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I use joint compound for roads & have for years. I do like everyone else has said in this topic. It's real easy to smooth w/a damp sponge. It also cracks like most roads & highways. If the cracks are to big I fill them in w/caulk. I also use the same thing for paved railroad crossings. After you put a coat across the rail, I run a Kadee track gage down the track thru the mud & it gives the correct gaps for loco flanges. Just before it dries on the track, I wipe it w/a damp cloth. For striping, I use a Paasche roller striping wheel. The wheels come in all different widths & I use water mixed paint in yellow, white or other colors. I buy latex asphalt gray paint at Walmart in quarts. It's the true color for asphalt roads. As for electric vehicles, just look in the 2005 Walthers catalog under elect. vehicles section & they use the magnetic roads w/no slots. Quite expensive though. I use that money to buy trains instead of realistic vehicles. LOL I had the old Varney system way back when, but, the cars & trucks weren't scale.
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