I came across your website today while doing some searches on google and I was pleasantly surprised. Your work is excellent and I look forward to following your future posts.

This post caught my eye since about this time last year I also tried my hand at building roads with foamcore (some pictures can be seen near the bottom of this posting: http://30squaresofontario.blogspot.com/search/label/Layout). Once the foamcore was bonded to the layout board, I glued a layer of watercolour paper on top to attempt to give a mildly textured surface to the road. Although, after painting and lining was finished it looked passible, I wouldn’t try this again – it was very tricky to get the paper to bond evenly and without creases or bubbles. I too was surprised at how wide roads turn out to be when one gives them dimensions to match their real-life counterparts.

Cheers,
Jim.