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There are many ways of making roads.  Joint compound and craft paint (Apple Barrel is the brand I use) from walmart is one.  WS as a road system using foam tape to make the edges.  You could also use actual ready mix concrete (its been done on an HO scale layout).   I used Scenic Express Black Tack Track to make the closed road on my club modules.  I first put down a layer of joint compound on top of the bare foam to make a smooth surface to work from.  I sanded the joint compound smooth, then applied the BTT.  I left the backing paper attached and rolled the BTT with a J roller until all the pieces of BTT were firmly smooshed (a technical term).  I then removed the backing paper and applied fine ballast to the BTT, rolling it in with the J roller.  Once the BTT was saturated with ballast, I sprayed the entire road with 70% Isopropyl alcohol and then applied scenic cement (home made 50/50ish water/elmers white glue mixture.  The road done in gray is the BTT/ballast macadam type road.  The gravel road heading in the direction of the grain elevator is a mixture of sand and WS ballast products.  Photo: <a href="http://www.mprr.org/module/andrewgrainfeed">http://www.mprr.org/module/andrewgrainfeed</a> No, Im not a Penn Central fan, thats just me messing with my club president (a diehard PRR fan).
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