01-03-2010, 01:59 PM
I have got a problem with my roofs. I did paint most of them light gray. That looks nice but the prototype looks "some what" different.
For reference we may use the roofs at the 58th St in Miami
http://maps.google.de/maps?hl=de&ie=UTF8...03433&z=19
or
http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=n940mk8...top=0~0~0~
What are they made of? Is it tar paper very old and with a lot of washed out black tar? I know some techniques to do roofs with tar paper on model roofs but none will produce something like that. There is some kind of regular pattern but it is not from the rolls of tar paper and they are not rectangular from some kind of clapboard.
I picked this roofs intentional as it is a well known place in this group but you can find that kind of roofs all over the states.
How to do that on my layout?
My first idea is to do it with a black dry brush on the light gray roof.
For reference we may use the roofs at the 58th St in Miami
http://maps.google.de/maps?hl=de&ie=UTF8...03433&z=19
or
http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=n940mk8...top=0~0~0~
What are they made of? Is it tar paper very old and with a lot of washed out black tar? I know some techniques to do roofs with tar paper on model roofs but none will produce something like that. There is some kind of regular pattern but it is not from the rolls of tar paper and they are not rectangular from some kind of clapboard.
I picked this roofs intentional as it is a well known place in this group but you can find that kind of roofs all over the states.
How to do that on my layout?
My first idea is to do it with a black dry brush on the light gray roof.
Reinhard