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Going back to 20mm and my scenery needs "refreshing". I have never been happy with my roads and tracks but the FOW (sorry) 15mm look nice, would they be big enough for 20mm?

Take a look at Baggage Train, rather cheaper, also has some nice surfaces.

IanS

Thanks Ian, take a look when i get back to my proper computer

The ones from GF9 are OK, but a bit expensive. I'm looking to make my own for 10mm, but am still trying to come up with a good way to make rutted dirt roads for the Russian front

Did some for FoG. Cheap filler on something which wont warp and add ruts with suitable implement. An unpainted vehilce should do it.

IanS

I did try some wood filler on thin MDF (about 5mm) a few years back, but they turned out too thick. Any suggestions for thin but sturdy basing material?

I used Vinyl tiles from poundland for making some roads.

Cheap as chips as you get 4 12"x12" tiles for a quid. Flexible, sturdy and you can cut them to shape with a pair of bog standard kitchen scissors.

I've used 2mm MDF strips to make roads for 6mm. It warps but you just straighten it out by bending it and it works. I've not had any cracks in the MDF and as I use white glue and ballast the road surface doesn't crack either.

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz87/REDTROO...

My roads are made from the hardboard commonly found in the back of 1980's DIY furniture. It has a textured side.

I cut to size, spray black, then dry brush some grey and brown to add a textured highlight.

Silicone filler(the cheap stuff in a tube) can be used to made flexible roads and rivers and will roll up for storage. Simply spread it to the desire length and width on some old newspaper leave to cure and paint/flock, cheaper than any bought in stuff.

"Silicone filler(the cheap stuff in a tube)"

Happy, do you mean the silicone sealant stuff you use for sealing around baths & sinks etc? Does it take acrylic paint ok or do you need special paints? How about undercoating?

This sounds like a top tip and one I've never considered.

Bath and exterior frame sealant repels water so doesn't take acrylic paint well. Paintable interior frame sealant or decorators mastic is the stuff to use, it is designed to be painted over by emulsion paints.

Decorators caulk will do the job.

Brengun
this stuff:
http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/s/SI...

its not actually silicone(my mistake) its decorators caulk


here's a link to TMP where i got the idea from, its cheap and easy enough to do, saved me over £20 easily

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=2...

Thanks, this is a great link from that topic:

http://www.warbard.ca/2011/02/18/dirt-roads-fro...

Quality links chaps

The Caulk Idea sounds interesting. My local pound bargain store has brown caulk on sale so it might not even need painting.

Tempted to give it a go.

Well I gave the Caulk idea a go over the weekend. I must say it works a treat, the roads look cracking. I even managed to find some brown Caulk in a local pound store so no painting required.

Well over 20 feet of road done in about a hour.

That's good to know - what did you use as a backing to exude the stuff on to?