Published on Thursday 18 August 2016 by Kathy Millatt
Most roads have road markings but it is fascinating to see how they vary from country to country and through the years. The age of the road markings has a huge impact with new ones bright and fresh but older ones, patchier and sometime hardly there at all. They are easy to add to your model road but first, check out photos of the time and area you are modelling.
The road I am doing is set in the 50s and when I google "1950s road new york" and look at the images, I get a very different scene to if I look at the same area today on Google street view. We certainly have a lot more lines and stripes now!
From NYC Municipal Archives
From Google Street View
Minor roads in any era generally don't have markings though so don't get too carried away unless you are near a junction.
For parts 1, 2 and 3 of the Road series check out my other videos:
Materials
Woodland Scenics Road Striping Pen - White C1291
Woodland Scenics Road Striping Pen - Yellow C1292
Woodland Scenics Road Stripe Remover C1293
Woodland Scenics Flexi Edge C1294
Index
00:11 The Real World
00:47 Method
06:57 Final Result
07:24 Mini Kathys
08:16 Close
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