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I've used plaster, spackle, wood putty, just about anything I can smooth out with a putty knife, sand and paint for asphalt, but for concrete roads, I really like styrene. Not the Walthers street system,,its great, but expensive to use in great quantities. It's much cheaper to use sheet styrene, about .020 -.030 thick. Cut it to fit, ( I usually make a heavy paper or tagboard template) score seam lines in it, dont forget cracks, storm drains and manhole covers too! Paint it aged concrete or my favorite, Floquil Foundation, than an idia ink wa***o bring out the seams, weather and age it, then glue it down tight. Then make sidewalks and curbing the same way out of .040 styrene and apply. [image]http://www.fcsme.org/05ed7a10.jpg[/image] The advantages include freedom from using somebody elses template for curves, plus the fact that the paint and weathering can be done seated at the workbench, not hunched over the layout! As far as street width, I have found a great variance in street widths. Main Street in my hometown is a lot wider than the side streets, and most highways vary a bit too. I would recommend measuring them but make sure you look both ways 1st! [:0] [;)]
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