simple styrene slate sidewalk - HO scale

[Bill Gill]

The HO Connecticut & Vermont RR is set somewhere in Vermont. Here's a slate side walk for mainstreet.

[Ray Dunakin]

Well done! If you hadn't said it was styrene I wouldn't have known.

[Bill Gill]

Thanks, Ray. The slate pieces are 0.01 styrene and the surface was scraped with a utilty knife blade to create some very shallow striations. The color might be a little too blue, but there is a lot of regional variations in the colors. Often a greenish-gray, some grayish blue and even some grayish purple. The cut granite curb is deep, but that allows for the street paving.

[Sami]

The work is amazing and the colors are very realist !

[finescalerr]

That turned out adequately. -- Russ

[Malachi Constant]

Especially nice job of suggesting the surface texture!  Cheers, Dallas

[Bill Gill]

Sami, Thank you. painting pieces is one of my favorite parts of modeling.

Thank you, Russ. This is about the point where my modeling skills briefly approach those of the rest of your forum members.

Thank you, Dallas. The texture is subtle, but definitely noticeable in photos and it does help convey "slatey-ness" to the walk.

[Chuck Doan]

Nicely done Bill! Something different.

[Bill Gill]

Thanks, Chuck. I figure if I can start small I can work my way up.