an awful lot of people seem completely oblivious and will chime in with something pointlessly bizarre because they don't get this isn't their internet...
And with a name you might recognise as not being hostile...
With the spirit very much in place of offering up helpful observations...
Even when they're a teeny bit on the negative side...
There was a lot of mouth noise on this one. Dunno if you've changed your audio set-up or something, because I've not heard it on your videos before, and I do catch pretty much all of them, might be an idea to change back if so, it's quite distracting, especially through 'eadphones.
I’m always tweaking the audio set up to improve as I get complaints on almost every video.