Bridge at 69th Street

[Gary S]

Gary, how did you do the street markings? I found it very hard to match old faded out markings. Decals are useless but fairly deluded white and yellow paint can provide an imagination of old street markings. The prototype photos of 69th street you posted are a good example.

On the stripes - After the washes went onto the sandpaper, I gave the street a good coat of DullCote. After that dried, I used blue painter's masking tape to set out the lines, then just used acrylic craft paint, the cheapy 98 cent a bottle kind. I only did one coat, and didn't try to get the paint "even" in the lines and stripes. In other words, the paint was thin in some spots, thicker in others, and this allowed the darker sandpaper underneath to show through unevenly under the stripes. Can't really see it in the low-angle photos above, but the stripes look a bit faded and worn on the model.

Another option would be to weather them further by doing a wash over the entire street, or by doing several layers of powder and dullcote.