Rato Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 (edited) Folks,Here is a tip that you may find useful for your next diorama or display base. It is a simple method to simulate tarmac seams in roads and airstrips. I have been using scribed lines to simulate joints between concrete blocks of runways for a long time. If the lines are scribed in a not so neat way, after a wash with black paint the method look fairly realistic. However, I've been looking for a method to reproduce those tar filled joints and cracks so common in photos of runways and roads. I used it recently in a 1/72 base, but it works in all scales...Hope you find it useful:http://www.ratomodeling.com/articles/tarmac_seams/ See you at Telford! Rato Marczak http://www.ratomodeling.com Edited November 6, 2016 by Rato Out2gtcha, Stevepd, Rdrunner and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etendard Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Thank You!! Must try it . Great tip !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Hi, Thank you for this very usefull tip! I make my tarmacs with plaster and this can work with that technique. Alain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Nice one, Rato. Good to see you back! Kev Bill_S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesTROYer Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Cool. I'll give it a go on the one I am working on at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero77 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Wow, that looks great ! Thanks a lot for sharing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rato Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 Glad you found it useful. See you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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